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Many mice in the cage |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-29
There is no excuse for chagrin (Arjen Van Veelen) - 2026
Article "Voor chagrijn bestaat geen excuus", in the NRC of June 27th, 2026
Collection: Mosaic virus
Tribute to: Van Veelen, Arjen
| Man produces with | |
| fire, all the things he creates -- | |
| blaze around the earth. | |
| De mens produceert | Der Mensch erzeugt mit |
| met vuur, alles wat hij maakt -- | Feuer, was er macht, lodert -- |
| laait om de aarde. | rund um die Erde. |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2026-06-03
The dynamics of desire (Tommy Wieringa) - 2007
Essay "De dynamica van begeerte", chapter "Wat wij willen", referring to Winfried Georg Sebald
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Wieringa, Tommy; Sebald, Winfried Georg
| The world is ablaze | |
| with the fire of illusions, | |
| hatred and desire. | |
| De wereld brandt af | Die Welt brennt nieder |
| in het vuur van illusies, | im Feuer von Illusion, |
| haat en begeerte. | Hass und Begierde. |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2026-06-03
Fire Teaching (Siddhartha Gautama 'Boeddha') - -445
Adittapariyaya Sutta
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Buddha
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Animals are animals |
Amsterdam, 2026-02-09
Collection: BloodTrunk
| You know, most people | |
| are other people, they just -- | |
| imitate others. | |
| De meeste mensen | Die meisten Menschen |
| zijn andere mensen, ze -- | sind ja andere Menschen -- |
| doen anderen na. | Sie sind Nachahmer. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-22
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde) - 1897
Letter, page 63: Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| People adapt to | |
| each other, and then, 'others' -- | |
| will become strangers. | |
| Mensen passen zich | Die Menschen passen |
| aan elkaar aan, 'anderen' -- | sich an, aus den 'Anderen' -- |
| worden dan vreemden. | werden dann Fremde. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-22
Against Identity. The Wisdom of Escaping the Self (Alexander Douglas) - 2025
Essay
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Douglas, Alexander
| Biology and | |
| religion teach that man is -- | |
| made of swelling clay. | |
| Biologie en | Biologie und |
| godsdienst leren dat de mens -- | Religion lehren, der Mensch -- |
| uit zwelklei bestaat. | besteht aus Quellton. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-14
Swelling clay (Driek van Wissen) - 2004
Poem "Zwelklei"
Expansion clay / swelling clay can absorb a lot of water because it contains smectite
Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed [a] man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and [the] man became a living being
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Van Wissen, Driek
| On the Seine, the | |
| pagoda of man reaches -- | |
| high into the sky. | |
| Aan de Seine reikt | An der Seine ragt |
| de pagode van de mens -- | die Pagode der Menschen -- |
| hoog de hemel in. | hoch in den Himmel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-17
A pagoda is originally a temple in honour of the Buddha
With a photo of Lotte and Michi W on the Eiffel Tower
Collection: Blown sand
Dedicated to: Lotte W
| We are animals, | |
| disguised by something artful -- | |
| as if we were more. | |
| De mens is een dier, | Der Mensch ist ein Tier, |
| maar iets kunstigs vermomt ons -- | aber er tarnt sich kunstvoll -- |
| alsof we méer zijn. | als wäre er mehr. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-26
Frankissstein: a love story (Jeanette Winterson) - 2019
Novel, There never was a wilder story (1818)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Well, is man still in | |
| the cradle of Earth? Would it -- | |
| predict anything? | |
| Ligt de mens nog steeds | Na, liegt der Mensch noch |
| in de wieg van de Aarde? | in der Wiege der Erde? |
| En voorspelt dat iets? | Sagt das was voraus? |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-04
Letter (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky) - 1911
Comment in a letter from Konstantin Tsiolkovsky from 1911: "Planyeta yest' kolybyel razuma, no nyelzya vyechno zhit' v kolybyeli" ("The planet is the cradle of the mind, but you cannot live in the cradle forever" >> "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever [The solar system becomes our kindergarten]")
Homo sapiens has been around for 300,000 years
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Tsiolkovski, Konstantin
| Humans like to warm | |
| themselves with red flowers that -- | |
| devour everything. | |
| De mensen warmen | Die Menschen wärmen |
| zich aan hun rode bloemen -- | sich an den roten Blumen -- |
| die alles eten. | die alles fressen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-30
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling) - 1894
Man can control fire
Short story collection "The Jungle Book", one of the adaptations into a film is the 2016 Disney movie (direction John Favreau)
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Kipling, Rudyard
| I do help, I give | |
| money, which does not pay off -- | |
| but balances us. | |
| Ik help, ik geef geld, | Ich helfe mit Geld, |
| dat niet iets aflost, maar ons -- | das nichts ablöst, sondern uns -- |
| in evenwicht brengt. | ins Gleichgewicht bringt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-19
(work in progress) a part-text: attempts to explain the white stare to myself - attempt 3 (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "(work in progress) 'n meerstemmige teks: pogings om die wit staar aan myself te verduidelik - poging 3" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| The actor knows what | |
| it's all about: pretending -- | |
| you're really human. | |
| De acteur weet wel | Der Schauspieler weiß, |
| waar het om gaat: doen alsof -- | worum es geht: tun als ob -- |
| je echt een mens bent. | man wirklich Mensch sei. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-03
Out of my mind (Alan Arkin) - 2018
Alan Arkin (New York City 1934-2023) wrote in his memoir "Out of my mind" (2018): "When things get tense, when I start taking my work a bit too seriously, I remind myself that I'm only pretending to be a human being."
