| Young people want to | |
| be wise, while old people want -- | |
| to be vigorous. | |
| Wie jong is, wil graag | Die Jungen wollen |
| wijs zijn, terwijl wie oud is -- | weise sein, und die Alten -- |
| energiek wil zijn. | eben energisch. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-05
Late (Salman Rushdie) - 2025
Story, paragraph 5, collection "The Eleventh Hour" (page 135)
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| We had a good time | |
| then, nowadays we are old -- | |
| waste and withered leaves. | |
| We hadden het goed, | Wir hatten es gut, |
| en nu zijn we oud, afval -- | und jetzt sind wir alt, Abfall -- |
| dorre bladeren. | und dürre Blätter. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-08
The dead leaves (Jacques Prévert, Yves Montand)
Leafstorm (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1946
Song "Les feuilles mortes" (for the film "Les Portes de la nuit"), music Joseph Kosma, sung by Yves Montand)
Novella "La hojarasca" ("Leaf-storm", 1955, Gabriel García Márquez)
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: Prévert, Jacques; García Márquez, Gabriel
| Night, melancholy | |
| after all these timeless hours -- | |
| that had a future. | |
| De avond, weemoed | Der Abend, Wehmut |
| naar de tijdloze uren -- | nach den zeitlosen Stunden -- |
| die toekomst hadden. | mit einer Zukunft. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-30
Collection: Metamorphic body
| I'm old, I don't care | |
| about immortality -- | |
| I want to be young! | |
| Ik ben oud, ik maal | Ich bin alt, egal |
| niet om onsterfelijkheid -- | ist mir die Unsterblichkeit -- |
| ik wil weer jong zijn! | ich möchte jung sein! |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-11
Spring flowers bloom on Ge Hong hill (Mei Yuan) - 1780
Ge Hong is a Taoist philosopher from the first half of the fourth century who became immortal with his wife
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Yuan, Mei
| Enjoyment, resigned | |
| letting felicity sail -- | |
| in your remembrance. | |
| Genieten, geluk | Genießen, stoisch |
| gelaten laten varen -- | das Glück lavieren lassen -- |
| in herinnering. | in Erinnerung. |
Scheveningen, 2018-06-21
To grow old, to desire nothing more (Willem Frederik Hermans) - 1944
Poem "Oud te worden, niets meer te begeeren" (collection "Kussen door een rag van woorden")
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Hermans, Willem Frederik
| Put on my body | |
| go and walk in my stiff legs -- | |
| be me young again. | |
| Trek mijn lichaam aan, | Zieh meinen Körper |
| loop in mijn stijve benen -- | an, geh in meinen Beinen -- |
| en wees mij weer jong. | sei mich wieder jung. |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-19
Reincarnation (Ester Naomi Perquin) - 2007
Poem "Reïncarnatie" (collection "Servetten halfstok")
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Perquin, Ester Naomi
|
I was young, I went |
Amsterdam, 2017-07-31
The great beauty (Paolo Sorrentino) - 2013
Film "La grande bellezza"
Collection: Silent walk
Tribute to: Sorrentino, Paolo
|
In the last darkness |
Amsterdam, 2017-07-31
The great beauty (Paolo Sorrentino) - 2013
Film "La grande bellezza"
Collection: Silent walk
Tribute to: Sorrentino, Paolo
|
On week-days, in the evenings, I pass |
Amsterdam, 2017-07-31
The great beauty (Paolo Sorrentino) - 2013
Film "La grande bellezza"
Collection: Pending rain
Tribute to: Sorrentino, Paolo
| My dear tree of birth, | |
| we're just as old, just as bold -- | |
| but you're growing buds. | |
| Mijn geboorteboom, | Lieber Geburtsbaum, |
| wij zijn even oud en kaal -- | wir zwei sind gleich alt und kahl -- |
| maar jij krijgt knoppen. | doch du treibst Knospen. |
Julianadorp, 2011-12-24
Collection: Changing Times
