Brief aan Willem Bogtman Possibly 1934 - 1935

This letter to Willem Bogtman was written in 1934 by Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst using ink on paper. Imagine Holst hunched over his desk, the scratch of the pen a steady rhythm as he shares his thoughts and feelings with his friend. The ink flows, guided by his hand, each stroke deliberate, yet infused with the energy of the moment. I'm wondering if he paused, mid-sentence, lost in thought, before returning to the page, the ink a shade darker where he picked up again. Maybe he was smoking a pipe while writing it. The lines dance across the page, a choreography of language and emotion. It’s like he’s building up the forms from the ground. You get this sense that he is both controlling it and letting it happen. Holst, like many artists, was part of a community, constantly exchanging ideas and inspiration. This letter is like a painter’s sketch—it’s about thinking through making.