| I look at the sky: | |
| Sirius, Aldebaran -- | |
| Everything is fine. | |
| Ik kijk naar boven: | Ich schau nach oben: |
| Sirius, Aldebaran -- | Sirius, Aldebaran -- |
| Alles in orde. | Alles in Ordnung. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-11
Diary 1968-1969 (Frida Vogels) - 2010
"Dagboek 1968-1969" - January 16th, 1969, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| In both houses I sit | |
| at the table like this, I -- | |
| am the steady point. | |
| In beide huizen | In beiden Häusern |
| zit ik zo aan tafel, ik -- | sitze ich so am Tisch, ich -- |
| ben het vaste punt. | bin der feste Punkt. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-21
I think of the other table (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Poem "Ik denk aan de andere tafel", published in "Diary 1958-1959" - April 27th, 1959, Amsterdam
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Laying the puzzle | |
| pieces of the day, living -- | |
| without completion. | |
| De puzzelstukjes | Das Puzzleteil des, |
| van de dag leggen, leven -- | Tages zusammensetzen -- |
| zonder voltooiing. | und nie fertig sein. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-25
With a photo of Dory and a completed jigsaw puzzle (November 1st, 2002)
Collection: Half The Work
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Dory dK
| All my skin is clothed | |
| in a flowing net of rain: | |
| living crocheting. | |
| Mijn huid is gekleed | Meine Haut in ein |
| in een stromend regennet: | fließendes Regennetz, wie -- |
| een haakwerk dat leeft. | Häkelei die lebt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-26
Frankissstein: a love story (Jeanette Winterson) - 2019
Novel, Lake Geneva, 1816
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| The day starts okay, | |
| normal, like yesterday, just -- | |
| slightly different. | |
| De dag begint goed, | Der Tag beginnt gut, |
| gewoon, zoals gisteren -- | ganz normal, wie gestern, nur -- |
| maar net iets anders. | ein bisschen anders. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-20
Grimus (Salman Rushdie) - 1975
Novel
(A Simurg(h) ['Thirty birds'] is a Persian legendary creature, an omniscient bird, symbol for someone's world of thought), part 1 Times Present, chapter 2
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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Whether they were clouds |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-29
Collection: New Ago
Dedicated to: Marije S
| All the prisoners | |
| in the courtyard are walking -- | |
| circles in their heads. | |
| De gevangenen | Im Gefängnishof |
| lopen op de binnenplaats -- | drehen sie sich in ihren -- |
| rondjes in hun hoofd. | Gedanken im Kreis. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-10
The prison courtyard (Vincent van Gogh) - 1890
Painting
Collection: On living on [2]
Tribute to: Van Gogh, Vincent
| I don't tolerate | |
| distortion -- sound, face, or thought, | |
| I straighten it out. | |
| Ik verdraag geen scheef | Ich ertrag kein schief |
| hemd, gezicht, of gedachte -- | Lächeln, Licht, und Gedanke, |
| en trek die gauw recht. | ich rück es zurecht. |
Amsterdam, 2021-06-09
All-crushing - Faxing to Ger #3 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2019
Diary-novel "Allesverpletterende - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
| I loosened my ties: | |
| my contacts are growing now -- | |
| into connections. | |
| Lossere banden: | Meine Kontakte: |
| mijn contacten groeien uit -- | loser können sie wachsen -- |
| tot verbindingen. | zu Verbindungen. |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-25
Collection: Secrets & Believers
| While withy branches | |
| tap tick tack in the puddles -- | |
| the bells are ringing. | |
| Terwijl takken tik | Während Zweige Tick |
| tak druppelen in plassen -- | Tack in den Pfützen tropfen -- |
| luiden de klokken. | klingeln die Glocken. |
Amsterdam, 2016-04-09
Bristol (John Betjeman) - 1945
Poem (collection "New bats in old belfries")
Change-ringing:
1 2 2 4 4 5 5 3 3 1 1
2 1 4 2 5 4 3 5 1 3 2
3 4 1 5 2 3 4 1 5 2 3
4 3 5 1 3 2 1 4 2 5 4
5 5 3 3 1 1 2 2 4 4 5
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Betjeman, John
| Twelve music boxes | |
| softly repeating themselves -- | |
| far away like stars. | |
| Twaalf muziekdoosjes | Leise wiederholen |
| herhalen zichzelf, zachtjes -- | die zwölf Spieldosen sich selbst -- |
| ver weg als sterren. | ferne wie Sterne. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-21
Zodiac (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
Composition "Tierkreis": Spieldose Wassermann 0:54, Spieldose Fische 1:12 ("Zodiac": music box Aquarius 0:54, music box Pisces 1:12, 1975, Karlheinz Stockhausen), performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 21st, 2012
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
