Notities c. 1916 - 1945

This page of "Notities" was created by Reijer Stolk, at some point in his career using ink on paper, it seems. I love how the words just keep going, line after line, in this quietly intense, almost hushed tone. Look at the way the letters have been formed, a kind of insistent mark-making, a commitment to getting something down, quickly, before it disappears. The texture of the paper peeks through, a reminder of the physical support holding these thoughts. The notes dance on the page, full of energy and life. There’s something so beautiful about the casual nature of these private notations that they've become art. It's like Cy Twombly's scribbles, a kind of personal shorthand that invites us to imagine what Stolk was thinking, or feeling. It reminds us that art is often about the process of thinking and feeling, not just the end result.