Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1915

This is a little invitation from Fenna de Meyier, no date given, but made with ink on paper, and you can tell she's really into the whole process of getting the words just right. Look at the handwritten notes at the top, like a casual sketch before getting to the main event. It's that kind of back and forth, that thinking-through-making, that really grabs me. The ink is light, almost disappearing into the paper, making it feel like a whisper. The printed part in the middle looks more formal, but then there’s that handwritten line at the bottom that feels so personal, so human, and a little bit funny, too, "(geen soirée toilet)." Like a wink. It reminds me a bit of some of Dorothea Tanning's handwritten postcard works, the way she mixed painting and text. It's all about layering and process, about letting the work reveal itself as you go. It’s about the conversation that happens between the artist and the page.