Brief aan Anna Dorothea Dirks Possibly 1918 - 1919

This letter, written by Johan Huizinga, feels like a little peek into the past. The ink is dark, almost sepia-toned, against the creamy paper, like a quiet conversation. The handwriting, it’s got a rhythm, doesn’t it? It's like a dance across the page; look at the way the letters lean and loop, some thick, some thin, as though each word is drawn rather than written. The ‘H’ in Huizinga, has such a flourish, as though it’s signed with care and intention. Think about the hand that wrote this, the pressure on the pen, the flow of thought from mind to paper. The words themselves are just one layer, but the marks, the gestures – that's the real story. It's as though we can see the artist’s thought process as the letter takes shape, each stroke building to the next. Like with Cy Twombly, each gesture and mark are a glimpse into a thought.