Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1929

This is a letter to Philip Zilcken from Anna Pica-Marazzani, and the most striking thing about it is its hand-written quality. The words seem to dance across the page, each stroke of the pen like a small gesture. You can almost feel Anna’s hand moving as she wrote, making the act of communication into a kind of performance. Looking closer, the ink varies in darkness, suggesting different pressures and speeds. The loops and swirls of the letters create a rhythm, a visual echo of the thoughts and emotions flowing from her mind. There's a personal touch here that you just don't get with typed words. It reminds me of Cy Twombly’s scrawls; both artists embrace the imperfect, the human. It's like they are inviting us to engage with their art on a deeply personal level, and to see the beauty in the process, not just the end result. It’s a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation, a way of connecting with others across time and space through these little markings.