Brief aan Philip Zilcken before 1904

This handwritten letter to Philip Zilcken by Alidor Delzant feels so intimate, so fleeting. Imagine Delzant with his pen, poised over the paper. You can almost see the ink bleeding into the fibers as he dashes off a note to his friend, that signature swooping down the page, the 'A' and 'D' like dancers. The paper itself, creamy and soft, becomes a canvas for his thoughts. I think about the way we connect through writing, especially before the digital age. It was a physical act, the pen scratching across the page like a seismograph recording the tremors of the heart. You can feel the pulse of that energy here. The words, like brushstrokes, convey a sense of immediacy, of being present in the moment. These marks remind me that art is just another form of writing. It's about leaving a trace, a record of our existence. So, here’s to the artists, then: the writers, painters, and all those who dare to make their mark.