Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1927

This letter, penned by Fenna de Meyier to Philip Zilcken in 1927, is like a little painting in itself. Look at the looping lines of the handwriting, it's almost calligraphic. It's so controlled, with a beautiful rhythm and flow. I can imagine her sitting down, dipping her pen in ink, maybe pausing to think about what she wanted to say. Each stroke a deliberate act, a little dance across the page. The words themselves become marks, dark against the pale paper. You know, writing like this is so different from typing on a computer. It's slower, more tactile, you can feel the connection between your hand and the words. It's a very intimate act. It reminds me of other artists who use text in their work, like Cy Twombly, who scribbled all over his canvases. And it makes you wonder about all the other women artists writing and painting in that period. It's like they're all in conversation with each other, across time and space. This letter feels like a small, but important, piece of that dialogue.