Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1925 - 1927

This postcard to Philip Zilcken by Lya Berger, it's a little world made of paper, ink, and those postage stamps. I always think about process when I see something like this – the physical act of writing, choosing the stamps, and sending it off. Look at how the handwriting almost dances across the surface, looping and connecting, like a stream-of-consciousness drawing. There's something so intimate about seeing someone’s actual script, you know? Then there are the stamps, each with its own little design and color. And the way she's drawn the vase and the face – it's like she's thinking out loud, sketching ideas as they come to her. It reminds me of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, who also played with abstraction and the everyday. This postcard isn't about perfection or clarity, it's about the beauty of the ephemeral, of a fleeting moment captured in ink and paper.