| Then, for the first time, | |
| I felt sorry for Father -- | |
| It was terrible. | |
| Voor het eerst had ik | Dann, zum ersten Mal, |
| medelijden met vader -- | tat mir Vater Leid. Das war -- |
| Het was vreselijk. | etwas Schreckliches. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-15
Out of the world (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 1998
Novel "Ute av verden" (translated in 2023), part 1, chapter 3
The perfection of the insight that someone you lean on has weaknesses, even though that is a shock
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Empathy falls short, | |
| without taking real action -- | |
| injustice remains. | |
| Empathie is nooit | Empathie reicht nie |
| genoeg, zonder actie blijft -- | aus, ohne Aktion bleibt die -- |
| het onrecht bestaan. | Ungerechtigkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-30
Persians, Triumph of Empathy (Aischylos / Chokri Ben Chikha) - 2025
Play "Perzen, Triomf van Empathie" (472 BC, Aeschylus / 2025, Chokri Ben Chikha, played by Action Zoo Humain and NT Gent)
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Aischylos; Ben Chikha, Chokri
| The dog whines, she talks | |
| to it and reproaches me -- | |
| for not doing so. | |
| De hond jankt, zij praat | Der Hund jault, sie spricht |
| ertegen en verwijt me -- | zu ihm und wirft mir vor, dass -- |
| dat ik dat niet doe. | ich das nicht tue. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-16
Travel diary 1981 (Han Voskuil) - 2000
"Reisdagboek 1981", included in the 2005 collection "Buitenschot" ("Outside shot, hikes") - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday April 11th
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| Do I want to know | |
| your suffering to get some -- | |
| idea what mine is? | |
| Wil ik jouw lijden | Will ich dein Leiden |
| kennen om te begrijpen -- | kennen, um zu verstehen -- |
| wat het mijne is? | was mein Leiden ist? |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-20
The Unicorn (Iris Murdoch) - 1963
Novel, part 7, chapter 35
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| When you share my pain | |
| you don't know where it ends, you -- | |
| suffer limitless. | |
| Wie met mij meeleeft | Wer mir mir mitfühlt, |
| weet niet waar mijn pijn ophoudt -- | weiß nicht, wo mein Schmerz endet: |
| en lijdt grenzeloos. | leidet grenzenlos. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-19
The Unicorn (Iris Murdoch) - 1963
Novel, part 2, chapter 11
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Who ever dries tears | |
| with sandpaper made of grains -- | |
| of indifference? | |
| Droogt men tranen soms | Trocknet man Tränen |
| met schuurpapier van korrels -- | mit Schleifpapier aus Körnern -- |
| onverschilligheid? | der Gleichgültigkeit? |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-14
Don't cry (Anna Kakhiani) - 2023
Installation in the exhibition "Sensory Dialogues Through Touch" in Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam, opened on November 14th, 2024
40 napkin boxes filled with sandpaper
Collection: Pending rain
Tribute to: Kakhiani, Anna
| Adulthood is the | |
| hard skin against feelings of -- | |
| gentle compassion. | |
| Volwassenheid is | Erwachsensein ist |
| het eelt tegen gevoelens -- | die Schwielen gegen den Sanft- |
| van mededogen. | mut des Mitgefühls. |
De Koog, 2024-09-19
A beautiful young wife (Tommy Wieringa) - 2014
End of the novella "Een mooie jonge vrouw"
Anesthesia dolorosa (painful numbness, deafferentation pain)
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Wieringa, Tommy
| Although they both want | |
| it, sweet young girls cannot save -- | |
| frustrated old men. | |
| Beiden willen het, | Beide wollen es, |
| maar meisjes kunnen oude -- | doch Mädchen können alte -- |
| mannen niet redden. | Männer nicht retten. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-24
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, A Celebration of Love, part One
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
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I work in the white palace |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-06
Avalokiteshvara ("God who looks with compassion upon people") is, as the name suggests, the Bodhisattva of compassion. In India he is depicted as male, in East Asia she is depicted as female (in China she is called Guanyin, in Japan Kannon).
