| I am different | |
| and don't show it, so he thinks -- | |
| I am mendacious. | |
| Ik ben anders en | Ich bin anders und |
| houd dat voor me, dus vindt hij -- | zeig es nicht, deshalb hält er -- |
| mij leugenachtig. | mich für lügnerisch. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-13
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 8 - Early August 2009, Malmö
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| I'll think she's better | |
| than me... as long as I want -- | |
| to be her equal. | |
| Ik vind haar beter | Ich halte sie für |
| dan mij... zolang als ik haar -- | besser als mich... solange -- |
| gelijke wil zijn. | ich sein will wie sie. |
Amsterdam, 2026-01-16
Within the skin (Han Voskuil) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Binnen de huid" (written 1964-1967), chapter 21 - November 13th, 1954, Amsterdam
One only compares oneself with (supposed) equals
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| I tell my story | |
| and I see who relax: my -- | |
| fellow sufferers. | |
| Als ik het vertel | Ich erzähle und |
| zie ik wie zich ontspannen: | sehe, wer sich entspannt: die -- |
| mijn lotgenoten. | Schicksalsgenosse. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-22
Underland (Alma Mathijsen) - 2024
Novel "Onderland", chapter Sanna
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Mathijsen, Alma
| They prefer to read | |
| what they already know, as -- | |
| if that were the truth. | |
| Liever lezen ze | Sie lesen lieber, |
| wat ze al kennen, alsof -- | was sie bereits wissen, als -- |
| dat de waarheid is. | ob das wahr wäre. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-14
Saint Anne (Isabelle de Charrière) - 1799
Novella "Sainte Anne" (1799, "Saint Anne", 2012, Isabelle de Charrière / Belle van Zuylen under the pseudonym L'Abbé de la tour), chapter 4: The biased, partisan reader wants to be blindfolded, and he values ?this so much that he even consents to be bored, on condition that he does not have to consider anything of substance.
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: De Charriere, Isabelle; Van Zuylen, Belle
| We go out and dance | |
| swinging through the metro car -- | |
| dance into the night. | |
| We gaan uit, dansen | Wir gehen raus und |
| swingend door de treinwagon -- | tanzen schwingend durch den Zug -- |
| dansen de nacht in. | tanzen in die Nacht. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-25
Take the A Train (Billy Strayhorn / Duke Ellington) - 1939
Composition "Take the A Train" (Billy Strayhorn, for Duke Ellington's orchestra), performed on January 25th, 2025 in the Organpark, by Theo Loevendie (piano), Oene van Geel (viola), Yoran Vroom (drums), Jeroen Vierdag (bass) and Claron MacFadden (soprano)
Collection: org anp ARK
Composers: Ellington, Duke; Strayhorn, Billy
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We wanted to go to the real paradise |
Amsterdam, 2021-02-22
Collection: The King
| French life is: dining | |
| tables in the garden, and -- | |
| lots of family. | |
| Frans is een film pas | