Brief aan Mien Cambier van Nooten Possibly 1939

This note, 'Brief aan Mien Cambier van Nooten,' was written by Dick Ket on October 25th, 1939. Look closely, and you'll see it's not just about the words themselves, but about how they’re placed on the surface, almost like a drawing. Ket uses the page as a field, filling the space with handwritten text, each line carefully considered in relation to the next. It's a bit like a personal cartography, mapping out thoughts and feelings. You can almost feel the artist’s hand moving across the page, the pressure and rhythm of the pen creating a kind of intimate performance. There's a rawness and immediacy here that I find really compelling. It reminds me that art is always a process, a conversation between the artist and the materials, and ultimately, a way of connecting with others across time and space. Thinking about Cy Twombly, the way he used handwriting as image, it's all about the feeling and the gesture.