Briefkaart aan Anna Dorothea Dirks Possibly 1915

Wally Moes wrote this briefkaart to Anna Dorothea Dirks, and I love thinking about the process of sending a message this way. It's like a little performance. Look at the way Moes’s script varies in weight and pressure. The ink almost fades away in places, then it returns, like a tide coming in. I imagine her sitting and writing, her hand moving across the card, sometimes quickly, sometimes pausing. You can almost feel the rhythm of her thoughts. The textures are subtle, but they’re there: the paper of the card, with its slight imperfections. These details create a quiet kind of intimacy, like reading someone’s diary. It reminds me a little of Agnes Martin, with its delicate touch and understated beauty. Both artists seem to be searching for something essential, something almost invisible, in the act of making. It shows that there are conversations happening across time and space, and it’s all part of this ongoing exchange of ideas.