Brief aan Philip Zilcken before 1928

This is a letter to Philip Zilcken by Rose Imel, and it’s all about process. I mean, look at the way the handwriting sort of floats across the page, all these gorgeous cursive forms pushing and pulling against each other, as if the words are almost a drawing. The ink seems to be light grey, and the cursive script feels intimate, like a peek into Imel's thoughts as they spilled out onto the page. You can almost feel the nib of the pen scratching against the paper. There is a rhythm to the handwriting, a kind of dance. The way one word bleeds into another reminds me a bit of Cy Twombly. Both artists share this idea of making language that’s visually and emotionally resonant, but not necessarily explicit. Like Twombly, Imel seems to be more interested in the act of writing itself, in the way words can become something else entirely. It’s about embracing the messiness of communication.