| A beautiful book | |
| has something mysterious -- | |
| to be discovered. | |
| Een mooi boek bevat | Ein schönes Buch ist |
| iets mysterieus dat je -- | geheimnisvoll, hat etwas -- |
| nog moet ontdekken. | um zu entdecken. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2026-09-03
The man who read books (Rachid Benzine) - 2025
Novel "L'homme qui lisait des livres", chapter "One Hundred Years of Solitude", named after the novel "Cien años de soledad" (1967, Gabriel García Márquez)
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Benzine, Rachid
| You'd like to make out | |
| everything in the end, but -- | |
| that's not how it goes. | |
| Tenslotte alles | Letztendlich möchte |
| begrijpen, wie wil dat niet? | man alles verstehen, so -- |
| Maar zo gaat het nooit. | läuft es aber nie. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-01
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood) - 2005
Novel, chapter 1, A Low Art
Beginning of the narration
Collection: Patterns
Tribute to: Atwood, Margaret
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Of course, friendships are also there |
Amsterdam, 2026-07-15
Collection: The climbing house
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I learned, not at school |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-15
Hedonia is the state of enjoyment: a pleasant life
Eudaimonia is the state of a good demon: doing good, prosperity, happiness, a happy life
Goeteia is the state of enchantment: charm, an interesting life
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Florentin dK
| Later you'll conclude: | |
| the by-catch of your actions -- | |
| has been worth the most. | |
| Later besef je: | Später wird dir klar: |
| de bijvangst van je daden -- | der Beifang deines Handelns -- |
| was het meeste waard. | war das meiste wert. |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-14
By-catch (Wanda Bommer) - 2014
Novel "Bijvangst"
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Bommer, Wanda
| What is the North Pole? | |
| Oh, it's just something special -- | |
| you can discover. | |
| Wat is de Noordpool? | Was ist der Nordpohl? |
| Oh, gewoon iets speciaals -- | Oh, etwas Besonderes -- |
| om te ontdekken. | das man erkundet. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-23
Winnie-the-Pooh (Alan Milne) - 1926
Children's book, chapter "Expotition to the North Pole"
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Milne, Alan
| Taking the wrong path | |
| and then continuing on -- | |
| where there is no path. | |
| De verkeerde weg | Nach dem falschen Weg |
| nemen en dan doorlopen -- | weitergehen, obwohl es -- |
| waar geen pad meer is. | keinen Weg mehr gibt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-02
Choosing wrongly, loosing one's way (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Verkeerd kiezen, zich in de weg vergissen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VII [Acquiescence]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - September 27th, 1965, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I left, far away | |
| I'm going from view to view -- | |
| never to go back. | |
| Ik ben weggegaan, | Ich ging weg, gehe |
| ga van uitzicht naar uitzicht -- | von Ausblick zu Ausblick und -- |
| ga niet meer terug. | gehe nicht zurück. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-31
The day on which one makes a decision (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "De dag waarop men een besluit neemt", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VIII [Authorship], and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - May 25th, 1965, Bologna
Collections: Self-portraits, Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I have decided. | |
| Maybe it won't work, maybe -- | |
| it will exhaust me. | |
| Ik heb besloten. | Ich habe mich ent- |
| Misschien zal het niet lukken -- | schieden. Vielleicht klappt es nicht -- |
| en mij uitputten. | und erschöpft es mich. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-24
At that moment I decided; a decision (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Op dat moment besloot ik; een besluit", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IV [Frida], and in "Diary 1962-1963" (2007) - February 8th, 1963, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Well, with a book, you | |
| do not know what is in it -- | |
| until it's too late. | |
| Bij een boek weet je | Nun, bei einem Buch |
| pas wat erin staat wanneer -- | weiß man erst, was darin steht -- |
| het al te laat is. | wenn es zu spät ist. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson) - 2011
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 4, The Trouble With A Book . . .
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| A book is a door, | |
| you go through it: who will you -- | |
| be when you come back? | |
| Een boek is een deur, | Bücher sind Türe, |
| je gaat er door: wie ben je -- | du gehst hindurch: wer bist du -- |
| bij je terugkomst? | wenn du zurückkommst? |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson) - 2011
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 4, The Trouble With A Book . . .
