Brief aan Anna Dorothea Dirks Possibly 1924

This letter to Anna Dorothea Dirks was written in Amsterdam on January 30, 1924 by Chap van Deventer. Look at how the ink bleeds into the page, spreading out like soft shadows. You can almost feel the nib of the pen scratching, the writer pausing, thinking, then continuing on. I imagine the person writing, maybe sitting by a window, their brow furrowed with concern as they think of Anna and her condition. The words, looping and connecting, create a texture, a kind of emotional cartography on the page. It's a reminder that writing, like painting, is an act of translation, transforming thoughts and feelings into visible form. Van Deventer, I wonder what other letters they wrote? Who else did they touch with their words? Each letter a small painting, a portrait of a relationship, a moment in time captured in ink. We are all in conversation.