Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1919

This letter to Philip Zilcken was written in Paris on the 11th of June, though the year is unconfirmed. I'm imagining Rose Imel dipping her pen into an inkwell, letting the words flow, looping and swirling across the page, one after another. The handwriting itself is a kind of drawing, isn't it? I bet she was thinking about how her words might land, picturing Zilcken reading them, and maybe remembering shared moments. There's a real intimacy in handwriting, don't you think? It is more so than any typeface, especially in how the words almost dance together. You can feel her energy through the pressure of the pen, her thoughts and feelings made visible in the strokes and curves. It reminds me that painting, like writing, is a deeply personal act, a way of reaching out and connecting with others across time and space. I wonder what other letters she wrote, what other stories she told, and how they might connect with the work of other writers, other artists, other thinkers.