Prentbriefkaart aan Philip Zilcken before 1924

This postcard was made by Selma Boasson for Philip Zilcken. It's got the same kind of immediacy as a painting, doesn't it? Like it was dashed off in a moment, straight from the heart. The handwriting loops and swirls across the card like an abstract expressionist painting, thick strokes and thin lines creating a dense and layered surface. It's like the artist is channeling their thoughts and emotions directly onto the surface, each stroke full of energy and intention. I can almost see her hand moving across the card, the pen dancing and gliding as she writes, pressing harder in some places, lighter in others. I wonder what she was thinking as she wrote these words? The Italian postage stamps there in the corner make me think about travel, connection, and longing. Maybe she was far away from home, missing someone, or just wanted to share a moment of beauty with a friend. Whatever it was, you can feel the emotion in the strokes of the pen, the way the words seem to leap off the page.