Brief aan Philip Zilcken before 1922

This letter to Philip Zilcken, by Rose Imel, feels like a quiet, intimate exchange, made with ink on paper. I imagine Imel carefully choosing her words, the pen gliding across the surface, each stroke deliberate and thoughtful. There’s a sense of urgency, or maybe just the everyday rush of life, in the graceful handwriting. The way the text fills the page, almost like a gentle embrace, reminds me of Cy Twombly's scribbled paintings. You can sense the artist's hand and breath in every mark. The thin, delicate lines seem to convey both fragility and strength. I wonder what Imel was thinking, what she felt as she wrote. Was it a moment of connection, of sharing a piece of herself with another person? Letters like this are such tender gestures—proof that communication, like art, is about exchange, dialogue, and the human desire to reach out and touch someone else’s life.