| Give me time, give me | |
| more time, I still want so much -- | |
| I want to love you! | |
| Geef me tijd, geef me | Gib mir Zeit, gib mir |
| meer tijd, ik wil nog zo veel -- | mehr Zeit, ich will noch so viel -- |
| en van jou houden! | Ich will dich lieben! |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-26
The time that remains (Jean-Loup Dabadie) - 2002
Song "Le temps qui reste" (music Alain Goraguer), sung by Serge Reggiani (album "Autour de Serge Reggiani"), used as the closing song of the film "Deux jours à tuer" (2008, Jean Becker)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Reggiani, Serge; Dabadie, Jean-Loup
| Writing poetry | |
| allows him, as an artist -- | |
| to pose gracefully. | |
| Gedichten schrijft hij | Gedichte schreibt er |
| graag, zo kan hij als artiest -- | gern: als Künstler kann er sich -- |
| zwierig poseren. | anmutig zeigen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-18
Poet Hugo Claus (Bruges 1929-2008)
Collection: Look at me
Tribute to: Claus, Hugo
| Wake up your blood, jump | |
| into the day, every year -- | |
| has hundreds of them. | |
| Maak je bloed wakker | Lebe, stürze dich |
| en spring de dag in, elk jaar -- | in den Tag, jedes Jahr gibt's -- |
| heeft er honderden. | Hunderte davon. |
Amsterdam, 2025-11-14
New Year's wish 2026, with a coloured pencil drawing ('Polar Bear Plunge')
Collection: New Ago
| She leaps through the woods, | |
| enthusiastically -- | |
| following her nose. | |
| Elegant springt ze | Graziös springt sie |
| door het bos, zo enthousiast -- | durch den Wald, begeistert folgt -- |
| haar neus achterna. | sie ihrer Nase. |
Amsterdam, 2025-09-26
Irish Setter
(Golden Retriever)
Collection: WoofWoof
Dedicated to: Ineke J
| Running is nearly | |
| falling, our shadows stretched out -- | |
| pulling at our feet. | |
| Rennen is bijna | Wir rennen, fallen |
| vallen, onze schaduw trekt -- | fast, unser Schatten zerrt an -- |
| aan onze voeten. | unseren Füßen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-09-11
With a photo of Michi and Lotte W on the beach of Ruigenhoek ('Rugged Corner', February 8th, 2018, Noordwijk)
Collection: Local traffic
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| So, to do a lot | |
| I get up quickly, then, I -- | |
| don't know what to do. | |
| Vandaag wil ik veel | Ich habe viel vor, |
| doen, vlug sta ik op en dan -- | ich stehe schnell auf und weiß -- |
| weet ik het niet meer. | dann nicht mehr weiter. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-26
Diary 1972-1973 (Frida Vogels) - 2012
September 4th, 1972, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| If there is space, you'll | |
| start smiling because it is -- | |
| how you want to live! | |
| Als je de ruimte | Wo immer Raum ist, |
| hebt, ga je vanzelf lachen: | fängst du an zu lachen: so -- |
| zo wil je leven! | möchtest du leben! |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-09
With a photo of Michi and Lotte W on the beach of Ruigenhoek ('Rugged Corner', February 8th, 2018, Noordwijk)
Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Michi W
| In my mind it is | |
| spring, I'm letting my life be -- | |
| a bed of roses. | |
| In mijn hoofd is het | In meinem Kopf ist |
| voorjaar, laat ik mijn leven -- | es Frühling, und mein Leben -- |
| over rozen gaan. | bettet auf Rosen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-31
With a photo of a garden path full of rose petals (May 10th, 2013, Amsterdam)
Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK
| Children on the coast, | |
| in saturated colours: | |
| the fullness of life. | |
| Kinderen aan zee, | Die Kinder am Meer, |
| in verzadigde kleuren: | in gesättigten Farben: |
| het volle leven. | das volle Leben. |
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
| I paid it, I swept | |
| it away and forgot it -- | |
| for today's new day! | |
| Ik heb betaald, het, | Ich habe bezahlt, |
| opgeveegd en vergeten -- | es weggefegt, vergessen -- |
| voor de nieuwe dag! | für den neuen Tag! |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-19
