Geannoteerde transcriptie van een brief aan Fridolin Becker after 10

This is an undated letter by Pieter Haverkorn van Rijsewijk concerning Becker’s Art Room in Paris. Look at the script—the loops and flourishes of the handwriting itself become symbols, echoing the dance of intellect and emotion found in the writer's words. Notice how certain phrases and ideas recur, like leitmotifs in a musical score. The writer describes an evening trying to bring Hendrick home, and the recurring thought of the "atelier" (studio). The studio then becomes a potent image, reminiscent of Plato's cave, a space of both creation and illusion. Consider also the psychoanalytic implications: the writer is restless, not finding rest during the night, and speaks of the search of something in the darkness. Like a dream, the letter is a symbolic landscape where conscious thoughts mingle with subconscious urges. This is not just a letter; it is a testament to the cyclical, eternal return of human experience.