| Stop believing in | |
| what you keep telling yourself -- | |
| Stop your suffering! | |
| Geloof niet langer | , |
| in wat je jezelf wijsmaakt -- | was du dich selbst einredest -- |
| Houd op met lijden! | Hör auf zu leiden! |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-19
He who fears suffering already suffers because of what he fears (Michel de Montaigne)
1595 De Montaigne, Michel, Van Der Kolk, Bessel
> Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux 1533-1592) wrote in his "Essais" (book 3, 13 - AD 1595): "Qui craint de souffrir, il souffre déjà de ce qu'il craint"
> Rhyme: "Too often we suffer most sorely / and thereby feel most poorly / from dreaded aches and pains"
> Dutch saying: "Een mens lijdt het meest door het lijden dat hij vreest" ("Man suffers most from the suffering he fears")
> Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk quotes in his book "The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma" (2014) Elvin Semrad's statement: "The greatest sources of suffering are the lies we tell ourselves"
Keyword: Reason: ignore
| In our devoted | |
| souls the Lord chooses to dwell -- | |
| with all His blessings! | |
| In onze zielen | |
| verkiest de Heer te wonen -- | seine Wohnsitze gewählt -- |
| Wij zijn gezegend! | Wir sind gesegnet! |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-24
Hail to you, you chosen souls (Johann Sebastian Bach)
1727
Air "Wohl euch, ihr auserwählten Seelen" for alto, from the cantata "O, ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe" ("O eternal fire, O origin of love", BWV 34) for Pentecost
Keyword: Religion: promise
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
| Music in the night: | |
| a prayer that lifts me up -- | |
| high into heaven. | |
| Muziek in de nacht: | : |
| een gebed dat mij optilt -- | ein Gebet, das mich erhebt -- |
| tot in de hemel. | hoch in den Himmel. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-10
Silent is the night, peaceful (Salvatore Cammarano / Giuseppe Verdi)
1853 Cammarano, Salvatore
Air "Tacea la notte placida", opera "Il trovatore" ("The troubadour") - Leonora, act 1
Keyword: Music: order, harmony
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
| The fire draws people | |
| near, it flickers eerie screams -- | |
| upon their faces. | |
| Het vuur trekt mensen | , |
| aan, het flakkert met kreten -- | das Feuer flackert Schreie -- |
| op hun gezichten. | auf den Gesichtern. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-10
The pyre screams (Salvatore Cammarano / Giuseppe Verdi)
1853 Cammarano, Salvatore
Air "Stride la vampa", opera "Il trovatore" ("The troubadour") - Azucena, act 2 - About the witch burning of a gypsy, Azucena's mother
Keyword: Power: murder / annihilation
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
| The wind wails for me. | |
| Bring my love to my darling -- | |
| on swift rosy wings. | |
| De wind klaagt om mij. | . |
| Breng mijn liefde naar mijn lief -- | Bring mein Herz zu meinem Schatz -- |
| op roze vleugels. | auf rosa Flügeln. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-10
On rosy wings of love (Salvatore Cammarano / Giuseppe Verdi)
1853 Cammarano, Salvatore
Air "D'amor sull'ali rosee", opera "Il trovatore" ("The troubadour") - Leonora, act 4
Keywords: Hope (passive), Love: communication
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
| In a tangle are | |
| the snowflakes dancing about: | |
| winter mosquitoes. | |
| Warrelig dansen | |
| de sneeuwvlokken om en om -- | die Schneeflocken umherum -- |
| als wintermuggen. | wie Wintermücken. |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-23
Winter mosquitoes (Guido Gezelle)
1896 Gezelle, Guido
Poem "Wintermuggen" (collection "Rijmsnoer om en om het jaar", 1897)
Keywords: Nature: elements, Winter
| Facts are like bags, they | |
| only stand when you fill them -- | |
| with your affection. | |
| Feiten zijn zakken, | , |
