| You don't notice me, | |
| just as little as a chair -- | |
| You rarely sée me. | |
| Je merkt mij niet op, | Du bemerkst mich nicht, |
| net zo weinig als een stoel -- | so wenig wie einen Stuhl -- |
| Zelden zié je mij. | Du siéhst mich selten. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-23
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 9 - June 2010, Malmö
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| I'm excited when | |
| I tell my dreams, and bored when -- | |
| I listen to yours. | |
| Enthousiast vertel | Ich finde meine |
| ik mijn droom, verveeld luister -- | Träume aufregend, deine -- |
| ik naar die van jou. | aber langweilig. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-15
Out of the world (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 1998
Novel "Ute av verden" (translated 2023), part 1, chapter 3
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
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Receiving attention |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-20
Angel (Wanda Bommer) - 2009
Novel "Engel", chapter 3, paragraph 27 and 40 (forward button [Angélica/Engel 1982-1990])
Collection: The climbing house
Tribute to: Bommer, Wanda
| My mother: no wise | |
| lessons and no great deeds, but -- | |
| always attentive. | |
| Mama: geen wijze | Mama: weder Weis- |
| lessen of grote daden -- | heit noch große Taten, doch -- |
| maar altijd aandacht. | immer aufmerksam. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-24
You left nothing behind - a memory (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Jij liet niets achter - een herinnering", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part V [Mother], and in "Diary 1962-1963" (2007) - February 2nd, 1963, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| It's good that he doesn't | |
| think I'm special, as long as -- | |
| he notices me. | |
| Het is goed dat hij | Gut, dass er mich für |
| mij niet bijzonder vindt, als -- | gewöhnlich hält, solange -- |
| hij me maar opmerkt. | er mich bloß bemerkt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-06
In foreign parts - Chronicles (Frida Vogels) - 2024
Autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken", chapter 'Herbert' - May 23rd, 1976, Bologna - Not getting personal attention
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Attention is nice | |
| even from a distance, but -- | |
| I miss our embrace. | |
| Ook van een afstand | Aufmerksamkeit aus |
| is aandacht fijn, al mis ik -- | der Ferne ist schön, aber -- |
| onze omarming. | sich zu umarmen... |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-06
Collection: More
| The sentimental | |
| people chat to explore their -- | |
| growing consciousness. | |
| De gevoelsmensen | Die Gefühlsleute |
| onderzoeken kwebbelend -- | erforschen schwatzend ihren -- |
| hun bewustwording. | Bewusstseinsprozess. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-30
For God and Social Services (Nicolien Mizee) - 2000
Novel "Voor God en de Sociale Dienst", October 14th, 1999
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| Little are their high | |
| expectations - if you fall | |
| you're hardly noticed. | |
| Klein zijn hun hoge | Gering sind ihre |
| verwachtingen, want wie valt -- | hohen Erwartungen, denn -- |
| valt nauwelijks op. | wer fällt, fällt kaum auf. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-10
Only up (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2024
Column "Alleen maar opwaarts", in the NRC of September 10th, 2024 - About the painting "[Landschap met] De val van Icarus" ("Landscape with the Fall of Icarus", 1565, Pieter Brueghel de Oude)
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen; Brueghel de Oude
| I don't have a hold, | |
| with others, he never looks -- | |
| at me lovingly. | |
| Ik heb geen houvast, | Ich hab keinen Halt, |
| nooit kijkt hij in gezelschap -- | in Gesellschaft sieht er nie -- |
| mij liefdevol aan. | mich liebevoll an. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-07
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie) - 1995
Novel, chapter "The Moor's Last Sigh", (4-) 20
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| I am just floating | |
| around and almost ready -- | |
| to wake up slowly. | |
| Ik drijf maar wat rond | Ich schwebe einfach |
| en ben er bijna aan toe -- | herum und bin fast bereit -- |
| om wakker te zijn. | um aufzuwachen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-03
Occam ocean (Éliane Radigue) - 2015
Personal transmission-composition for orchestra, performed in the Organpark on February 3rd, 2024, by ensemble ONCEIM (L'Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations, et Improvisations Musicales) and others - @wind section
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Radigue, Éliane
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Mummy is bad |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-08
The Painter (Marlene Dumas) - 1994
Painting
Ink "Confidence Blue" by Monteverde (California)
About Helena of Troy, see also the poems 0899. "The blossoms stay with me", and 3155. "#Beauty"
Collection: Take a picture, now
Tribute to: Dumas, Marlene
| It is attention | |
| that licks children into shape -- | |
| It's love. Or hatred. | |
| Kinderen worden | Die Aufmerksamkeit |
| in vorm gelikt door aandacht -- | leckt Kinder in ihrer Form -- |
