Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1911 - 1919

Sander Pierron wrote this letter to Philip Zilcken, seemingly in ink, on September 9, 1911. The marks are so close together, it feels like a dense forest of tiny trees. You know, sometimes when I’m painting, I get into a rhythm where the marks just keep coming, one after another, almost like I’m not even thinking about it. I can almost feel the texture of the paper through the strokes. It’s fascinating how handwriting can be so personal, how each slant and curve tells a story about the person who wrote it. Look at how the lines sometimes overlap and intersect. There’s something so raw and immediate about it. It reminds me of Cy Twombly’s scrawls. This piece feels like a conversation across time, an echo of voices and ideas. Art is an ongoing conversation. There's a beautiful ambiguity here, so much room for interpretation, and I love it.