| ze staan pas als je ze vult -- | sie stehen, wenn du sie füllst -- |
| met je gevoelens. | mit deinem Gefühl. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-19
The royal banner (Luigi Pirandello)
1897 Pirandello, Luigi
Stories "Vexilla Regis..." ("The royal banner", hymn in honour of the Holy Cross, 1897), and "La distruzione dell' uomo" ("The destruction of man", 1912) by Luigi Pirandello
Keyword: Reality
| There's enough spring green | |
| for one hundred thousand eyes -- | |
| I only have two. | |
| Lentegroen genoeg | |
| voor honderdduizend ogen -- | für Tausende von Augen -- |
| Ik heb er slechts twee. | Ich habe nur zwei. |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-23
Spring green (Guido Gezelle)
1901 Gezelle, Guido
Poem "Lentegroen" (collection "Laatste verzen")
Keywords: Beauty: earth, Spring
| A man falls over, | |
| luckily I can't see more -- | |
| There are bystanders. | |
| Een man valt, verder | |
| kan ik gelukkig niets zien -- | sehe ich nicht mehr, wegen -- |
| door de omstanders. | der Umstehenden. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-25
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1910 Rilke, Rainer Maria
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", chapter #1, (Aus den Briefen vom Februar 1912) II. September, rue Toallier ([From the letters of February 1912] September 11th, rue Toallier)
Keyword: Action (duty)
| There are multitudes | |
| of faces, everyone has -- | |
| many more than one. | |
| Er zijn talloze | |
| gezichten, iedereen heeft -- | Gesichter, jeder Mensch hat -- |
| er veel meer dan een. | viel mehr als eines. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-25
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1910 Rilke, Rainer Maria
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", chapter #5, Habe ich es schon gesagt? (Have I already mentioned it?)
Keyword: Communication (body language)
| He calls out. He's blind. | |
| Pushing a cart, he calls out -- | |
| Cauli, cauli-flow'. | |
| Hij roept. Hij is blind. | . |
| En hij duwt een kar, hij roept -- | Und er schiebt einen Karren -- |
| Bloem-kool, bloem-kolen. | Blumen-kohl, ruft er. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-25
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1910 Rilke, Rainer Maria
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", chapter #18, Es ist gut, es laut zu sagen (It's good to say it out loud)
Keyword: Perception: impression
| I disguise myself | |
| in the dress in which a girl, | |
| a slave, will be sold. | |
| Ik vermom me in | |
| de jurk waarin een slavin -- | mit dem Kleid, in dem eine -- |
| zal worden verkocht. | Sklavin verkauft wird. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-26
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1910 Rilke, Rainer Maria
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", chapter #32, Mich das jetzt überdenke, kann ich mich wundern (Now that I think about it, I wonder)
Keywords: Identity: being seen, Fantasy: associations
| Her portrait is gone, | |
| nowhere to be found, we'll just -- | |
| put a mirror there. | |
| Haar portret is weg, | , |
| onvindbaar, we zetten er -- | also stellen wir einfach -- |
| maar een spiegel neer. | den Spiegel dorthin. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-26
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1910 Rilke, Rainer Maria
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", chapter #34, Mehrere Jahre später erst hörte ich wieder von dem Grafen Christian reden (It was not until several years later that I heard of Count Christian again)
Keywords: Help (pragmatic), Mirror
| On your birthday you | |
| pretend that everyone is -- | |
| doing the right thing. | |
| Als jarige moet | |
| je doen alsof iedereen -- | man so tun, als ob jeder -- |
| het precies goed doet. | das Richtige tut. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-26
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1910 Rilke, Rainer Maria