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Follow a story | |
| and you may end up somewhere -- | |
| you don't want to be. | |
| Wie een verhaal volgt, | Eine Geschichte |
| kan ergens terecht komen -- | bringt dich vielleicht irgendwo -- |
| waar hij niet wil zijn. | du nicht sein möchtest. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson) - 2011
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 5, At Home
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Thanks to me, daddy | |
| discovers the world, so much -- | |
| he didn't see before. | |
| Dankzij mij ontdekt | Ich zeige Papa |
| papa de wereld, heel veel -- | die Welt, vieles, was er noch -- |
| zag hij niet eerder. | nicht gesehen hat. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-01
With a photo of Pieter and Madelief in the replica of the Amsterdam (July 30th, 2005, Amsterdam)
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Pieter W, Madelief dK
| The whole world is there, | |
| between garden and street it's -- | |
| within our reach: books. | |
| Tussen tuin en straat | Die ganze Welt liegt |
| ligt heel de wereld binnen -- | zwischen Garten und Straße -- |
| ons bereik: boeken. | vor für uns: Bücher. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-01
With a photo of a 'buurtbieb' ('neighbourhood liby', a public bookcase) for the free exchange of books (October 30th, 2019, Amsterdam), Gerard Terborgstraat
Collection: Migration
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK
| What people need as | |
| a person: a passport and -- | |
| a library card. | |
| Wat je nodig hebt | Zwei Ausweise braucht |
| als mens: een paspoort en een -- | man: eins eines Landes, eins -- |
| bibliotheekkaart. | der Bibliothek. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-09
Interview with E.L. Doctorow - 1994
Interview with E.L. Doctorow in the New York Times (March 27th, 1994)
'The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card'
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Doctorow, E.L.
| Child in the shadow | |
| of the stationary mill -- | |
| What blocks up the wind? | |
| Kind in de schaduw | Ein Kind im Schatten |
| van de stilstaande molen -- | der stillstehenden Mühle -- |
| Wat blokkeert de wind? | Was blockiert den Wind? |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-19
The Image Book (Jean-Luc Godard) - 2018
Film "Le livre d'image", part 5 "La région centrale" ("The central region", namely the Arab-African countries)
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Godard, Jean-Luc
| History is full | |
| of mysteries, because life -- | |
| is thé mystery. | |
| Geschiedenis zit | Die Geschichte ist |
| vol mysteries, het leven -- | mysteriös, das Leben -- |
| is hét mysterie. | dás Mysterium. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-02
Tanglewreck (Jeanette Winterson) - 2006
Novel, chapter 31 A New Development
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Cautiously I take | |
| my very first steps, my eyes -- | |
| feeling out the light. | |
| Voorzichtig zet ik | Die ersten Schritte, |
| eerste stappen, mijn ogen -- | vorsichtig, meine Augen -- |
| tasten het licht af. | tasten das Licht ab. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-11
Stained glass windows (Hansjörg Fink and Elmar Lehnen) - 2022
Composition "Vitraux" (in this case made by Arcabas [Jean-Marie Pirot] in the Notre-Dame des Neiges in Alpe d'Huez), part "Jesus heilt einen Blinden in Betsaida" ("Jesus heals a blind man in Bethsaida", Hansjörg Fink [trombone] and Elmar Lehnen [organ]), performed by them in the Organpark on October 11th, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Pirot, Jean-Marie
Composers: Fink, Hansjörg; Lehnen, Elmar
| Stupidity and | |
| violence conceal wonder, | |
| beauty, and insight. | |
| Domheid en geweld | Dummheit und Gewalt |
| verhullen verwondering, | verbergen Verwunderung, |
| schoonheid en inzicht. | Schönheit und Einsicht. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-16
Collection: I am
| Two people travel | |
| and they discover the world -- | |
| A journey called Love. | |
| Twee mensen reizen | Zwei Menschen reisen, |
| en ontdekken de wereld -- | entdecken die Welt, ihre -- |
| Hun reis heet Liefde. | Reise heißt Liebe. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-30
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 3, chapter 19
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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Looking back, they read Innocence |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-23
Theses on the philosophy of history (Walter Benjamin) - 1940
Distress and Loneliness: novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapter (3-) 34: "Your work goes well when your life's going terribly. Is that a rule?
