| They move together. | |
| Look closely now! The shadow -- | |
| often leads the way. | |
| Ze trekken samen | Sie sind zusammen. |
| op, let goed op de schaduw! | Achte jetzt auf den Schatten! |
| Die loopt vaak voorop. | Er geht oft voran. |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-23
Haroun and The Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie) - 1990
Fairy tale, chapter 8, Shadow Warriors (page 51)
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Like everyone, you | |
| must live your life your way, and -- | |
| just get on with it. | |
| Een mens moet leven | Man muss auf seine |
| op zijn eigen manier, en -- | Weise leben, und immer -- |
| gewoon doorlopen. | mal weitergehen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-27
Keep walking (Jack Poels / Rowwen Hèze) - 1990
Song "Blieve loepe", albums "Blieve Loepe" (1990), and "In de wei" (1992) by Rowwen Hèze
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Rowwen Hèze
| I am not cheerful, | |
| but even so I'm not that -- | |
| uncheerful, am I? | |
| Ik ben niet vrolijk, | Ich bin nicht fröhlich, |
| maar och, zo onopgewekt -- | aber so unfröhlich auch -- |
| ben ik toch ook niet? | wieder nicht, oder? |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-31
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - March 5th, 2004, Stockholm
In Norwegian: Ulykkelig (uncheerful)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| A doer is not | |
| a spectator, he quickly -- | |
| forgets his actions. | |
| Een doener is geen | Wer handelt, ist kein |
| toeschouwer, hij vergeet snel -- | Zuschauer, er vergisst schnell -- |
| wat hij gedaan heeft. | was er getan hat. |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-27
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - End of March, 2002, Stockholm
Dissertation "Den brukne neses estetikk" ("The aesthetics of the broken nose", 2001, Geir Angell Øygarden, about boxers)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove; Øygarden, Geir Angell
| Well, could her boredom | |
| be a lot more appealing -- | |
| than her contentment? | |
| Zou haar verveeldheid | Wäre wohl ihre |
| juist aantrekkelijker zijn -- | Langeweile reizender -- |
| dan tevredenheid? | als Zufriedenheit? |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-31
Living easy (Herman Koch) - 2017
Novella "Makkelijk leven", page 82
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Koch, Herman
| Of course they are right, | |
| but starting to change myself -- | |
| isn't easy at all. | |
| Ze hebben gelijk, | Sie haben schon recht, |
| maar mezelf veranderen -- | nur mich selbst zu ändern, das -- |
| doe ik niet zomaar. | ist gar nicht einfach. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-02
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 417, Maarten and Nicolien Koning (1974)
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| It looks like a bird's | |
| leg, the fork, only, what kind -- | |
| of bird would I be? | |
| Het lijkt een vogel- | Wie ein Vogelbein, |
| poot, de vork, maar wat voor een -- | die Gabel, nur, was für ein -- |
| vogel zou ik zijn? | Vogel wäre ich? |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-13
Fork (Charles Simic) - 1971
Poem (collection "Dismantling the Silence")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Simic, Charles
| So, who do you want | |
| to be? asks our strict father -- | |
| death all around us. | |
| Wie wil je zijn? vraagt | Wer willst du sein? fragt |
| ons aller strenge vader -- | unser strenger Vater, der -- |
| de dood om ons heen. | Tod um uns herum. |
Amsterdam, 2020-05-04
Interview with Babs Bakels - 2020
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Bakels, Babs
|
Her poetry is also about me |
Amsterdam, 2019-09-25
Milk and Honey (Rupi Kaur) - 2014
Poem "Milk and Honey"
Collection: Inflictions
Tribute to: Kaur, Rupi
Dedicated to: Siera Mayhew
| Taking action is | |
| the highest, that's what you learn -- | |
| in the cinema. | |
| In actie komen | Handeln ist sicher |
| is het hoogste, dat leer je -- | das höchste, jeder kann das -- |
| in de bioscoop. | im Kino lernen. |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-26
Collection: Bruises
| A little sunshine | |
| in your home is cosy, so -- | |
| are you shining too? | |
| Ja, een zonnetje | Sich in der Sonne |
| in huis wil iedereen wel -- | wärmen, das möchte jeder -- |
| dus: schijn je zelf al? | also: scheinst du schon? |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-19
With the South African "Sonnenglas" for Koen and Zusanne at their wedding (celebrated on June 22nd, 2019)
Collection: WoofWoof
Dedicated to: Koen K, Zusanne
| Proudly living large | |
| with many colours to show: | |
| the elephant strides. | |
| Fier en groot leven, | Stolz und groß leben, |
| alle kleuren laten zien: | alle Farben vorzeigen: |
| de olifant schrijdt. | der Elefant schritt. |
Amsterdam, 2019-03-26
Collection: Without reserve
|
Mama said you are |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-03
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
|
That's how people are: gods |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-07
Collection: New Ago
| You'll lose your spirit: | |
| your strength, your health, your darling -- | |
| and at last, your hope. | |
| Je persoonlijkheid | Deine Wesensart |
| verlies je: je kracht, je lief -- | geht verloren: Kraft, Liebe -- |
| tenslotte je hoop. | und zum Schluss, Hoffnung. |
Amsterdam, 2018-05-18
La Provinciale, Claude Goretta (Herman de Coninck) - 1984
Poem (in "Muziek & Woord", year 10, number 112, January 1984)
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman
| I'm searching the book | |
| you gave: you are everywhere -- | |
| you're so deceptive! | |
| Ik spel het boek dat | Im Buch suche ich |
| jij gaf: je bent overal -- | dich: du bist überall, du -- |
| Een en al bedrog! | bist alles Täuschung. |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-12
The hard core - 1 (Frida Vogels) - 1992
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1, July 1968, Cupra Marittima (below Ascona)
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
|
In an armchair at the hotel reception |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-02
Hotel lobby (Edward Hopper) - 1943
Painting
Film "Shirley: visions of reality (2013, Gustav Deutsch)
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward; Deutsch, Gustav
|
Mama came home, I paraded |
Amsterdam, 2017-04-30
Heraclitus (Ephesus, 535-475 BCE)
"Panta rhei": "everything flows" like water
"Panta chorei": "everything changes place" through the "Pyros Tropai", the "turnings of (the eternal) fire" ("All things are an interchange for fire, and fire for all things, just like goods for gold and gold for goods.")
Collection: Life line
Tribute to: Heraclitus
|
I want to live, so I have to |
Amsterdam, 0000-00-00
The Praise of Folly (Desiderius Erasmus) - 1511
Book "Moriae encomium, sive Stultitiae laus"
The kindergarten of the nuns, in the Piet Heinstraat in Tilburg (1956-1958)
Collection: Imprints Masks
Tribute to: Erasmus, Desiderius