Avalokiteshvara is invoked with the mantra "Om manipadme hum" = "oh, you who possess a jewel and sit on the lotus flower" (om = the keynote of all that exists, mani = the spiritual jewel of the enlightened mind, padma = lotus, hum = enlightenment)
Cintamani: the jewel that fulfils your (spiritual) wishes, because those arise from your most important needs; the jewel is pearl-shaped, in Tibetan images it is kept in a radiant vessel
White palace: potrang karpo, the administration building of Lhasa from 1646-1647
Red palace: potrang marpo, the temple of Lhasa from 1648-1649
Peak: tse potala ('the Peak'), near Lhasa, where Avalokiteshvara resides
Collection: WoofWoof
Dedicated to: Madelief dK
| The sense of human | |
| suffering is awareness: | |
| global attention. | |
| Het bewustzijn dat | Das Bewusstsein, dass |
| mensen lijden is aandacht -- | Menschen leiden, ist Andacht -- |
| die alles omvat. | die alles umfasst. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-10
Diffractive Reading (Bill Mullaney) - 2024
"Diffractive Reading" by Bill Mullaney: reading of the twelve cards designed by him after Pauline Oliveros' "Wind Horse Mandala", in the Organpark on February 10th, 2024 - The two cards laid are: attention and awareness
Collection: org ANP ark
| Only if you know | |
| yearning, can you understand -- | |
| my suffering, me. | |
| Je moet het smachten | Man muss die Sehnsucht |
| kennen om mijn lijden, mij -- | kennen, um mein Leiden, mich -- |
| echt te begrijpen. | wirklich zu spüren. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-12
Only he who knows yearning (Johann W. von Goethe, Frank Sinatra) - 1796
Poem "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" (in the novel "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre"), set to music in 1869 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, sung in 1950 by Frank Sinatra: "None but the lonely heart" (album "Dedicated to you")
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Von Goethe, Johann W.; Sinatra, Frank
Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
| After my report | |
| he wishes me strength, as if -- | |
| I were very ill. | |
| Na mijn exposé | Nach meiner Deutung |
| wenst hij me sterkte alsof -- | wünschen sie mir viel Kraft, als -- |
| ik ernstig ziek ben. | wäre ich schwer krank. |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-07
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 401, Maarten Koning and the members of the Bread History Committee (1976)
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
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Alone. Between lonely hearts |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-30
Becoming Mona (Griet Op de Beeck) - 2014
Novel "Kom hier dat ik u kus" (2014, Griet Op de Beeck, adapted into a film by Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden in 2020)
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967, Paul McCartney, The Beatles)
Avalokitesvara (Lord who gazes down [at the world], a Bodhisattva [Being of enlightenment]) / Guanshiyin / Sacred Heart (of Jesus)
Collection: Webgarden
Tribute to: Op de Beeck, Griet; The Beatles
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It's the old story: |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-30
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
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So many lives I've lived |
Amsterdam, 2021-09-26
Collection: WoofWoof
| Because I know you, | |
| I want to hear your story -- | |
| tell me who you are. | |
| Omdat ik jou ken, | Weil ich dich kenne, |
| wil ik jouw verhaal horen -- | frag ich nach deinem Leben -- |
| zeg me wie jij bent. | sag mir, wer du bist. |
Amsterdam, 2021-08-20
Collection: More
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| To recognize cold, | |
| from nearby, from home, the cold -- | |
| of someone's sadness. | |
| De kou herkennen | Kälte erkennen |
| van dichtbij, van thuis, de kou -- | von nahebei, von Hause: |
| van iemands verdriet. | jemandes Kummer. |
Amsterdam, 2021-04-01
It melts (Lize Spit)
Novel "Het smelt", Pastatang (spaghetti tong)
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Spit, Lize
| Crept into his bed, | |
| I satisfied the craving -- | |
| that had made him sick. | |
| Ik kroop in zijn bed, | Ich kroch in sein Bett, |
| en stilde het verlangen -- | und stillte die Begierde -- |
| dat hem ziek maakte. | die ihn krank machte. |
Amsterdam, 2020-10-25
Lancelot of Denmark (Anonymous, Netherlands) - 1350
Table play "Lanseloet van Denemerken"
Mercyfuck
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Anon. [Nederland]
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Under the vine, I dance |
Amsterdam, 2019-10-22
Something (George Harrison, The Beatles) - 1969
Song (album "Abbey Road")
Celtic symbolism: Muin (the Vine), that is initiated into sacred knowledge; the Vine should be guided by Tuatha De Danaan (the gods of light and goodness) and the Swan (the symbol of grace and beauty)
Collection: Lilith's Powers
Tribute to: Harrison, George; The Beatles
| Even if someone | |
| stinks, just keep breathing, and then -- | |
| you open your heart. | |
| Ook al stinkt iemand, | Selbst wenn jemand stinkt, |
| blijf gewoon doorademen -- | atme einfach weiter und -- |
| en open je hart. | öffne dann dein Herz. |
Amsterdam, 2019-10-13
Collection: Froend
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An enlightened one doesn't eat alone |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-21
The New Year's dish "Lohan chai" ("Buddha's delight") refers to his state of enlightenment: Upekkha (Upeksha), Karuna, Mudita, Metta (Maitri)
Collection: New Ago
| I am not gloomy, | |
| just the same everyone asks -- | |
| How are you today? | |
| Ik ben niet somber, | Ich bin nicht bedrückt, |
| maar iedereen vraagt het me -- | aber jeder fragt danach -- |
| Hoe maak je het nu? | Wie geht's dir heute? |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-11
Psychiatric diary (Bert Weijde) - 1994
"Psychiatrisch dagboek", published in "Onder het ijs" - May 16th, 1961, Amsterdam
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Weijde, Bert
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Under the dust of the boots |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-16
Collection: BloodTrunk
| Feelings flow freely | |
| from eyes to eyes, freely from -- | |
| a heart to a heart. | |
| Gevoelens stromen | Gefühle fließen |
| vrij van ogen naar ogen -- | frei von Augen zu Augen -- |
| vrij van hart tot hart. | frei von Herz zu Herz. |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-30
Collection: Webgarden
| Leave me free, don't leave, | |
| now that he's no longer here. | |
| Leave me the sorrow. | |
| Laat mij vrij, niet los, | Lass mich frei, nicht los, |
| nu mijn lief er niet meer is. | jetzt, wo er nicht mehr da ist. |
| Laat me het verdriet. | Lass mir die Trauer. |
Amsterdam, 2014-06-07
Collection: Pending rain
| I don't know the words, | |
| I know she sings compassion -- | |
| it opens my heart. | |
| Ik versta geen woord, | Ich versteh kein Wort, |
| maar ze zingt mededogen -- | aber sie singt Mitgefühl -- |
| en opent mijn hart. | und öffnet mein Herz. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-24
Maria Farantouri
Maria Farantouri sings the Ballad of Mauthausen by Iakovos Kambanellis and Mikis Theodorakis in 1966
Collection: New Ago
Tribute to: Kambanellis, Iakovos; Farantouri, Maria
Composer: Theodorakis, Mikis