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", chapter #44, Am reichsten an beinah unfaßbaren Erfahrungen waren aber doch die Geburtstage (But the birthdays were the richest in almost incomprehensible experiences)
Keyword: Party: social
| You're missing something, | |
| so we wait, impatiently -- | |
| you break off your search. | |
| Jij bent iets kwijt, dus | |
| wachten we, ongeduldig -- | wir warten, ungeduldig -- |
| stop je met zoeken. | stoppst du die Suche. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-26
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1910 Rilke, Rainer Maria
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", chapter #43, Oft, wenn Besuch dawar, hieß es, daß Schulins sich einschränkten (Often, when there was a visitor, it was said that the Schulins were economising)
Keyword: Patience / Impatience
| The statues destroyed, | |
| temples without a roof, gods -- | |
| that are still alive. | |
| Vernielde beelden, | , |
| dakloze tempels, goden -- | Tempel ohne Dach, Götter -- |
| die bleven leven. | die weiter leben. |
Amsterdam, 2015-08-10
Ionic (Constantine Cavafy)
1911 Kaváfis, Konstantínos
Poem #29, "Ionikón"
Keyword: Religion: God(s)
| Something shiny there, | |
| I stop and kick it away -- | |
| pff, just a dead star. | |
| Op straat blinkt er iets, | , |
| ik sta stil en schop het weg -- | ich halte, und trete es -- |
| pff, een dode ster. | pff, ein toter Stern. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2014-11-05
How I picked up a star (Taruho Inagaki)
1923 Inagaki, Taruho
Story (collection "Issen ichiby? monogataru" ["The stories of a thousand and one second"])
Keyword: Boredom: disinterest
| I exist! he says, | |
| although the beard may be fake -- | |
| Santa Claus is real! | |
| Ik besta! zegt hij | |
| de baard mag dan wel vals zijn -- | sagt er, der Bart mag falsch sein -- |
| Sinterklaas is echt! | Santiklaus ist echt! |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-22
Interview with Santa Claus at the North Pole (Godfried Bomans)
1951 Bomans, Godfried
Keywords: , Santa Claus
| Like black toads, they crawl | |
| slowly up to the altar: | |
| the pious women. | |
| Als zwarte padden | |
| kruipen ze naar het altaar: | kriechen sie zahm zum Altar: |
| de vrome vrouwen. | die frommen Frauen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-29
Churches - II (Hubert van Herreweghen)
1958 Van Herreweghen, Hubert
Poem "Kerken - II" (collection "Gedichten II - Brieven uit Portugal")
Keywords: Religion: sanctuary, Manly (dominance)
| The gigantic wheels | |
| of light emerge from the sea -- | |
| like super spaceships. | |
| De wielen van licht | |
| duiken vanuit de zee op -- | tauchen aus dem Meer auf, wie -- |
| als ruimteschepen. | Superraumschiffe. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-06
For Your Information (Willy Ley)
1962 Clarke, Arthur C, Ley, Willy
Column in Galaxy magazine, published in August 1962, included in the collection "Willy Ley's For Your Information: On Earth and in the Sky" (1967), about the 'Wheels of Poseidon', plankton-patterns of acoustic pressure waves in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf
Story, § 5. The Wheels of Poseidon (1971, Arthur C. Clarke)
Keyword: Animals: plankton
| A photo is true, | |
| a film too, twenty-four times -- | |
| of truth, per second. | |
| Een foto is waar, | |
| films zijn vierentwintig keer -- | Filme vierundzwanzig Mal -- |
| waar, per seconde. | jede Sekunde. |
Amsterdam, 2019-08-05
The little soldier (Jean-Luc Godard)
1963 Godard, Jean-Luc
Film "Le petit soldat" - Attentive observation is the basis of every truth
Keyword: Truth: reveal
| The cat does not move, | |
| she is observing the moon -- | |
| the hypnotic ball. | |
| De kat zit muisstil | |
| de maan te observeren -- | und beobachtet den Mond -- |
| de hypnosebal. | der Hypnoseball. |
Amsterdam, 2014-12-04
And the quiet cat (Jack Kerouac)
1968 Kerouac, Jack
