Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1915 - 1928

Here is the back of a postcard, the "Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken," presumably sent by Fenna de Meyier. I wonder what it was like for de Meyier to put pen to paper; in 1915, each stroke, a delicate dance of intention and chance. I picture her hand moving across the surface, the ink bleeding slightly into the fibers, creating a texture that echoes the weight of time. The script, looping and flowing, seems like its own kind of abstract expression, each word a gesture, each sentence a composition. It's like a conversation unfolding, intimate and immediate. I think of other painter's handwriting – Cy Twombly comes to mind, or even my own; how each of us leaves a trace of ourselves in these marks, connecting us across time and space. I love how the simple act of correspondence becomes a form of art.