Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1926

Here's a letter to Philip Zilcken, handwritten by Suze Groshans. Just look at the rhythm of the letters, the way the lines dance across the page. You know, when I look at a piece like this, I imagine the artist absorbed in the act of writing, their thoughts flowing directly from mind to paper. I can almost feel her hand moving, the pressure of the pen, the ink staining the page. You can see in the loops and swirls a certain vulnerability – it’s like she is thinking aloud, working through something. It reminds me of Cy Twombly, the way his scrawls and marks aren’t just words but paintings. Groshans might not have thought of this as art, but it's so intimate and expressive. It makes me think about how we communicate and how artists leave traces of themselves in everything they do, whether they mean to or not. These marks are a kind of language all their own, each inspiring a new generation of artists.