| Door liefde. Of haat. | Liebe. Oder Hass. |
Amsterdam, 2023-04-12
The time of the angels (Iris Murdoch) - 1966
Novel, § 3
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
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Drinking tea in the rain |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-27
We're not gonna take it (Pete Townshend, The Who) - 1969
Closing song of "Tommy"
Collection: On living on [1]
Tribute to: The Who; Townshend, Pete
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| It's not about God, | |
| it's always about your life -- | |
| about being seen! | |
| Het gaat nooit om God, | Es geht nie um Gott, |
| maar altijd om jouw leven -- | sondern um dein Leben, dass -- |
| dat je gezien wordt! | du gesehen wirst! |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-03
Farewell (Jens Christian Grøndahl) - 2020
All-Seeying Eye
A young female pastor speaks to an unbeliever
Story "Farväl" (collection "Dage som græs"), § 3
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Grøndahl, Jens Christian
| I exist! Me too! | |
| And I! Here! I exist here! -- | |
| And I? Who hears me? | |
| Ik besta! Ik ook! | Ich existiere! |
| En ik! Hier! Hier besta ik! -- | Ich auch! Und ich! Hier bin ich! -- |
| En ik? Wie hoort mij? | Und ich? Wer hört mich? |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-15
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 15th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Cage, John
| The riches we have | |
| are limited, we want more -- | |
| attention, on call. | |
| Ach, onze rijkdom | Nun, unser Wohlstand |
| is beperkt, we willen meer -- | ist begrenzt, wir wollen viel -- |
| aandacht, op afroep. | mehr Aufmerksamkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-01
Collection: The climbing house
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Alone. Between lonely hearts |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-30
Becoming Mona (Griet Op de Beeck) - 2014
Novel "Kom hier dat ik u kus" (2014, Griet Op de Beeck, adapted into a film by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden in 2020)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967, Paul McCartney, The Beatles)
Avalokitesvara (Lord who gazes down [at the world], a Bodhisattva [Being of enlightenment]) / Guanshiyin / Sacred Heart (of Jesus)
Collection: Webgarden
Tribute to: Op de Beeck, Griet; The Beatles
| Listen to my voice, | |
| do not bury my poems -- | |
| in any dead book. | |
| Luister naar mijn stem, | Hör meine Stimme, |
| begraaf mijn gedichten niet -- | vergrabe Gedichten nicht -- |
| in dode boeken. | in toten Büchern. |
Amsterdam, 2022-02-22
The capital (Ghayath Almadhoun) - 2016
Poem (in DW B magazine (Dietsche Warande & Belfort, 2016-3, and in the collection "Ik hier jij daar")
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Almadhoun, Ghayath
| Here I hurt myself, | |
| where else? No one else at all -- | |
| does, only right here... | |
| Hier bezeer ik mij, | Hier verletze ich |
| waar anders? Niemand anders -- | mich selbst, wo sonst? Niemand sonst -- |
| doet dat nog, maar hier... | tut das noch, nur hier... |
Amsterdam, 2022-01-28
The comfort seekers (Marieke Lucas Rijneveld) - 2020
Poem "De troostzoekers" (in Trouw on December 25th, 2020, and in the collection "Komijnsplitsers")
Collection: Look at me
Tribute to: Rijneveld, Lucas
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Listen to me, as half as I am |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-31
Here I am (Barbara Pravi) - 2021
Free translation of the song "Voilà" ("Here I am", 2021, Barbara Pravi)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Pravi, Barbara
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| I want to exist, | |
| please look at me, sympathise -- | |
| and feel who I am. | |
| Ik wil bestaan, kijk | Ich will leben, schau |
| me aan, leef met mij mee, voel -- | mich an und fühle mit mir -- |
| en zie wie ik ben. | sehe, wer ich bin. |
Amsterdam, 2021-08-18
The closing song of "Tommy" (1969, The Who), "We're not gonna take it", ends with the exclamation "See me, feel me, / touch me, heal me"
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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PAN-PAN Come closer |
Amsterdam, 2021-08-11
Eurydice
A person's (deadly) illness is not his identity
"Portrait de la jeune fille en feu" ("Portrait of a Lady on Fire", 2019, Céline Sciamma)
"PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN" is the request for help (no emergency)
Collection: On living on [1]
Tribute to: Sciamma, Céline
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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I write my life |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-01
Zywa = alive, vivid
Attention is like sunshine
Hormone = bringing-in-motion
Cytokine = cell-mover, cell-grower
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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Seven days is enough |
Amsterdam, 2021-02-03
Collection: Lilith's Powers
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It's nice that you think of me |
Amsterdam, 2020-03-11
Collection: Bruises
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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The smiley faces on my screen |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-23
Collection: Changing Times
