| I read, had nothing, | |
| like Job, and like Odysseus -- | |
| I could not go home. | |
| Ik las. Ik had niets, | Ich las, hatte nichts, |
| zoals Job, kon niet naar huis, | wie Job, war wie Odysseus -- |
| zoals Odysseus. | fern von zu Hause. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2026-09-03
The man who read books (Rachid Benzine) - 2025
Novel "L'homme qui lisait des livres", chapter "The Book of Job - Jabalia"
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Benzine, Rachid
| Indeed, I know that! | |
| That's how it goes, right? Is it -- | |
| a stereotype? | |
| Ja, dat ken ik wel! | Aber klar, weiß ich! |
| Zo gaat het toch? Is het een -- | So läuft das, oder? Ist das -- |
| stereotype? | ein Stereotyp? |
Amsterdam, 2025-10-19
Angel (Wanda Bommer) - 2009
Novel "Engel" - A story told in stereotypes about a lack of attention: both not receiving and not being able to pay enough attention
A stereotype is a fixed ('stereo'), schematic, objectively largely incorrect, cognitive form ('type') or formula
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Bommer, Wanda
| There is always hope, | |
| in so many beautiful -- | |
| stories to be bought. | |
| Hoop is voorhanden, | Es gibt Hoffnung, in |
| in veel mooie verhalen -- | vielen schönen Geschichten -- |
| die je kunt kopen. | die man kaufen kann. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-22
Today for me (Renate Dorrestein) - 1993
Autobiographical book "Heden ik", about ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), chapter 'Fourth act'
Hodie mihi, cras tibi (today for me, tomorrow for thee)
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate
| Ah, no one will know | |
| who I was, only my fate -- | |
| will be remembered. | |
| Niemand zal weten | Niemand wird wissen, |
| wie ik was, alleen mijn lot -- | wer ich war, nur mein Schicksal -- |
| zal bekend blijven. | wird bekannt bleiben. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-11
When I am laid in earth (Nahum Tate / Henry Purcell) - 1689
Air ("Dido's Lament"), from the opera "Dido and Aeneas" (based on Virgil's "Aeneid" and Francesco Cavalli's opera "Didone"), Z. 626, 3rt act - Dido
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Tate, Nahum
Composer: Purcell, Henry
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Life is not too bad |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-10
The death of the firstborn
The Hebrew guest workers and slaves in the Nile Delta still had some fresh food during the famine, but the Egyptians who did not live among the fields were fully dependent on the grain that was contaminated in the barns by gnats, stable flies, and locusts, perhaps also with ergot
Collection: A Home
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Those were hard times |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-03
It's everyone's Exodus
Collection: The King
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The parents of the Great Leader |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-01
Sargon was king of Akkad from 2334 to 2279 BCE
Sargon = Sarru-Kinum = the king is legitimate
Jacob >> Levi >> Amram >> Aaron, Miriam "and Moses"
"Jakob" >> Joseph = Yuya, the Hebrew husband of Tuya, an Egyptian noblewoman >> Tiye, the wife of Pharaoh Amen-hotep III >> Crown Prince Thut-mosis = Moses
Collection: A Home
