Brief aan Mien Cambier van Nooten Possibly 1939

Dick Ket made this handwritten letter to Mien Cambier van Nooten in 1939. Just look at those beautiful, looping lines! The artist seems to pour out thoughts and feelings onto the page in a cascade of ink. I can imagine Ket hunched over this letter, carefully forming each word, each stroke revealing a little piece of himself. It reminds me of Cy Twombly, who also understood how a simple gesture could carry so much meaning. It looks like the artist may have been working through something, maybe a difficult or confusing situation. The writing is so dense and intertwined, almost like a visual representation of the complexities of human emotion. It’s as if the act of writing becomes a way of processing and understanding the artist’s inner world. Ultimately, this letter feels like a private conversation, an intimate exchange between two people. And yet, by sharing it with us, Ket invites us to participate in that conversation, to ponder the mysteries of human connection and communication.