Poem "And the quiet cat / sitting by the post / perceives the moon" (collection "Book of haikus", published in 2003)
Keyword: Moon
| Tea and gruntsinging | |
| of old Tibetans before -- | |
| they get in the air. | |
| Thee en bromgezang | |
| van oude Tibetanen -- | von uralten Tibeter -- |
| voor ze opstijgen. | vor sie abheben. |
Amsterdam, 2014-02-22
Higher and higher (Jules Deelder)
1970 Deelder, Jules
Poem "Steeds hoger" (collection "Dag en nacht geopend")
Keyword: Ambition
| A page, a glimmer | |
| of truth, rustlingless silent -- | |
| and then wind again. | |
| Een bladzij, een glimp | |
| waarheid, ritselloos zwijgend -- | von Wahrheit, raschelnlos still -- |
| en dan waait het weer. | und dann wieder Wind. |
Amsterdam, 2013-10-12
Landscapes and other events (Gerrit Kouwenaar)
1974 Kouwenaar, Gerrit
Collection of poetry
Keyword: Awareness: volatile / fragments
| A door, he recites | |
| four times, neatly in rhyme, as -- | |
| befits a poet. | |
| Een deur, zegt hij vier | |
| keer, netjes op rijm, zoals -- | mal, sauber im Reim, denn so -- |
| een dichter betaamt. | macht es der Dichter. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-29
Door (Hubert van Herreweghen)
1977 Van Herreweghen, Hubert
Poem "Deur" (collection "Gedichten V Brak")
In the last poem of the preceding collection "Gedichten IV" (1967), "I sometimes make...", he writes: 'I sometimes make a little verse that / tells whoever sees it: / I am an empty and resounding vessel, / do not know what I am for;'
Keyword: Writing: a profession
| There is a pond in | |
| you fell silent. there's nothing -- | |
| to say. dead. silence. | |
| Midden in het meer | |
| stil viel. er valt geen woord meer -- | still gefallen bist, kein Wort -- |
| te zeggen. dood. stil. | mehr. so tot. enstill. |
Amsterdam, 2014-02-23
The pond in the lake (Hans Faverey)
1983 Faverey, Hans
Series of poems "De vijver in het meer" (collection "Zijden kettingen")
Keyword: Beauty: surroundings
| Truth is volatile, | |
| you see it half appearing -- | |
| half disappearing. | |
| Waarheid is vluchtig, | , |
| je ziet haar half verschijnen -- | du siehst sie halb auftauchen -- |
| en half verdwijnen. | und halb verschwinden. |
Amsterdam, 2019-08-05
Detective (Jean Luc Godard)
1985 Godard, Jean-Luc
Dialogue in the movie "Détective"
Keyword: Truth: concealed
| I never played Hamlet, | |
| I was just the performer -- | |
| who was playing him. | |
| Hamlet speelde ik | |
| nog nooit, ik was de acteur -- | nie, ich war der Schauspieler -- |
| die Hamlet speelde. | der Hamlet spielte. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-22
The theatre, the letter and the truth (Harry Mulisch)
2000 Mulisch, Harry
Novella "Het theater, de brief en de waarheid"
Keyword: Imitate
| God is a tv- | |
| star who can see the viewers -- | |
| in one, just one blink. | |
| God is een tv- | |
| ster die de kijkers kan zien -- | star, der die Zuschauer sieht -- |
| in één ogenblik. | ja, augenblicklich! |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-22
The theatre, the letter and the truth (Harry Mulisch)
2000 Mulisch, Harry
Novella "Het theater, de brief en de waarheid"
Keyword: Religion: belief
| As if God sees us | |
| like the people on tv -- | |
| look blindly at us? | |
| Alsof God ons ziet | |
| zoals mensen op tv -- | wie Leute im Fernsehen -- |
| ons blind aankijken? | uns blind anschauen? |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-22
The theatre, the letter and the truth (Harry Mulisch)
2000 Mulisch, Harry
After the novella "Het theater, de brief en de waarheid"
Keyword: Religion: belief
| God is like a sound, | |
| He's everywhere, wherever -- | |
| there is space, He sounds. | |
| God is een geluid | , |
| dat overal komt, klinkend -- | Er ist überall, erklingt -- |
| waar er ruimte is. | dort, wo es Raum gibt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-11
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog)
2003 Krog, Antjie
