Brief aan Henriette Wilhelmina van Baak Possibly 1931 - 1937

This looks like a letter made by Dagmar Frandsen, dated 2-7-31. It's all handwriting, penned in ink, and the cursive script really tells you something about the time it was made. I find myself trying to imagine the writer’s hand moving across the paper, each stroke deliberate and precise. What must it have been like to sit and write, carefully forming each word, knowing it’s going on a journey to someone else's hands and eyes? You get a sense of the writer as they lean into the paper, concentrating on each word, each thought. The act of writing becomes a slow, deliberate dance between mind, hand, and paper. And you think about all the letters written over the centuries. Writing letters is such an old and human thing to do; letters connect people across time, people inspire one another. As artists we’re all in an ongoing conversation, picking up threads from the past and weaving them into something new.