No, I do not regret anything (Michel Vaucaire, Edith Piaf) - 1956
Song "Non, je ne regrette rien"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: Piaf, Edith; Vaucaire, Michel
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Delighted, with your eyes closed |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-21
Collection: Summer birds
|
Every day I put little |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-20
recently (Anjet Daanje) - 2016
Little stones: lithium therapy for bipolar disorder (lithos = stone)
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to the character Juno Linnaarts), chapter August 1st, 2008
Collection: Pending rain
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet
| I love her so much, | |
| her smile and her liveliness -- | |
| which is bipolar. | |
| Ik houd van haar, haar | Ich liebe sie, ihr |
| lach en haar levendigheid -- | Lächeln, die Lebendigkeit -- |
| die bipolair is. | die bipolar ist. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-07
recently (Anjet Daanje) - 2016
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts), chapter November 22nd, 2006
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet
| I wish to begin | |
| the day without reserve, like -- | |
| the skylark, cheerful. | |
| Zonder voorbehoud | Ohne Vorbehalt |
| de dag beginnen, vrolijk -- | den Tag beginnen, fröhlich -- |
| als de leeuwerik. | wie die Feldlerche. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-03
may i be gay (Edward Cummings) - 1954
Poem (collection "Poems 1923-1954")
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Cummings, Edward
| The dog runs in, slips | |
| on the linoleum floor -- | |
| and sniffs at my chair. | |
| De hond rent binnen, | Der Hund rennt herein, |
| glijdt uit over de vloer, en -- | rutscht auf dem Boden aus, und -- |
| snuffelt aan mijn stoel. | schnüffelt an dem Stuhl. |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-28
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 74, Maarten Koning, Ad Muller, Mia van Idegem and her dog Joris (1973)
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| For thousands of days, | |
| in Fire Water Air and Earth: | |
| celebrating life. | |
| Duizenden dagen | Tausende Tage |
| Vuur Water Lucht en Aarde: | Feuer Wasser Luft Erde: |
| het leven vieren. | das Leben feiern. |
Noordwijkerhout, 2022-10-05
People have to deal with setbacks and unpleasant events. Celebrating life is: allowing, and experiencing it all, the zest for life (fire), the emotions (water), all kinds of thoughts (air) and the physical sensations (earth)
On her birthday, Maria's life will have counted 40 years, that's 14,609 days
Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Springtime in my blood, | |
| I want to do a whole lot -- | |
| that really can't wait. | |
| Lente in mijn bloed, | Der Frühling im Blut, |
| ik wil van alles gaan doen -- | ich möchte so vieles tun -- |
| dat niet kan wachten. | was nicht warten kann. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-06
Collection: Changing Times
Dedicated to: Ineke J
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I write my life |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-01
Zywa = alive, vivid
Attention is like sunshine
Hormone = bringing-in-motion
Cytokine = cell-mover, cell-grower
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Inside me, life is | |
| teeming, bumping and bouncing -- | |
| I feel who I am. | |
| Er krioelt leven | Das Leben wimmelt |
| in mij, hotsend en botsend -- | in mir, fallend und prallend -- |
| voel ik wie ik ben. | fühl' ich wer ich bin. |
Amsterdam, 2020-06-14
Living with cancer
Collection: Moons
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| I'm starting anew, | |
| taking shoots of my life: green -- | |
| that I'll pass around. | |
| Ik begin opnieuw | Ich fange neu an, |
| mijn leven te stekken: groen -- | gewinne Stecklinge: Grün -- |
| om uit te delen. | das ich verteile. |
Amsterdam, 2019-09-01
Health Care Centre of Our Lady, location East, ward B8
Collection: On living on [2]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Flowers, returning | |