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Arkin, Alan
| Our home is: the earth. | |
| People come from their childhood -- | |
| not from a country. | |
| Thuis is: de aarde. | Heim ist: die Erde. |
| We komen niet uit een land -- | Man stammt aus seiner Kindheit -- |
| maar uit onze jeugd. | nicht aus einem Land. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-25
I remember all your dreams (René Frégni) - 2016
To the statement "On n'est pas d'un pays, on est de son enfance" ("We are not from a country, we are from our childhood" in the poetic short story collection "Je me souviens de tous vos rêves"
Collection: Metamorphic body
Tribute to: Fregni, Rene
| In major actions, | |
| people are contributors -- | |
| or accomplices. | |
| Bij grote daden | Bei großen Taten |
| zijn mensen medewerker -- | sind Menschen Mitarbeiter -- |
| of medeplichtig. | oder Komplizen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-02
Collection: The drama
| We are beautiful | |
| and special, all of us, it's -- | |
| just ordinary. | |
| Allemaal zijn we | Wir sind alle recht |
| mooi en bijzonder, dat is -- | schön und besonders, das ist -- |
| dus juist heel gewoon. | einfach gewöhnlich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-02
Collection: The drama
| For far too much world | |
| too little attention, too -- | |
| much indifference. | |
| Voor te veel wereld | Für viel zu viel Welt |
| te weinig aandacht, te veel -- | zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit -- |
| onverschilligheid. | zu viel Apathie. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-28
Indifference (Gilbert Bécaud and Maurice Vidalin) - 1977
Song "L'indifference"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Bécaud, Gilbert; Vidalin, Maurice
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On occasions I stand |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-21
Collection: The climbing house
| Buzzing everywhere, | |
| the oasis full of bees -- | |
| All flowers empty. | |
| Overal gezoem, | Summen, überall, |
| de oase vol bijen -- | Oase voller Bienen -- |
| Alle bloemen leeg. | Alle Blumen leer. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-21
1. Migration to rich countries, which get too crowded to feed everyone
2. Kleptocracy, keeping the population as poor as possible
Collection: The drama
| We are a parade | |
| of all of us together -- | |
| of us, one by one. | |
| We zijn een optocht | Wir sind ein Umzug |
| van ons allemaal samen -- | von uns allen zusammen -- |
| ieder, één voor één. | jeder, eins für eins. |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-28
To be whole is to be part (Ted Hearne) - 2021
Composition, performed by De Ereprijs Orchestra in the Organpark on May 28th, 2022
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Hearne, Ted
| Great talents hang on | |
| the tree of humanity -- | |
| upon a thin twig. | |
| Elk groot talent hangt | Große Talente |
| aan de boom van de mensheid -- | hängen am Baum der Menschheit -- |
| aan een dun takje. | an dünnen Zweigen. |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-25
The Development of Personality (Carl Gustav Jung) - 1954
Book "Über die Entwicklung der Persönlichkeit"
("Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Jung, Carl Gustav
| Our children are not | |
| our children, they just belong -- | |
| only to themselves. | |
| Onze kinderen | Unsere Kinder |
| zijn niet onze kinderen -- | sind nicht unsere Kinder -- |
| ze zijn van zichzelf. | sie gehören sich. |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-18
The Prophet (Khalil Gibran) - 1923
Fables
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Gibran, Khalil
| A baby doesn't talk, | |
| yet you do understand him -- | |
| better than adults. | |
| Een baby praat niet, | Ein Baby spricht nicht, |
| toch begrijp je hem beter -- | doch man versteht ihn besser -- |
| dan volwassenen. | als Erwachsene. |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-07
Collection: I am
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What is one is itself |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-26
