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The brain grew, and the neck |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-09
The Origin of Language - How We Learned to Speak and Why (Madeleine Beekman) - 2025
Study
Collection: The light of words
Tribute to: Beekman, Madeleine
| On the ultrasound, | |
| our little baby looks like -- | |
| an astronaut child. | |
| Op de echo lijkt | Auf dem Sono sieht |
| ons kindje een astronaut -- | unser kleines Baby aus -- |
| iets van de toekomst. | wie ein Astronaut. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-24
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 2, chapter 'Letter to an unborn daughter, January 1st' - 2014, Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Behind daddy's back, | |
| covered by mama, I'm safe -- | |
| and look around me. | |
| Achter papa's rug, | Auf Papas Rücken, |
| gedekt door mama, veilig -- | von Mama gedeckt, sicher -- |
| om me heen kijken. | schaue ich mich um. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-01
With a photo of Pieter W, and Maart and Madelief dK on the Prinsengracht, with a view of the Westerkerk (October 22nd, 2000, Amsterdam)
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Maart dK, Madelief dK, Pieter W
| Only in the lap | |
| of relaxation and warmth -- | |
| babies fall asleep. | |
| Alleen in de schoot | Nur im warmen Schoß |
| van ontspanning en warmte -- | spannungsfreier Zuwendung -- |
| slapen baby's in. | schlafen Babys ein. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-21
With a photo of Lotte on Paul's lap, one month after her birth (February 19th, 2012, Grossdietwil)
Collection: web tissue
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Paul J
| Doing a trick, well, | |
| it is the first thing a child -- | |
| is successful with. | |
| Een kunstje doen, ja, | Einen Trick machen, |
| dat is het eerste waarmee -- | das ist das Erste, mit dem -- |
| een kind succes heeft. | ein Kind Erfolg hat. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-10
The upper world (Arthur Japin) - 2006
Novella "De grote wereld", § 3
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Japin, Arthur
| To make people laugh, | |
| every baby learns that much -- | |
| sooner than talking. | |
| Hen laten lachen, | Zum Lachen bringen, |
| dat leert elke baby veel -- | das lernt jedes Baby viel -- |
| eerder dan praten. | früher als Sprechen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-10
The upper world (Arthur Japin) - 2006
Novella "De grote wereld", § 3
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Japin, Arthur
| They smell sweet and warm | |
| like fresh bread in the oven: | |
| the newborn babies. | |
| Zoet en warm ruiken | Neugeborene |
| de pasgeboren baby's -- | duften herrlich süß und warm -- |
| naar verse broden. | wie Brot im Ofen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-02
The Queen of the Tambourine (Jane Gardam) - 1991
Novel, § March 10th (1990)
Collection: Skin-contact
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane
| On a navel string | |
| the baby floats out of space -- | |
| out of the rocket. | |
| Aan een navelstreng | An der Nabelschnur |
| zweeft de baby buitenaards -- | schwebt das Baby außerirdisch -- |
| de raketbuik uit. | aus der Rakete. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-14
A Voyage to the Moon - In seven parts (Manfred Durniok) - 1976
Film: NASA footage and music by Oskar Sala on the Mixtur-Trautonium, performed in the Organpark by Peter Pichler on January 14th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Tribute to: Durniok, Manfred
| I'm growing, I know | |
| how to do that, though I'm not -- | |
| fully myself yet. | |
| Ik groei, ik weet hoe | Ich wachse, ich weiß, |
| dat moet, al ben ik nog niet -- | wie das geht, obwohl ich noch -- |
| helemaal mezelf. | nicht ganz ich selbst bin. |
Amsterdam, 2012-03-01
Collection: Dearme
