Briefkaart aan Anna Dorothea Dirks Possibly 1927 - 1929

This "Briefkaart aan Anna Dorothea Dirks" by Johan Huizinga is a small paper rectangle covered with type and handwriting. Imagine Johan holding this card, the pen scratching against the paper. It's like he's thinking out loud, but with ink. What was he feeling as he wrote? Maybe a sense of connection, a fleeting thought he wanted to share. The postal stamp adds another layer, a record of its journey through time and space. It reminds me of Cy Twombly’s scrawled paintings or letters—raw expression. It's intimate, like glimpsing someone's private thoughts. And that address, carefully written, suggests a specific person, a place, and a moment in time, inviting us to reflect on all the stories that are embedded in everyday objects. Artists, writers, historians—we are all just trying to communicate across the void.