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I leap into the depths |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-08
Spiral waves (Torstein Lavik Larsen en Fredrik Rasten) - 2026
Sequel to this poem: 5868. Between past and future
Composition "Heliacal Waves" (duo "Pip"), performed on February 7th, 2026 at the 4th Echonance Festival in the Organpark, titled "Aural Cartographies", by Torstein Lavik Larsen (trumpet, organ), Fredrik Rasten (guitar, organ), Elisabeth Smalt (viola), Seamus Cater (concertina [predecessor of the bandoneon]), Reinier van Houdt (organ), Claudio Baroni (organ), and Lucie Nezri (organ)
Lines 1 through 8: the first part of the three-part composition
Lines 9 through 16: the second part of the three-part composition
Carlos Castaneda (Cajamarca 1925-1998, lucid dreaming)
Collection: org anp ARK
Composers: Larsen, Torstein Lavik; Rasten, Fredrik
| It is getting dark. | |
| From my attic window I -- | |
| build a steel-blue dream. | |
| Het wordt al donker. | Im Zwielicht baue |
| Vanuit mijn dakraam bouw ik -- | ich von meinem Dachlicht aus -- |
| een staalblauwe droom. | stahlblaue Träume. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-16
I'm building a drea. A small act (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Ik bouw een droom. Een kleine handeling", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part II [Paris]) - March 6th, 1954, Paris
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| My adventures just | |
| seem like dreams within a dream -- | |
| A dream of my own? | |
| Mijn ervaringen | Was ich erlebe, |
| lijken dromen in een droom -- | kommt mir vor wie Träume in -- |
| Is die van mijzelf? | einem Traum, von mir? |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-26
A Dream Within a Dream (Edgar Allan Poe) - 1827
Poem
The fleeting nature of life is similar to what you experience in your dreams (The Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, Jukurrpa [Beforetime], is quite different)
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Poe, Edgar Allan
| I'm dreaming my life | |
| in a parallel world, it's -- | |
| a roller-coaster. | |
| Ik droom mijn leven | Mein Leben träumen, |
| in een parallelwereld -- | in einer Parallelwelt -- |
| Het is een achtbaan. | einer Achterbahn. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-27
Area 19 (Esther Gerritsen) - 2023
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
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Gerritsen, Esther
| On the internet, | |
| you can have parallel worlds -- | |
| and parallel lives. | |
| Op het internet | Im Internet gibt |
| zijn parallelwerelden -- | es Parallelwelten und -- |
| parallellevens. | Parallelleben. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-27
Area 19 (Esther Gerritsen) - 2023
Inspiration for the novel "Gebied 19"
Area 19 is a part of the visual cortex in the brain
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Gerritsen, Esther
| Father's green leather | |
| briefcase is in the kitchen -- | |
| filled with many dreams. | |
| In de keuken ligt | Ich schau auf Vaters |
| vaders groene leren tas -- | grüne Ledertasche, sie -- |
| gevuld met dromen. | ist voller Träume. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-24
Pretty Mitchy and his father's green leather bag or not (Ronelda Kamfer) - 2011
Poem "Mooi Mitchy en sy pa se groen leersak of nie" (collection "Santekraam")
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Kamfer, Ronelda
| On the peak I dream | |
| of La Vie Parisienne -- | |
| in Tijuana. | |
| Op de berg droom ik | Am Berg träume ich |
| van La Vie Parisienne -- | von La Vie Parisienne -- |
| in Tijuana. | in Tijuana. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-14
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
Book, chapter 1-1-25, written 1956 (Jack Kerouac spends two months in de lookout shack on Desolation Peak, near Ross Lake in Washington State)
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| Together we pick | |
| handfuls, there's gold everywhere -- | |
| the buttercup gold. | |
| Samen plukken we | Gemeinsam pflücken |
| handenvol, overal goud -- | wir Handvoll, überall Gold -- |
| boterbloemengoud. | Butterblumengold. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-30
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
Novel, chapter "EMPTY TRASH"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| First they gently drum | |
| to sleep, then hallucinate -- | |
| dreams, very loudly. | |
| Eerst zachtjes in slaap | Leise in den Schlaf |
| trommelen, dan luid een droom -- | trommeln, dann laut einen Traum -- |
| hallucineren. | halluzinieren. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-11
lullaby (Delara Navaey) - 2023
Composition for electronically (MIDI) controlled barrel organ, performed by the Busy Drone in the Organpark on February 11th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Navaey, Delara
| Animals take me | |
| into the night with the wind -- | |
| Call in the distance. | |
| Dieren en de wind | Tiere und der Wind |
| nemen mij mee de nacht in -- | nehmen mich mit in die Nacht -- |
| Roep in de verte. | Ruf in der Ferne. |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-27
Sound of Clay (Gemma Luz Bosch) - 2022
Composition, performed by Trio Kaer in the Organpark on May 27th, 2022
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Bosch, Gemma Luz
| In the large bookcase | |
| the cat is choosing the scent -- | |
| to lie down and dream. | |
| Poes kiest in de kast | Zwischen den Büchern |
| een geur tussen de boeken -- | wählt die Katze einen Duft -- |
| voor een mooie droom. | für süße Träume. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-05
Collection: The light of words
Dedicated to: Vincie vG
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The fortress: I roll out my mat |
Amsterdam, 2019-09-29
The Fortétza (fortress) in Rétimno (Rethymno), April-May 1989
Collection: On living on [2]
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My own right started |
Amsterdam, 2019-04-15
Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako) - 2014
To play football without a ball is a scene in the movie "Timbuktu"
Collection: On living on [2]
Tribute to: Sissako, Abderrahmane
