Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1904

This is a letter, a ‘Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken,’ written in 1904 by Eduard August von Saher with ink on paper. You know, the cursive handwriting gives me a sense of the artist’s hand moving across the page, like a dance, looping and swirling. I wonder, what was he thinking as he carefully formed each letter? There’s a rhythm here, a flow of thought made visible. The ink pools in certain spots, creating darker, more emphatic marks, while other strokes are lighter, more fleeting. I like to imagine von Saher, pen in hand, pausing, reflecting, before committing his thoughts to paper. He's part of a long tradition of artists using the written word to communicate, to connect, to share ideas. Writing is a form of mark-making, just like painting, and both are forms of embodied expression. You can see him in my mind trying to express something, not quite knowing where it will lead, but trusting in the process. Each stroke is a decision, a gesture, a tiny act of creation.