Loneliness and Heartbreak: these are the names of the gates of Eden?"
Storm of progress: interpretation by Walter Benjamin (thesis 9 of "Über den Begriff der Geschichte" from 1940) of the painting "Angelus Novus" ("New Angel" / "Young Angel") by Paul Klee, painted in 1920, purchased by Walter Benjamin in 1921
Dance (Nata) of the Great Time (Mahakala): Shiva
Collection: Migration
| I don't have a hold, | |
| my mind's floating in the sky -- | |
| rootless like seaweed. | |
| Ik heb geen houvast, | Mein Geist hat keinen |
| mijn geest drijft in de hemel -- | Halt, schwebt im Himmel herum -- |
| wortelloos als wier. | wurzellos wie Tang. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-26
hYDAtorizon (Yannis Kyriakides) - 1988
Composition "Rooted in water", #021, for paino, string quartet and video, performed by Quatuor Bozzini and Reinier van Houdt in the Organpark on November 26th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Kyriakides, Yannis
| The roads are rounds, watch | |
| out and avoid them if you -- | |
| look for a way out. | |
| Pas op, de wegen | Die Straßen sind rund, |
| lopen rond, mijd ze dus als -- | vermeide sie also, wenn -- |
| je een uitweg zoekt. | du den Ausweg suchst. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-25
Who knows the way out (Freek de Jonge, Bram Vermeulen) - 1971
Song "Wie weet waar de uitweg is" (performance "Neerlands Hoop in Panama" ["Hope of the Netherlands in Panama"])
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: De Jonge, Freek; Vermeulen, Bram
| As a child I roamed | |
| the grounds, barefoot through puddles -- | |
| and I still do that. | |
| Als kind zwierf ik rond, | Als Kind streunte ich |
| liep blootsvoets door de plassen -- | herum, barfuß durch Pfützen -- |
| wat ik nog steeds doe. | Ich tu's immer noch. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-05
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 130, Maarten Koning, Freek Matser and Lex van 't Schip (1975)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| Writers do not write | |
| to live, they write in the hope -- | |
| of learning to die. | |
| Schrijvers schrijven niet | Nicht um zu leben |
| om te leven, ze hopen -- | schreibe ich, ich hoffe nur -- |
| te leren sterven. | zu sterben lernen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-16
The albatross (Simona Lo Iacono) - 2019
Novel "L'albatro"
Antonno to Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Collection: WriteWiser signage
Tribute to: Lo Iacono, Simona
| Life is offering | |
| you many lives, so use them -- | |
| Uncover yourself. | |
| Het leven biedt je | Das Leben bietet |
| vele levens, gebruik ze -- | dich viele Leben, nimm sie -- |
| en ont-dek jezelf. | und decke dich auf. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-09
In your body (Cédric Klapisch) - 2022
In the movie "En corps" ("In your body" / "Rise", 2022, Cédric Klapisch) dancer Élise gets, after a fall, the advice: Profite de toutes les vies que la vie tu a donné.
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Klapisch, Cédric
| Don't be sad, let go | |
| of separation rush, dive -- | |
| into a wide life. | |
| Treur niet, zwijg niet, kom | Schweige nicht, komm aus |
| uit je verlatingsroes, duik -- | deinem Trennungsrausch, tauche -- |
| in een wijd leven. | ins weite Leben. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-08
The widest life (Marieke Lucas Rijneveld) - 2021
Poem "Het wijdste leven" (collection "Komijnsplitsers", 2022)
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Rijneveld, Lucas
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It can be everywhere |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-04
Worldview and sexuality
Collection: Metamorphic body
| The sun was shining, | |
| I was happy, but: a wall -- | |
| and then I had to... | |
| Ik was gelukkig, | Die Sonne schien, da |
| de zon scheen, maar toen: een muur -- | war aber eine Mauer -- |
| en ik moest en zou... | und dann musste ich... |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-28
Long ago (Toon Tellegen) - 2004
Poem "Langgeleden" (collection "Minuscule oorlogen (niet met het blote oog zichtbaar)")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| Too bad, he closes | |
| the door, and another one -- | |
| he opens for me. | |
| Jammer, iemand sluit | Schade, er schließt die |
| de deur, en een andere -- | Tür, und eine andere -- |
| opent hij voor mij. | öffnet er mir dann. |
Amsterdam, 2017-10-23
The crow (Kader Abdolah) - 2011
Novella "De kraai"
