Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1926

This letter to Philip Zilcken, penned in 1926 by C. Hinlopen, unfolds like a field of purple energy on the page. Can you see the looping and diving script, almost like a choreographed dance across time? Imagine Hinlopen’s hand, pressing pen to paper, each stroke a breath, a thought, a connection, a question. What might have been the conditions of the room and the artist? Is it quiet or noisy? Warm or cold? Do they stop and think before writing, or do they just let it all spill out? The density of the ink feels almost like the artist's life force. This letter reminds me that artists are always in conversation with each other, riffing off one another's ideas, even across time. Hinlopen's embodied act of expression embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, inviting us to interpret and imagine. A painting, a letter, a gesture—it’s all part of a long, ongoing exchange.