| In the evening, I | |
| doff my image, in the bath -- | |
| I wash my thoughts clean. | |
| 's Avonds leg ik mijn | Am Abend lege |
| imago af en was ik -- | ich mein Image ab und ich -- |
| mijn gedachten schoon. | wasche meinen Geist. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-02
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood) - 2005
Novel, chapter 22, Helen Takes a Bath
Collection: Skin-contact
Tribute to: Atwood, Margaret
| No thoughts, light-headed | |
| by the view over the sea -- | |
| and the calming sounds. | |
| Geen gedachten, licht | Keine Gedanken, |
| in het hoofd van het uitzicht -- | so benommen vom Anblick -- |
| Kalme geluiden. | Ruhige Klänge. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-21
You see it, deep below you (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Poem "Je ziet het, diep beneden je", published in "Diary 1960-1961" - October 9th, 1960, Milan (about Sestri in 1953)
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| In a white cell I | |
| meditate, but not really -- | |
| because it doesn't work. | |
| In een witte cel | Ich meditiere, |
| mediteer ik, maar niet echt -- | aber eigentlich nicht, weil -- |
| want het lukt me niet. | es mir nicht gelingt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-14
This apple tastes like an unripe pear (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Deze appel smaakt als een onrijpe peer", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part II [Paris]) - December 3rd, 1952, Paris
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I lay down and close | |
| my eyes to let my breath waltz -- | |
| around in my head. | |
| Ik sluit mijn ogen | Im Liegen lass ich |
| en laat mijn adem walsend -- | meinen Atem in meinem -- |
| rondgaan in mijn hoofd. | Kopf herumtanzen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-28
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami) - 1994
Novel "Sekai no owari to Hado-boirudo Wandarando" (translation 1991), chapter 35, 'Nail clippers, butter sauce, iron vase'
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Murakami, Haruki
| With my eyes still closed | |
| I know the world is alive -- | |
| I know I'm alive. | |
| Met mijn ogen dicht | Mit geschlossenen |
| weet ik dat de wereld leeft -- | Augen weiß ich: die Welt lebt -- |
| weet ik dat ik leef. | weiß ich: ich lebe. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-08
Fragile Balance (Jürg Frey) - 2014
Composition for ensemble and piano, performed on four saxophones by the Amstel Quartet in the Organpark on March 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Frey, Juerg
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| In the dim twilight | |
| of the temple my mind finds -- | |
| only emptiness. | |
| In het schemerlicht | Im trüben Zwielicht |
| van de tempel vindt mijn geest -- | des stillen Tempels findet -- |
| alleen maar leegte. | mein Geist nur Leere. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-12
Collection: web tissue
|
I work in the white palace |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-06
Avalokiteshvara ("God who looks with compassion upon people") is, as the name suggests, the Bodhisattva of compassion. In India he is depicted as male, in East Asia she is depicted as female (in China she is called Guanyin, in Japan Kannon).
Avalokiteshvara is invoked with the mantra "Om manipadme hum" = "oh, you who possess a jewel and sit on the lotus flower" (om = the keynote of all that exists, mani = the spiritual jewel of the enlightened mind, padma = lotus, hum = enlightenment)
Cintamani: the jewel that fulfils your (spiritual) wishes, because those arise from your most important needs; the jewel is pearl-shaped, in Tibetan images it is kept in a radiant vessel
White palace: potrang karpo, the administration building of Lhasa from 1646-1647
Red palace: potrang marpo, the temple of Lhasa from 1648-1649
Peak: tse potala ('the Peak'), near Lhasa, where Avalokiteshvara resides
Collection: WoofWoof
Dedicated to: Madelief dK
| Diphthongs are floating | |
| dreamily heavy around -- | |
| like flat flakes of ice. | |
| Tweeklanken drijven | Zwielaute schweben |
| dromerig zwaar om ons heen -- | verträumt schwer um uns herum -- |
| Vlakke ijsschotsen. | Flache Eisschollen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-29
The Spectral Organ (Maria W. Horn & Mats Erlandsson) - 2024
Readapted versions performed on the hyperorgan by Maria W. Horn and Mats Erlandsson in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024; light scenography by Zalán Szakács
Collection: org anp ARK
Composers: Horn, Maria W; Erlandsson, Mats
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Today, an excursion to a temple |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-06
Samsara (Lois Patiño) - 2023
