Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1918

This "Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken" by Hendrikus Hubertus van Kol, probably made around 1918, feels like a quiet conversation whispered across time. I imagine Van Kol, pen in hand, carefully forming those loops and curves of the handwriting, each stroke a deliberate act of communication. It is easy to imagine the artist pausing, considering the weight of each word, not just for its meaning but for its visual presence on the card. The ink, so dark against the aged paper, almost throbbing with a secret message. The stamp, the postal markings – they frame the message, anchoring it to a specific moment and place. It is like looking at a Cy Twombly, you know? All those marks are like little gestures, full of intention, history, and feeling. We are all writing to each other with our work; it’s an ongoing exchange, an infinite conversation where meaning shifts and deepens with each new voice.