Brief aan Jan Veth Possibly 1907

This is a letter, titled ‘Brief aan Jan Veth’ by Johan Huizinga. I love the personal touch of letters, you know? It's like getting a peek into someone's thoughts as they happen. Looking at the page, you can feel the writer’s hand moving across it, the ink bleeding ever so slightly into the paper. The letters lean and curve with a rhythm all their own. It’s like the handwriting itself has a story to tell, beyond the words. Think about what we leave behind in our own marks - a smudge of pencil, a drip of paint, each telling a story. The energy that goes into making art, or even writing a letter, leaves its trace. It reminds you that art is just one big, ongoing conversation. Maybe some other letter from Cézanne, and a smudge from Cy Twombly? So much in the world is just a letter, waiting to be written, or found.