Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1901 - 1919

This is a vintage postcard to Philip Zilcken by Jan Toorop. You can almost smell the ink and paper, right? I imagine Jan sitting at his desk, maybe with a cup of tea, carefully addressing this card. Each stamp is like a little painting, a miniature world. The smudges and faded ink? That’s the real story. It’s like the history of mark-making itself. There is something both formal and familiar about this, like the kind of drawing that anyone can do. I bet Toorop didn’t think of this as a grand statement. Yet, here we are, years later, pondering it. It reminds me that artists aren't isolated geniuses. We are all just sending postcards to each other across time. Each mark is an invitation, a chance to connect. It’s a conversation, not a lecture. You in?