| Was there a sentence | |
| carried out? Not by us, but -- | |
| perhaps upon us? | |
| Werd er een vonnis | Wurde ein Urteil |
| voltrokken? Niet door ons, maar -- | vollstreckt? Nicht von uns, aber -- |
| misschien over ons? | dann vielleicht an uns? |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-05
The little horses that galloped across the beach (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "De paardjes die over het strand galoppeerden", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees] - June 7th, 1966, Bologna (her brother Kees's birthday)
Tragedy "The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke" (1599-1602, William Shakespeare) - Where's Polonius? At supper. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten.
Collection: Self-portraits
Keyword: Judgement
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida; Shakespeare, William
| Shakespeare was human | |
| like us, which refutes a lot -- | |
| of books about him. | |
| Shakespeare was een mens | Shakespeare war ein Mensch |
| zoals wij, dat weerlegt veel -- | wie wir, das widerlegt viel -- |
| studies over hem. | Wissen über ihn. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-26
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, A Celebration of Love, part Two
Collection: Dreams of love
Keyword: Humanity
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris; Shakespeare, William
| I quiesce the storm | |
| and welcome my enemies -- | |
| people just like me. | |
| Ik leg de storm stil, | Ich stoppe den Sturm, |
| verwelkom mijn vijanden -- | begrüße meine Feinde -- |
| mensen zoals ik. | Auch sie sind Menschen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-08-12
The tempest (William Shakespeare) - 1611
Play
Collection: Wean Di
Keyword: Human: fellow man
Tribute to: Shakespeare, William
| My love does not need | |
| to be the most beautiful -- | |
| she's extremely rare. | |
| Mijn lief is gewoon, | Sie ist ganz einfach, |
| ze hoeft niet het mooist te zijn -- | sie muss nicht die Schönste sein -- |
| zo zeldzaam is zij. | weil sie selten ist. |
Amsterdam, 2014-12-05
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun (William Shakespeare) - 1609
Sonnet
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Keyword: Beauty: essence
Tribute to: Shakespeare, William
| The actors point to | |
| the spectators, us, the gods -- | |
| making the choices. | |
| De acteurs wijzen | Die Spieler zeigen |
| naar de toeschouwers, goden -- | auf die Zuschauer, Götter -- |
| die kunnen kiezen. | die wählen können. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-31
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (William Shakespeare) - 1607
Play, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in summer 2024 (direction Tamara Harvey)
Collection: Known
Keyword: Ethics: conscience
Tribute to: Shakespeare, William
| Forgive all vices, | |
| for everyone goes along -- | |
| with God and the stars? | |
| Vergeef ondeugden, | Vergib Laster, denn |
| de mensen schikken zich, naar -- | die Menschen passen sich Gott -- |
| God en de sterren? | und den Sternen an? |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-20
The Tragedie of King Lear (William Shakespeare) - 1606
Theatre play, 1st act, 2nd scene, Edmund, son of the Earl of Gloucester:
"This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, - often the surfeits of our own behaviour, - we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on."
Collection: Rasping ants
Keyword: Ethics: vices
Tribute to: Shakespeare, William
| Riots in cities, | |
| discord in districts, treason -- | |
| in the palaces. | |
| Oproer in steden, | Aufruhr in Städten, |
| tweedracht in het land, verraad -- | Zwietracht im Land, und Verrat -- |
| in de paleizen. | in den Palästen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-19
The Tragedie of King Lear (William Shakespeare) - 1606
Theatre play, 1st act, 2nd scene, the Earl of Gloucester:
"These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us. Though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects. Love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide; in cities, mutinies; in countries, discord; in palaces, treason; and the bond cracked 'twixt son and father."
Collection: Rasping ants
Keywords: Together: discord, Politics
Tribute to: Shakespeare, William
| Ay, Polonius! | |
| He does not eat at supper -- | |
| where he is eaten. | |
| Ach, Polonius | Ach, Polonius |
| eet niet tijdens het diner -- | isst nicht am diesen Festmahl -- |
| Hij wordt gegeten. | Er wird gegessen. |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-09
The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (William Shakespeare) - 1602
Tragedy (act 4, scene III)
Collection: Rasping ants
Keyword: Power: wielding
Tribute to: Shakespeare, William
| Growing up: learning | |
| a role, and just like others -- | |
| not playing it well. | |
| Opgroeien: een rol | Aufwachsen: eine |
| leren, net als anderen -- | Rolle erlernen und sie -- |
| haar niet goed spelen. | nicht sehr gut spielen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-11-25
Letter 80 about ethics to Lucilius (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) - 64
"Epistulae morales ad Lucilium", book 9: Human life is a comedy, we are assigned roles that we play poorly
"As you like it" (1599, William Shakespeare), act II, scene 7: All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players
'Under the cornice of the front gate' of the new city theatre of Amsterdam (1637, Joost van den Vondel): The world is a stage, everyone plays their part and gets their share
Collection: Wean Di
Keywords: Identity: character, Imitate
Tribute to: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus; Shakespeare, William
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