Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1911

Here's a letter addressed to Philip Zilcken. I imagine Etha Fles sitting at her desk with a pen and paper in hand. A blank page is full of possibilities, isn't it? A place of potential expression. The lines on the page guide the artist's thoughts, providing a structure for her words to flow. Each stroke of the pen is a deliberate act, shaping ideas into sentences, paragraphs into a cohesive message. You get a sense of the artist carefully considering each word, crafting her thoughts with precision. Letters, like paintings, are intimate forms of communication. I think of Hilma af Klint, Agnes Martin, and Cy Twombly who explored mark-making as a form of philosophical inquiry. In this spirit, letters embody a kind of abstract expression, where personal thoughts and feelings are translated into visual form. These thoughts are made visible, shared, and preserved through the act of writing.