Brief aan Philip Zilcken before 1902

This is a letter, *Brief aan Philip Zilcken*, by Alice Holbach, and its drawn in ink. Can you imagine her writing this? The pressure of the pen on paper, the scratching and the way a dark line appears from nothing, becoming meaning… I love looking at other artist’s handwriting. There is a certain kind of intention to these strokes, the same way the artist approaches the canvas with a loaded brush. You can see a bit of her personality, the way the handwriting tilts and loops… Each word carefully considered, each loop intentional, like each brushstroke on a canvas, it all comes together to form a unique expression, a conversation, a connection. We are all connected by these small but powerful gestures.