Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken before 1909

This postcard to Philip Zilcken, in pen, reminds me that writing can be a form of drawing. Imagine Victor Barrucand sitting at his desk. He dips his pen in ink and then moves across the card, forming each letter with care. Look at how the ink pools and thins, creating darks and lights, like a wash effect. The handwriting here is a kind of performance, each stroke a gesture, mapping out the artist's intention. I wonder what Barrucand was thinking as he carefully formed each character? Was he hoping to evoke a feeling? Or impart information? Perhaps both. What if the artist was not just sending a message, but also engaging in an embodied practice—the physical act of writing becoming a way of thinking through form and expression? Like painting, writing can be a conversation. It's all about mark-making and the movement of hand.