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - Tuareg poet Eraf Hawad speaks about the nomadic way of life
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day One)
Keyword: Religion: God(s)
| I learn the stories | |
| while I'm listening to them -- | |
| While I'm telling them. | |
| Ik leer verhalen | |
| terwijl ik ernaar luister -- | ich einfach beim Zuhören -- |
| Terwijl ik vertel. | Beim selbst Erzählen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-28
Lighthousekeeping (Jeanette Winterson)
2004 Winterson, Jeanette
Novel, chapter Known point in the darkness
Keyword: Stories: experience
| Biology and | |
| religion teach that man is -- | |
| made of swelling clay. | |
| Biologie en | |
| godsdienst leren dat de mens -- | Religion lehren, der Mensch -- |
| uit zwelklei bestaat. | besteht aus Quellton. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-14
Swelling clay (Driek van Wissen)
2004 Van Wissen, Driek
Poem "Zwelklei"
Expansion clay / swelling clay can absorb a lot of water because it contains smectite
Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed [a] man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and [the] man became a living being
Keywords: Mankind, Bible
| Believing, living | |
| in Ever Darkening Times -- | |
| until The New Day. | |
| Geloven, leven | |
| in De Donkere Tijden -- | Stetiger Verdunkelung -- |
| tot De Nieuwe Dag. | bis zum Neuen Tag. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-28
Lighthousekeeping (Jeanette Winterson)
2004 Winterson, Jeanette
Novel, chapters: Known point in the darkness, and: New planet
Keyword: Religion: promise
| I just stopped writing | |
| that diary of mine since -- | |
| it is never true. | |
| Ik ben maar gestopt | |
| met dat dagboekschrift van mij -- | in mein Tagebuch, weil es -- |
| want het klopt toch nooit. | sowieso nie stimmt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-13
Big Eight (Vrouwkje Tuinman)
2005 Tuinman, Vrouwkje
Novel "Grote acht" (route of two circles in dressage), chapter [*] #12
Keyword: Life: course (overview)
| The fairy tales are | |
| over, since then they just tell -- | |
| how it really is. | |
| De sprookjes zijn uit- | . |
| geput, sindsdien vertelt men -- | Seitdem erzählt man einfach -- |
| maar hoe het echt is. | wie es wirklich ist. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-10
The upper world (Arthur Japin)
2006 Japin, Arthur
Novella "De grote wereld", chapter 2
Keyword: Child: evolvement
| Communication | |
| is just a collection of -- | |
| misunderstandings. | |
| Communicatie | |
| is slechts een verzameling -- | ist eine Ansammlung von -- |
| van misverstanden. | Missverständnissen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-19
Vladiwostok! (P.F. Thomése)
2007 Thomése, Pieter Frans
Novel, part 1, chapter 14
Keyword: Communication (incomprehension)
| What other can I | |
| be than a collection of -- | |
| misunderstandings? | |
| Wat kan ik anders | |
| zijn dan een verzameling -- | nur eine Ansammlung von -- |
| van misverstanden? | Missverständnissen? |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-25
Vladiwostok! (P.F. Thomése)
2007 Thomése, Pieter Frans
Novel, part 1, chapter 14
See also S1735 (April 13th, 2023) regarding the exhibition "100 Missverständnisse über und unter Juden" ("100 Misunderstandings about and among Jews" in the Jewish Museum Vienna)
Keywords: Communication (incomprehension), Identity: image
| We are prepared to | |
| hide at Armageddon and -- | |
| wait for an angel. | |
| We zullen schuilen | |
| tijdens Armageddon, op -- | werden wir versteckt warten -- |
| een engel wachten. | auf einen Engel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson)
2011 Winterson, Jeanette
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 2, My Advice to Anybody Is: Get Born
The final battle of angels versus devils will take place at Armageddon (Megiddo)
Keywords: Future: wish, Angel / Devil