Film; novices in orange robes visit a semicircular amphitheatre with waterfalls
Collection: Metamorphic body
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Not yet |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-19
Collection: WoofWoof
Dedicated to: Yuk Lin M
| Every day I think | |
| about your life without me: | |
| my meditation. | |
| Ik denk elke dag | Jeden Tag denk ich |
| aan jouw leven zonder mij: | an dein Leben ohne mich -- |
| mijn meditatie. | Ich meditiere. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-13
Notting Hill - 1999
Film (screenplay Richard Curtis, direction Roger Michell)
Collection: Moons
Tribute to: Curtis, Richard; Michell, Roger
| Demonstrating is | |
| meditative in nature -- | |
| like a prayer wheel. | |
| Het demonstreren | Das Demonstrieren |
| is meditatief van aard -- | ist betrachtend, eine Art -- |
| een gebedsmolen. | von Gebetsmühle. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-26
The Comedian (Freek de Jonge) - 1980
Performance "De Komiek"
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: De Jonge, Freek
| Far away, the world, | |
| high, the walls around the yard -- | |
| pale, the morning light. | |
| Ver weg, de wereld, | Weit entfernt, die Welt, |
| hoog, de muren om het erf -- | hoch, die Mauern um den Hof -- |
| vaal, het ochtendlicht. | blass, das Morgenlicht. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-22
Occam XVI (Éliane Radigue) - 2014
Composition for bass clarinet (2014, Éliane Radigue), at the premiere in Dundalk on June 20th, 2014 and in the Organpark on October 22nd, 2022 performed by Carol Robinson
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Radigue, Éliane
|
Safely walking the streets |
Amsterdam, 2021-03-11
Collection: WoofWoof
| I keep balancing | |
| the energy flow in me -- | |
| a meditation. | |
| Ik balanceer steeds | Ich balanciere |
| de energiestroom in mij -- | den Energiefluß in mir: |
| een meditatie. | Meditation. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-22
Zhineng Qigong = wise and skillful handling of the energy of life, so that it flows in a balanced way (yin and yang)
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
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The grass is still wet |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-05
Collection: The drama
Dedicated to: Lisa W
| When you meditate | |
| and youre perfectly quiet -- | |
| you're invisible. | |
| Als je mediteert | Wenn man meditiert |
| en je geest volmaakt stil is -- | und vollkommen ruhig ist -- |
| ben je onzichtbaar. | ist man unsichtbar. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-02-01
The sea, the sea (Iris Murdoch) - 1978
Novel "The sea, the sea"
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Looking at myself, | |
| without moving, my body -- | |
| is disappearing. | |
| Kijkend naar mezelf, | Ich sehe mich an, |
| zonder me te verroeren -- | ohne mich zu bewegen -- |
| verdwijnt mijn lichaam. | Mein Körper verwischt. |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-28
Collection: WoofWoof
| At noon in the church, | |
| my breath follows the organ -- | |
| air in and air out. | |
| 's Middags in de kerk | In der Kapelle |
| adem ik met het orgel -- | atme ich mit der Orgel -- |
| lucht in en lucht uit. | Luft rein und Luft raus. |
Amsterdam, 2013-02-22
Chapel of the Canisius College, Nijmegen 1964-1970
Collection: Metamorphic body
Dedicated to: Johan A
| The roofer, raking | |
| gravel, gutter to gutter -- | |
| like a Zen garden. | |
| De dakdekker harkt | Der Dachdecker harkt |
| aandachtig van goot tot goot -- | von Rinne zu Rinne den -- |
| het grind: een zentuin? | Kies: ein Zen-Garten? |
Amsterdam, 2012-06-25
Collection: WoofWoof
| Upon mulberry | |
| blossoms, Santa is sweating -- | |
| the worldly away. | |
| Op moerbeibloesems | Auf Maulbeerblüten |
| zit de kerstman te zweten -- | sitzt der Weihnachtsmann, er schwitzt -- |
| voor wat verlichting. | das Weltliche weg. |
Julianadorp, 2011-12-31
Enlightenment at Christmas time in Australia
Collection: Metamorphic body
| I close my eyes and | |
| then experience the space -- | |
| growing in my skull. | |
| Ik sluit mijn ogen | Augen zu, spüren, |
| en voel binnen mijn schedel -- | wie sich in meinem Schädel -- |
| de ruimte groeien. | der Raum tief ausdehnt. |
Julianadorp, 2011-12-28
Collection: Summer birds
| I stare at the flame | |
| until it burns in my chest -- | |
| invisible there. | |
| Ik tuur naar de vlam | Ich starre auf die |
| tot ze in mijn borst brandt en -- | Flamme, bis sie in meiner -- |
| niet meer te zien is. | Brust brennt, unsichtbar. |
Julianadorp, 2011-12-25
Collection: Silent walk
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The house is cleaned up |
Rovio, 2009-07-16
Collection: WoofWoof
Dedicated to: C W
