Brief aan Philip Zilcken before 1918

This letter to Philip Zilcken, probably from around 1918, by Rose Imel, looks like it was written with a shaky hand, maybe in pencil, but it's still so lively! I love the way the purple paper peeks through the handwriting, giving the whole thing a kind of ghostly, intimate vibe. You can almost feel the texture of the paper and imagine the scratch of the pencil. The handwriting itself is so expressive, with loops and swirls that make it feel like the words are dancing on the page. It reminds me of Cy Twombly's scribbled paintings, where the act of writing becomes a kind of abstract expression. This letter feels like a snapshot of a moment in time, a little piece of someone's life preserved on paper. It makes me think about the power of art to capture not just what we see, but how we feel. It's like art is an ongoing conversation across time, with each artist responding to those who came before.