| I'm deaf: is Jesus | |
| protecting me, or Satan -- | |
| shouting too loudly? | |
| Ik ben hardhorend: | : |
| beschermt Jezus mij, of roept -- | beschützt mich Jesus, oder -- |
| Satan veel te hard? | schreit Satan zu laut? |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson)
2011 Winterson, Jeanette
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 5, At Home
Inflamed adenoids
Keywords: Illusions: madness, Angel / Devil
| And I have pictures | |
| with god on them, running off -- | |
| half behind a tree. | |
| En ik heb foto's | |
| waar god op staat, weglopend -- | mit Gott darauf, weglaufend -- |
| half achter een boom. | halb hinter dem Baum. |
Amsterdam, 0000-00-00
Standing/sitting/hanging (Etwin Grootscholten)
2013 Grootscholten, Etwin
"Er staat/zit/hangt" (collection Poem "Land der horizonten, dichters uit Hanzeland")
Keyword: Perception: mystery
| In between the words | |
| about the boat and the boat -- | |
| I still have some space. | |
| Tussen mijn woorden | |
| over de boot en de boot -- | über das Boot und das Boot -- |
| heb ik nog ruimte. | habe ich noch Raum. |
Amsterdam, 2018-11-23
Night ferry - 2 (Maria Barnas)
2018 Barnas, Maria
Poem "Nachtboot" - 2 (collection "Nachtboot")
Keyword: Language: notions
| A reconstruction: | |
| you come closer and you see -- | |
| nothing but vague spots. | |
| Een reconstructie: | : |
| van dichtbij zie je niets meer -- | aus der Nähe siehst du nichts -- |
| dan vage vlekken. | als vage Flecken. |
Amsterdam, 2020-03-10
Nothing is a lie (Sacha Bronwasser)
2019 Bronwasser, Sacha
Novel "Niets is gelogen", chapter Pé [3]
Keyword: Perception: mystery
| In slower motion | |
| you can see more than there is -- | |
| There is time to think. | |
| In slower motion | |
| beleef je meer dan er is -- | erlebt man mehr als passiert -- |
| Je hebt bedenktijd. | Man hat Bedenkzeit. |
Amsterdam, 2020-03-10
Nothing is a lie (Sacha Bronwasser)
2019 Bronwasser, Sacha
Novel "Niets is gelogen", chapter Gala [1]
Keyword: Life: experience
| The wind blows, nothing | |
| happens, maybe unless you -- | |
| look to see something. | |
| Wind, er gebeurt niets, | , |
| behalve misschien als je -- | außer wenn man hinschaut, um -- |
| kijkt om iets te zien. | etwas zu sehen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-12
The event (Peter Terrin)
2022 Terrin, Peter
Novel "De gebeurtenis", chapter Frederik (2) #1 - "The 'looking' was the event"
Keyword: Attention: observe
| I'm dreaming my life | |
| in a parallel world, it's -- | |
| a roller-coaster. | |
| Ik droom mijn leven | , |
| in een parallelwereld -- | in einer Parallelwelt -- |
| Het is een achtbaan. | einer Achterbahn. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-27
Area 19 (Esther Gerritsen)
2023 Gerritsen, Esther
In response to Esther Gerritsen's lack of critical imagination in describing the mental rollercoaster in her novel "Gebied 19", with a reference from me to the story "De achtbaan" ("The roller-coaster", 1953, Belcampo)
Area 19 is a part of the visual cortex in the brain
Keyword: Fantasy: dreaming
| On the internet, | |
| you can have parallel worlds -- | |
| and parallel lives. | |
| Op het internet | |
| zijn parallelwerelden -- | es Parallelwelten und -- |
| parallellevens. | Parallelleben. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-27
Area 19 (Esther Gerritsen)
2023 Gerritsen, Esther
Inspiration for the novel "Gebied 19"
Area 19 is a part of the visual cortex in the brain
Keyword: Fantasy: dreaming
| Blessings rest upon | |
| the great king, the eternal -- | |
| flame burns night and day. | |
| Er rust zegen op | |
| de koning, de eeuwige -- | dem König, das ewige -- |
| vlam brandt dag en nacht. | Licht brennt Tag und Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-19
The future of truth (Werner Herzog)
2024 Herzog, Werner
Book "Die Zukunft der Wahrheit", chapter Numa Pompilius (king from 716 to 673 BC)
The Vestal Virgins
Keywords: Power: demonstration, Bible
