Prentbriefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1908

This postcard was sent by Vittorio Pica to Philip Zilcken, and you can see he used a blue-green ink that just dances across the surface! It's so interesting how handwriting can become a kind of drawing in itself. Looking at the way the ink pools in certain spots, you can tell he was using a fountain pen, and the pressure he applied varies, making some lines thicker and darker than others. There’s a real rhythm to the text. The way the words are stacked and arranged, you can feel the artist's hand moving across the paper, almost like a performance. I love how something as simple as a postcard can become this intimate record of a connection between two people. It reminds me of Cy Twombly’s scribbly paintings, where the act of writing becomes a way of exploring space and texture. With both artists, the process is so visible, so immediate. It’s like you’re right there with them, watching them think and feel through the marks they make.