Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1918

This is a letter written by N.J. Singels to Philip Zilcken, dating back to October 16, 1918. You can almost imagine the act of writing itself, the hand moving across the page, each stroke and curve of the letters creating a textured surface. I can imagine Singels carefully forming each word, thinking about the recipient and the message. He is probably enquiring about the ‘Association of the Red Press’ or ‘Red Pers’ and asking about becoming a member. What I love about the physicality of this letter is that Singels’s intentions are etched into the paper. It connects us, through time, to his curiosity and desires. It reminds me that we are all in conversation with each other, artists, writers, and thinkers, across time and space. We might be separated by years or even centuries, but we're constantly riffing off each other's ideas, building on what came before, and pushing things in new directions.