| home, how delicious life smells -- | |
| and now we smell too. | |
| Bloemen bij thuiskomst, | Die Heimkehr, Blumen, |
| wat geurt het leven heerlijk -- | das Leben duftet herrlich -- |
| en wij geuren mee. | und wir duften mit. |
Amsterdam, 2019-09-01
Back home from the Health Care Centre of Our Lady
Collection: Life line
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Amsterdam, 2019-06-14
Marc greets things in the morning (Paul van Ostaijen) - 1928
Poem "Marc groet 's morgens de dingen" (collection "Nagelaten gedichten")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Van Ostaijen, Paul
| In all my fibres, | |
| completely, to the extreme -- | |
| I do feel Zywa. | |
| In al mijn vezels, | Bis zum Äußersten, |
| totaal, tot het uiterste -- | in jeder meiner Fasern -- |
| voel ik me Zywa. | bin ich jetzt Zywa. |
Train Vlissingen-Amsterdam, 2019-06-07
Zywa = alive, vivid
Orgasm
Collection: Take a picture, now
|
I sit on the full power |
Amsterdam, 2019-06-03
Collection: Migration
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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The synagogue was a horse stable |
Amsterdam, 2018-12-13
Concert in the synagogue at the Rykestraße in Berlin on September 5th, 2010
(performance of the completed 10th symphony of Gustav Mahler)
Collection: Summer birds
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We've only just left |
Amsterdam, 2018-09-22
Ghazal 1 (Hafez) - 1350
Ghazal 1 by Khwaje Shams-od-Din Mohammed "Hafez"-e (Shiraz 1320-1390)
"Mantiq al-tayr" ("Conference of the Birds", 1177, Abu Hamid bin abu Bakr Ibrahim / Farid ud-Din / Attar of Nishapur (1145-1221)
Collection: Lilith's Powers
Tribute to: Hafez; Ad-Din Attar, Farid
| Hear my song so true: | |
| grass is green, the sky is blue -- | |
| sweetheart, I love you. | |
| Wat ik zingen wou: | Hör mein Lied und schau: |
| gras is groen, de hemel blauw -- | Gras ist grün, der Himmel blau -- |
| lief, ik hou van jou. | ich bin deine Frau. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-25
Epitaph (Toon Hermans) - 1974
Conference "Grafschrift"
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Hermans, Toon
| I don't know why, it | |
| is a miracle to live -- | |
| and I, I? I sing. | |
| Ik weet niet waarom, | Ich weiß nicht warum, |
| het leven is een wonder -- | das Leben ist ein Wunder -- |
| en ik, ik? ik zing. | und ich? ich singe. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-25
And I sing (Toon Hermans) - 1997
Song "En ik zing"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Hermans, Toon
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Good day, darling in the mirror |
Amsterdam, 2018-05-01
Collection: Lilith's Powers
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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Resting without loss of time |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-21
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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Don't stand waiting there, move |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-08
Collection: Heart's Delight
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Cleanliness and routine |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-19
Rondo (Calliope Tsoupaki) - 2001
"Rondo" (2001, Calliope Tsoupaki), performed by Heleen Hulst on baroque violin in the Organpark on February 18th, 2017
Skipping rope: "In spin, the loop is in, / out spout, the loop is out"
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Tsoupaki, Calliope
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Bye bye sunny sun, | |
| bye bye flying clouds so fast -- | |
| will you be back soon? | |
| Dag zonnetje zon, | Tschüs tschüs Sonne Sonn, |
| dag vliegende wolk vlug vlug -- | tschüs tschüs die Wolke schnell schnell -- |
| kom je gauw terug? | kommt ihr bald wieder? |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-25
Marc greets things in the morning (Paul van Ostaijen) - 1925
Poem "Marc groet 's morgens de dingen" (in De Driehoek, first issue, April 1925)
Collection: Home sea
Tribute to: Van Ostaijen, Paul
