Brief aan Peter Schatborn Possibly 1994

This letter was created in Wolfheze in 1994 by J. van der Heide. It's ink on paper, a simple medium, but one that carries so much potential for expression. Looking at the handwriting, you can almost feel the movement of the hand across the page. There’s a fluid quality, but also moments of hesitation. The loops and strokes vary in pressure, creating a rhythm. It reminds me of Twombly, if he’d written a shopping list – a casual, intimate gesture blown up to an epic scale. Each word is a little drawing, a unique form shaped by the writer’s mood and intention. And, of course, the language itself becomes a visual element, a texture, even if you don’t understand the words. Like Agnes Martin’s grids, which are so much more than just lines on a page, this letter transcends its practical function and becomes a little poem of the everyday. It's a reminder that art can be found in the most unexpected places, in the simplest of gestures.