| Where I am, I look | |
| outside, are there any signs -- | |
| that teach me something? | |
| Waar ik ben, kijk ik | Wo ich bin, schaue |
| naar buiten, zijn er tekens -- | ich hinaus, gibt es Zeichen -- |
| die me iets leren? | die mir was lehren? |
Amsterdam, 2025-09-17
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - March 11th, 1978, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| A little red cart, | |
| pulled by a proud little boy: | |
| a socialist boy! | |
| Een rood karretje, | Ein roter Karren, |
| getrokken door een jongen: | vorgezogen vom Jungen: |
| een socialist! | ein Sozialist! |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-07
A socialist youth (Han Voskuil) - 2001
Childhood memories "Een socialistische jeugd" - July 1st, 1933, his seventh birthday
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| A streak of perfume | |
| across the floor, I am scared -- | |
| by the intense smell. | |
| Parfum trekt een streep | Ein Parfümstreifen |
| over de vloer, ik word bang -- | auf dem Boden, der Geruch -- |
| van de sterke geur. | ist stark, macht mir Angst. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-12
The Three Arrows (Iris Murdoch) - 1972
Play, Act Two, scene Ten
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| There is evidence | |
| of what I had and did: signs -- | |
| of my existence. | |
| Er is bewijs van | Es gibt Beweise, |
| wat ik had en deed: tekens -- | Sachen und Taten: Zeichen -- |
| dat ik heb bestaan. | meiner Existenz. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-12
Between clouds and earth the signs (Willem van Toorn) - 1997
Poem "Tussen wolken en aarde de tekens" (collection "Tegen de tijd")
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Van Toorn, Willem
| The starless star shines | |
| brightly for the followers -- | |
| of superstition. | |
| De sterloze ster | Der Sternlose Stern |
| schijnt helder voor de volgers -- | leuchtet hell für die Folger -- |
| van hun bijgeloof. | des Aberglaubens. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-21
There were three faint conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter on November 12th, 7 BCE; the moon had not yet risen, so it was clearly visible that Saturn and Jupiter appeared to stand still for hours at the tip of the zodiacal light, which seemed to be aiming at Bethlehem like a spotlight
In the fourth century CE, the bishops decided to celebrate Jesus' birthday on the day of the midwinter solstice, the pagan feast day of the Invincible Sun; in the Roman calendar, that day fell on December 25th; subsequently, the said conjunctions were interpreted as an announcement of Jesus' birth
It had been customary for centuries to link major events to an astronomical phenomenon, so the compiler(s) of the Gospel of Matthew (around 75 CE) did so as well, but without a specific reference, because none was known
Collection: The King
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Accumulating money changes |
Amsterdam, 2019-10-24
You never give me your money (Paul McCartney, The Beatles) - 1969
Song (album "Abbey Road")
Celtic symbolism: Luis (the Rowan), that guards the gateway to the spirit world; the Rowan should be guided by Brigid (the goddess of fertility and poetry) and the Dragon (the symbol of inspiration and imagination)
Collection: Lilith's Powers
Tribute to: McCartney, Paul; The Beatles
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Falcons do not grab footwear |
Amsterdam, 2019-08-14
Rhodopis (Pale Face) in Egypt - -1550
Story that is laid in the time of Pharaoh Ahmose I, who expelled the Hyksos from the Nile Delta and then became Pharaoh in Thebes (from 1550 BC). From 1540 he controlled all of Egypt.
Rhodopis ("Pink Face" / "Pale Face") will undoubtedly have been bullied with worse abusive words than her nickname, but Strabo (Amaseia 64 BC - AD 24) has omitted them when he recorded the story under the title Rhodopis
Collection: Migration
Dedicated to: T D
| Lots of traffic signs, | |
| and billboard after billboard: | |
| so many rules here! | |
| Verkeersborden, en | Verkehrszeichen, und |
| reclame na reclame: | Reklame nach Reklame: |
| wat veel regels hier! | so viele Regeln! |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-25
Collection: PumicePieces
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| Signs | |
| point the other way | |
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| I too turn the action around | |
| I change what happens: | |
| I stop doing what I do | |
| I'm going to do the opposite | |
| I make a negative charge positive | |
