Brief aan A. van der Boom Possibly 1930 - 1939

This letter, addressed to A. van der Boom, was written in 1930 by Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst. It's just a handwritten note, so you can imagine the artist hunched over a desk, pen in hand, maybe pausing to think, and then scratching out these delicate words. I like to think about what it's like to make something. What was going through Holst’s head as he wrote? Was he composing something in his mind as he moved his pen across the page? What does it mean to communicate like this, in ink, with this very personal script? You can almost see the ghost of his hand moving as you look at the lines. There’s a wonderful intimacy in this work; it feels like a direct conduit to Holst’s thoughts. I mean, we all write, and we all know how a gesture can communicate feeling. It’s like he’s sharing a secret with us and inviting us into his world. What do you think?