Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1922

This is a letter, written in Paris on February 14th, 1922, penned by Cato l’ Hôpital. Look at that handwriting. I wonder, what was it like to sit and write with ink on paper? I see a dense mass of words, a network of lines. The artist is deeply engaged in the act, as they feel compelled to express their thoughts, their feelings. There’s an urgency in the writing. Look at how the letters crowd each other. You can feel the pressure, the weight of what they want to say. It's like a painting, in that each stroke carries intention. You can sense the mood, the inner state of the letter writer. The act of writing becomes a form of embodied expression, where every gesture, every mark communicates something unique. Isn’t it comforting to see a direct connection to someone’s feelings like this? It reminds us that we're all connected through these acts of creativity, across time and space.