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Abdolah, Kader
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Miss Ting wants to go into the world |
Amsterrdam, 2017-09-25
Cat "Misty", named after a cocktail named after singer Mistinguett (Jeanne Bourgeois), known from the song "Mon homme" ("My man", lyrics Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles, translation by Channing Pollock, music Maurice Yvain)
Collection: Dearme
Tribute to: Willemetz, Albert; Charles, Jacques
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Looking for the way | |
| I come to an open space -- | |
| where I now linger. | |
| Ik zoek een uitweg | Wo ist der Ausweg? |
| en kom op een open plek -- | Ich finde eine Lichtung -- |
| waar ik blijf talmen. | und verweile dort. |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-19
Thinking about something (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Poem "Ergens over denkend", published in "Diary 1958-1959" - October 16th, 1959, Amsterdam
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Don't lead me around | |
| your world, let me discover -- | |
| it for myself please. | |
| Nee, leid me niet rond | Führe mich nicht durch |
| in jouw wereld, laat me toch -- | deine Welt, bitte lass mich -- |
| haar zelf ontdekken. | sie selbst entdecken. |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-09
I assimilate your world (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Poem "Ik maak me jouw wereld eigen", published in "Diary 1958-1959" - November 1st, 1958, Paris (about Rome)
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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Springtails are the gnomes of the forest |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-20
Shiva
Collection: Lilith's Powers
| Over all the years, | |
| you throw away more and more -- | |
| above all, ideas. | |
| Met de jaren moet | Über die Jahre |
| een mens steeds meer weggooien -- | muss man immer mehr wegtun -- |
| ideeën vooral. | zumeist Ideen. |
Amsterdam, 2016-04-27
Over the years (Hanny Michaelis) - 1966
Poem "Met de jaren" (collection "Onvoorzien")
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Michaelis, Hanny
| Going higher and | |
| higher, beyond the best view -- | |
| into the cold night. | |
| Steeds maar hoger gaan, | Immer höher, an |
| het mooiste uitzicht voorbij -- | dem schönsten Aussicht vorbei -- |
| de koude nacht in. | in die kalte Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2015-08-10
A walking tour (Marjoleine de Vos) - 2004
Poem "Een wandeltocht" (collection "Het waait")
Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: De Vos, Marjoleine
| Life is a pity, | |
| do something, then you will find -- | |
| your motivation. | |
| Het leven is iets | Das Leben tut Leid, |
| zieligs, doe iets, dan vind je -- | tu etwas, dann findest du -- |
| jouw motivatie. | was dich motiviert. |
Amsterdam, 2014-12-03
He is your friend, let him dream (Jack Kerouac) - 1971
Poem (collection "Scattered poems")
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| I wanted to be | |
| like wind, I became a stone -- | |
| in playing water. | |
| Ik wilde leven | Ich wollte wie Wind |
| als de wind, ik werd een steen -- | sein, ich wurde zu einem -- |
| in spelend water. | Stein im Wasserspiel. |
Amsterdam, 2014-01-18
he who wanted the wind (Hans Lodeizen) - 1949
Poem "hij die de wind" (published in "De vrije bladen" ["The free papers"], 1949, volume 20, book 5)
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Lodeizen, Hans
| Over there: the end, | |
| where the mast breaks and the ship -- | |
| heels over the sea. | |
| Daar: het einde, waar | Dort: das Ende, wo |
| de mast breekt en het schip schuin -- | der Mast bricht und das Schiff schräg -- |
| over de zee valt. | über das Meer fällt. |
Amsterdam, 2014-01-17
this morning the wind carries (Hans Lodeizen) - 1948
Poem "deze ochtend draagt de wind"
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Lodeizen, Hans
| Seeds of wild grasses | |
| are freely floating over -- | |
| the highest fences. | |
| Er zweven zaden | Samen von wilden |
| van wilde grassen over -- | Gräsern schweben hinüber -- |
| de hoge hekken. | über die Zäune. |
Amsterdam, 2012-07-04
Collection: Untwisted
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| Rats | |
| can live anywhere | |
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| I too make use of possibilities | |
| I explore life : | |
| I preserve nature | |
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