Briefkaart aan Pieter Anne Haaxman before 1909

This "Briefkaart aan Pieter Anne Haaxman" by Arnold Koning is more than just a postcard, it’s a little performance. I imagine Koning choosing his implement, dipping the nib in ink, feeling that scratchy give as he applies pen to paper, pressing down to give weight to the upstrokes and downstrokes of each letter. The paper itself, cream and flat, offers an interesting ground for mark-making. There's a real beauty in the simplicity and functionality of the cursive, a kind of understated elegance. Look at the stamp. See its circular impression, like the artist signed it twice! You can just imagine him writing it, thinking about his friend, maybe a brief thought or a fleeting moment that he wanted to share, caught in the web of lines and shapes. It is a gesture of intimacy, a moment of connection across time and space.