| On the big news screens, | |
| dead people are not taboo -- | |
| They are just pixels. | |
| Op het nieuwsscherm zijn | Im Nachrichtenschirm |
| dode mensen niet taboe -- | sind Tote kaum ein Tabu -- |
| Ze zijn slechts pixels. | Sie sind nur Pixel. |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-05
My struggle 1. A Death in the Family (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Første bok" (translated 2011), part 1, paragraph 1 - Spring 2008, Malmö
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Write about taboos, | |
| write about what is not said -- | |
| and what is not read. | |
| Schrijf over taboes, | Beschreibe Tabus, |
| over wat niet gezegd wordt -- | das, was nicht gesagt wird, und -- |
| en niet gelezen. | nicht gelesen wird. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-06
Collection: The light of words
| So many taboos | |
| there are, in modern countries -- | |
| people call them laws. | |
| Er zijn veel taboes, | So viele Tabus |
| in de moderne landen -- | gibt es, heutzutage nennt -- |
| heten ze wetten. | man sie Gesetze. |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-24
Let some taboos just remain (Josette Daemen) - 2024
Column "Laat sommige taboes maar fijn bestaan", in the NRC of November 23rd, 2024
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Daemen, Josette
| Inexplicable | |
| is the explosion of births -- | |
| so chaste people are. | |
| Onverklaarbare | Unerklärbar ist |
| geboorten-explosie, zo -- | diese Geburtsexplosion -- |
| kuis is iedereen. | so keusch sind alle. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-16
the ground beneath her feet (Salman Rushdie) - 1999
Novel, chapter 4 The Invention of Music
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| They use their nicknames, | |
| not the forgotten real ones -- | |
| which are too precious. | |
| Ze gebruiken hun | Sie verwenden Spitz- |
| bijnamen, niet de echte -- | namen, die echten Namen -- |
| die te kostbaar zijn. | sind ja zu wertvoll. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-08
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 1, chapter 1 Dumb waiter - Beginning of the novel
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The biggest taboo | |
| is of course, ouch, your parents' -- | |
| sexuality. | |
| Het grootste taboe | Das größte Tabu |
| is de seksualiteit -- | ist die Sexualität -- |
| oei, van je ouders. | uh, deiner Eltern. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-31
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie) - 1995
Novel, chapter "A house divided", (1-) 7
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The Sex Ed booklet: | |
| man and woman hand in hand -- | |
| keeping their distance. | |
| Voorlichtingsboekje: | Das Aufklärungsbuch |
| man en vrouw staan hand in hand -- | zeigt Mann und Frau Hand in Hand -- |
| Ze houden afstand. | Sie wahren Abstand. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-05
At the River (Louise Glück) - 2009
Poem (collection "A Village Life")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Glück, Louise
| Breaking taboos, or | |
| just shouting loudly, one should -- | |
| be free to do so? | |
| Taboes doorbreken | Ein Tabu brechen, |
| of alleen maar hard roepen -- | oder nur laut schreien, das -- |
| dat dat moet kunnen? | sollte möglich sein? |
Amsterdam, 2023-02-15
Conforming the prevailing norms by not taking action
Collection: Changing Times
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It was an exciting secret |
Amsterdam, 2020-04-16
Jacob's story about his half brother Isaac
Collection: A Home
| Happily married: | |
| our desires are hiding -- | |
| for being taboo. | |
| Gelukkig getrouwd: | Glückliche Ehe: |
| onze verlangens schuilen -- | Verlangen verbergen sich -- |
| want ze zijn taboe. | weil sie Tabu sind. |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-07
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - April 23rd, 1970, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Her inheritance | |
| does not belong to me, it's -- | |
| taboo, it's orphaned. | |
| Haar nalatenschap | Ihr Nachlass gehört |
| behoort mij niet toe, taboe -- | mir nicht, er ist ein Tabu -- |
| en helaas verweesd. | und leider verwaist. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-20
Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2013
"Dagboek 1974-1976" - March 27th, 1974, San Severo
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
