Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1907 - 1924

This postcard was sent to Philip Zilcken by Floris Verster. Imagine Verster penning this down, maybe late at night, a quick dispatch of thoughts across the ether. The writing here is so elegant, full of flourishes and loops, like vines reaching out. The stamps and postmarks feel so physical, so material – a contrast to our digital missives today. What was Verster thinking as he chose this card? Was it a spur-of-the-moment impulse, or a carefully considered act? I think of other artist correspondence: Van Gogh writing to his brother Theo, relaying his artistic struggles and triumphs. Artists are always in conversation, exchanging ideas, inspiring one another. This little card, now held in the Rijksmuseum, is a whisper from the past, an echo of one artist's thoughts to another. It's an invitation to imagine a connection, a moment of exchange, across time.