Prentbriefkaart aan Ab Bogtman Possibly 1938

This is a postcard by Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, of a place called "Buissche Heide," made in July '38. It's a landscape, and it's really dark, almost like a memory struggling to surface. The photographic image itself is cropped quite small and shares the card with a handwritten note, it’s a sort of hybrid form, not quite painting, not just communication, but something in between, like art itself. The dark tones remind me of some of Gerhard Richter’s photographic paintings. It makes me wonder who Ab Bogtman was and the nature of their relationship. The way Roland Holst captures this landscape reminds me that seeing is always about more than just recording what's there; it's about feeling, remembering, and connecting with the world in a deeply personal way. Art isn't just about what we see, but how we see, and more importantly, how we feel. It’s a process, not a product.