Blad 73 uit Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel I (1921-1929) Possibly 1928

This page, 'Blad 73 uit Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel I', comes from a student register from The Hague, made in the 1920s. I imagine the person making this book, meticulously recording names, addresses, and destinations. Perhaps they were thinking about the futures of these women, imagining where they might end up. It feels like a network being created, a map of human potential and movement. The neat columns and precise handwriting speak to a desire for order. And then those little photographs, like windows into another time. There's something so moving about seeing these faces and signatures together. It reminds me that artists, like these students, are always part of something bigger than themselves. We draw inspiration from the past, we build on each other's ideas, and we leave our own marks for others to discover. Painting, like this book, is a conversation across time, an ongoing exploration of what it means to be human.