| As long as we live, | |
| we'll party another last -- | |
| day after last day. | |
| Zolang we leven | Wir leben, feiern |
| feesten we nog een laatste -- | noch einen letzten Tag nach -- |
| dag na laatste dag. | einem letzten Tag. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-21
Alabama Song (Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill) - 1927
Composition "Mahagonny Suite", part 'moderato assai', "Alabama Song" (arrangement Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, adapted by Wijnand van Klaveren; lyrics Bertolt Brecht, English translation 1925, Elisabeth Hauptmann), performed in the Organpark on March 21st, 2026, by Arno Bornkamp (saxophone), Laurens de Man (piano), and the Utrecht String Quartet: Eeva Koskinen and Katherine Routley (violin), Sebastian Koloski (violoncello), and Harke Wiersma (double bass)
Collection: org anp ARK
Tribute to: Brecht, Bertolt
Composer: Weill, Kurt
| Our fantasy way | |
| too often takes us along -- | |
| into its whirlpools. | |
| Onze fantasie | Die Fantasie nimmt |
| voert ons maar al te vaak mee -- | uns leider viel zu oft mit -- |
| in haar draaikolken. | in ihre Malströme. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-21
The Golden House (Salman Rushdie) - 2017
Novel, chapter (3-) 30
About the dangerous strait near Rhion in Greece, between the Gulf of Patras and the Gulf of Corinth, there is the story of the nymph Charybdis ("she who sucks down"), who was enchanted by Zeus into a whirlpool
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| What a cheek you have! | |
| Can't you think! Do you have ears? | |
| Then you should listen! | |
| De brutaliteit! | Die Frechheit! Du sollst |
| Denk eens na! Heb je oren? | mal denken! Hast du Ohren? |
| Luister dan eens goed! | Dann höre gut zu! |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-28
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 3-4 "The shadow of the Mosque"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The searching people: | |
| while dreaming, they easily -- | |
| can lose their wisdom. | |
| Zoekende mensen: | Suchende Menschen: |
| al dromend verliezen ze -- | beim Träumen verlieren sie -- |
| al gauw hun wijsheid. | leicht ihre Weisheit. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-04
Collection: Local traffic
| Stop believing in | |
| what you keep telling yourself -- | |
| Stop your suffering! | |
| Geloof niet langer | Hör auf zu glauben, |
| in wat je jezelf wijsmaakt -- | was du dich selbst einredest -- |
| Houd op met lijden! | Hör auf zu leiden! |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-19
He who fears suffering already suffers because of what he fears (Michel de Montaigne) - 1595
> Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux 1533-1592) wrote in his "Essais" (book 3, 13 - AD 1595): "Qui craint de souffrir, il souffre déjà de ce qu'il craint"
> Rhyme: "Too often we suffer most sorely / and thereby feel most poorly / from dreaded aches and pains"
> Dutch saying: "Een mens lijdt het meest door het lijden dat hij vreest" ("Man suffers most from the suffering he fears")
> Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk quotes in his book "The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma" (2014) Elvin Semrad's statement: "The greatest sources of suffering are the lies we tell ourselves"
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: De Montaigne, Michel; Van Der Kolk, Bessel
| Theists still exist, | |
| alongside the others, the -- | |
| down-to-earth people. | |
| Theïsten bestaan | Theisten gibt es |
| er nog steeds, naast anderen: | immer noch, und andere: |
| nuchtere mensen. | sachliche Menschen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-05
The inadequacy of dividing people into separate categories, such as "atheists"
Collection: The King
| Reason is suspect, | |
| for people having their own -- | |
| ruthless brain police. | |
| Verstand is verdacht, | Verstand: verdächtig, |
| voor mensen met een eigen -- | für jemandes eigenen -- |
| hersenpolitie. | Gehirnpolizei. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-04
Who Are the Brain Police? (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1966
Song (album "Freak Out!")
Frank Zappa in a 1988 interview: "A lot of people police their own brains. They're like citizen soldiers, so to speak. I've seen people who will willingly arrest, try and punish their own brains. Now that's really sad. That's vigilante brain policism. It's not even official, it's like self-imposed."
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: The Mothers of Invention
Composer: Zappa, Frank
| Knowing the danger, | |
| it's a big mystery why -- | |
| no one takes action. | |
| Mensen kennen het | Menschen kennen die |
| gevaar, het is een raadsel -- | Gefahr, es ist ein Rätsel -- |
| waarom ze niets doen. | warum sie nichts tun. |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-07
The Bible for unbelievers - The beginning, Genesis (Guus Kuijer) - 2012
"De Bijbel voor ongelovigen - Het begin, Genesis - Het verhaal van Cham" ("The story of Ham") - Noah prepares for a flood
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Kuijer, Guus
| It's shallow here, with | |
| an undertow, I'm falling -- | |
| The buoy starts spinning. | |
| Het is ondiep, met | Das Wasser ist seicht, |
| een onderstroom, ik val om -- | mit einem Sog, ich falle -- |
| De boei gaat tollen. | Die Boje dreht sich. |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-17
Where there was a little buoy (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Poem "Waar een kleine boei was", published in "Diary 1958-1959" - December 23rd, 1958, Milan
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
