| Through ever wider | |
| beds, rippling water rolls down -- | |
| the mountain, dancing. | |
| Kabbelend water | Plätscherndes Wasser |
| rolt door groene beddingen -- | rollt durch grüne Betten den -- |
| dansend de berg af. | Berg hinab und tanzt. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-17
Metamorphosis II (Philip Glass) - 1988
Composition for piano, performed on May 17th, 2026 at the Organpark, by Lavinia Meijer (harp), and Johan Luijmes (organ)
Composition for the film "The thin blue line" (1988, Errol Morris)
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Glass, Philip
| The earth is not flat, | |
| but a sphere; there is no edge -- | |
| to it to jump off. | |
| De aarde is rond, | Die Erde ist rund, |
| een bol; nergens een rand om -- | ohne irgendeinen Rand -- |
| vanaf te springen. | zum Herabspringen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-15
Out of the world (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 1998
Novel "Ute av verden" (translated in 2023), part 1, chapter 3
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| I stand at the edge | |
| of the moon, there in the depths -- | |
| the Earth shines softly. | |
| Ik sta aan de rand | Ich stehe am Rand |
| van de maan, in de diepte -- | des Mondes, in der Tiefe -- |
| schijnt zacht de aarde. | scheint die Erde sanft. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-22
The dust beetle lived on the moon [2] (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Short story "De stoftor woonde op de maan [2]", published in the collection "Het leed van de stoftor"
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| The global oceans | |
| are rising, will Mother Earth -- | |
| be floating about? | |
| De wereldzeeën | Die Ozeane |
| stijgen, zal Moeder Aarde -- | steigen, wird Mutter Erde -- |
| wel blijven drijven? | dann herumschwimmen? |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-29
Expo Osaka - 2025
The Dutch pavilion (2023, Thomas Rau), composed of reusable parts, at the (World Exhibition) 'Expo Osaka 2025' - Promotion of Dutch hydraulic engineering
Collection: On living on [2]
Tribute to: Rau, Thomas
| From a lookout point | |
| you can easily see it: | |
| the earth is a sphere. | |
| Op een uitkijkpunt | Von einem Aussichts- |
| kun je het makkelijk zien: | punkt aus erkennt man es leicht: |
| de aarde is rond. | die Erde ist rund. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-24
With a photo of the drawing (in Indian ink) "Geometry", January 1987, 26x36 cm
Easily see: provided there is a 'flat' horizon
Collection: Changing Times
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| The sun gives only | |
| little light, so the shadow -- | |
| of the earth is night. | |
| Zo weinig licht geeft | Die Sonne gibt so |
| de zon, dat de schaduw van -- | wenig Licht, dass der Schatten -- |
| de aarde nacht is. | der Erde Nacht ist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-03
Collection: web tissue
| The Great Despots of | |
| our time play with God's Blessing -- | |
| with our precious globe. | |
| Grote Despoten | Große Despoten |
| spelen met Gods zegen -- | spielen mit Gottes Segen -- |
| met de wereldbol. | mit unserer Welt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-15
The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin)
The world as a plaything (Gemma Venhuizen) - 1940
Film "The Great Dictator" (1940, Charles Chaplin)
Column "De wereld als speelbal" ("The world as a plaything", 2024, Gemma Venhuizen), in the NRC of December 4th, 2024 - The leaders of the major countries ignore the climate catastrophe
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Chaplin, Charles; Venhuizen, Gemma
| There the waxing Earth | |
| is low in the sky, lying -- | |
| in its starry crib. | |
| Boven de einder | Dort, über die Kimm |
| ligt de wassende Aarde -- | liegt der Planet Erde in -- |
| in haar sterrenwieg. | der Sternenwiege. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-05
The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1951
Short story
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C
| Humans are playing | |
| with the ball, they're arguing -- | |
| about the planet. | |
| De mensen spelen | Die Menschen spielen |
| met de bal, maken ruzie -- | mit dem Ball und sie streiten -- |
| over de aarde. | über die Erde. |
Amsterdam, 2018-09-23
Collection: The Praised One
| A stone is not dead, | |
| it never has been alive -- | |
| hasn't even been born. | |
| Stenen zijn niet dood, | Steine sind nicht tot, |
| ze zijn nooit levend geweest -- | sie haben nie gelebt, sind -- |
| niet eens geboren. | nicht mal geboren. |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-04
The Virgin and the stone (Luis Felipe Fabre) - 2007
Poem "La Virgen y la piedra" (collection "Cabaret Provenza")
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Fabre, Luis Felipe
| Red Sahara sand | |
| covers the littering, it's -- | |
| smoothening the world. | |
| Rood saharazand | Roter Sahara- |
| bedekt het zwerfafval en -- | sand bedeckt die Vermüllung -- |
| strijkt de wereld glad. | und glättet die Welt. |
Amsterdam, 2012-07-09
Collection: PumicePieces
| Out of the deep blue | |
| a bumblebee is landing -- | |
| like a huge spacecraft. | |
| Uit het diepe blauw | Aus dem tiefen Blau |
| landt een hommel op de bloem -- | landet eine Erdhummel -- |
| als een ruimteschip. | wie ein Raumfahrzeug. |
Cour (Blois), 2012-05-28
Collection: Changing Times
