Brief aan Philip Zilcken 1900 - 1911

This is a letter by Tony Offermans to Philip Zilcken, and it's written in a cursive script that feels both intimate and a little formal, like a dance. Imagine Offermans sitting down, pen in hand, the ink flowing onto the page as thoughts turn into words, a kind of mental and physical choreography. What was he thinking as he wrote? Was he wrestling with an idea, trying to capture a fleeting thought? The texture of the paper, the weight of the ink – these material elements shape our experience of the letter, adding layers of meaning beyond the words themselves. The strokes, like brushstrokes, convey intention, meaning, feeling. Offermans is in conversation with Zilcken, an exchange of ideas across time. And so we have something new.