Unity and discord in Bharat (India) - -1500
Epic "Mahabharata" ("The Venerable World"), book 18:3
The epic is about a struggle for power in the Aryan tribes when they settled in Bharat (India) from 1500 BCE; it is recorded in 350 CE and ends with the conclusion that everything is an illusion
Collection: The drama
Tribute to: Mahabharata
| We are consumers, | |
| we're very hungry, we eat -- | |
| all of the planet. | |
| Consumenten zijn | Konsumenten sind |
| we, hongerig eten we -- | wir, sehr hungrig fressen wir -- |
| heel de planeet op. | den Planeten auf. |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-23
Collection: Metamorphic body
| Thank you! Oh, I owe | |
| so much to all the people -- | |
| who don't get my love. | |
| Dankjewel! Ik dank | Danke! Ich verdan- |
| zo veel aan alle mensen -- | ke so viel all den Menschen -- |
| die ik niet liefheb. | die ich nicht liebe. |
Amsterdam, 2018-07-02
Thanks (Wislawa Szymborska) - 1976
Poem "Podziekowanie" (collection "Wielka liczba")
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Szymborska, Wislawa
| We withstand the wind, | |
| our banners stand tall and proud -- | |
| in the storms and gusts. | |
| We weerstaan de wind, | Wir trotzen dem Wind, |
| onze banieren staan fier -- | unsere Fahnen aufrecht -- |
| in storm en vlagen. | in den Windböen. |
Scheveningen, 2018-06-21
Collection: Blown sand
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I forget myself, everything |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-20
Collection: The drama
| In Nod, Cain has found | |
| a wife, one of the daughters -- | |
| of Adam's neighbours. | |
| In Nod vond Kaïn | Kain fand eine |
| een vrouw, een van de dochters -- | Frau in Nod, eine Tochter -- |
| van Adam's buren. | von Adams Nachbarn. |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-07
The Bible for Nonbelievers - The Beginning. Genesis (Guus Kuijer) - 2012
De Bijbel voor ongelovigen - Het begin. Genesis - Cain - Adam as 'the first man', the patriarch
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Kuijer, Guus
| No one is alone, | |
| mankind's soul is home for you -- | |
| Welcome, namasté. | |
| Niemand is alleen, | Du bist zu Hause, |
| de mensziel is ook jouw thuis -- | in der Seele der Menschheit -- |
| Welkom, namasté. | Grüße, Namasté. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-01-29
Collection: web tissue
| Human galaxy: | |
| revolving disorderly -- | |
| everyone's a sun. | |
| Het mensenstelsel: | Das Menschsystem: um- |
| kriskras door elkaar draaiend -- | einander drehen, jeder -- |
| is ieder een zon. | eine Sonne sein. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-20
Collection: web tissue
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People disappear |
Amsterdam, 2017-04-22
"Butterfly effect" (enlarged reaction)
Geometric rounding paradox: the half of 13x5=65 squares is 32,5 (in the diagram 32 or 33 squares)
Collection: Blown sand
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As long as we can we'll walk |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-23
Collection: Metamorphic body
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World citizens run around |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-21
Adieu = à Dieu (vos comant) = to God (I recommend you)
Collection: Metamorphic body
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Was it better in the past or only tomorrow? |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-21
Collection: The Praised One
| All my neighbours live | |
| with different possessions -- | |
| the same as I do. | |
| Mijn buren leven | Die Nachbarn leben |
| met heel andere spullen -- | mit ganz anderen Sachen -- |
| hetzelfde als ik. | genauso wie ich. |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2016-10-09
Collection: WoofWoof
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This palace of mirrors looks quite |
Amsterdam, 2016-03-25
Collection: The drama
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Ducklings swim around in the water |
Amsterdam, 2014-04-28
Collection: New Ago
