Brief aan Helène Lambertine Hauzeur Possibly 1903 - 1909

This is a letter to Helène Lambertine Hauzeur, written by Ernestine Hadkinson, and it’s really interesting to think of handwriting as a kind of drawing. Here, the hand moves across the page, leaving a trail of ink, and each letter, each word, is like a little gesture. The way she forms her letters, with their delicate loops and firm downstrokes, feels so personal, so intimate. It’s not just about the information she’s conveying, but the feeling, the tone. Look at how the lines of text seem to hug the page, how the ink bleeds slightly into the paper, creating this soft, blurred effect. I am reminded of the Swiss artist, Emma Kunz, who used automatic drawing to create images that were considered both art and medicine. You can see a similar, intuitive process at play, where the act of writing becomes a way of exploring and expressing the inner self. It makes you wonder about the connection between the hand, the heart, and the mind.