Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1914

Here's a briefkaart, or postcard, to Philip Zilcken, made with ink and paper by Adolphe van Weezel Errens. I'm really drawn to the immediacy of the marks. You know, when I look at this, I think about how writing itself is a form of drawing. See how the ink bleeds slightly into the paper, creating these fuzzy edges around each stroke. There is an urgency to it, the kind you get when you have something important to say and you just need to get it down quickly. Then, next to the address we have these stamps in red and blue. They lend a formal aspect to the piece, but are at odds with the cursive writing. It reminds me a little of Cy Twombly's work, where handwriting and mark-making become a kind of personal code. There's an honesty to the process that allows for multiple readings. It's like Errens is inviting us into a conversation, one that doesn't necessarily have a clear beginning or end. And that's where the beauty lies, in the ambiguity and the potential for connection.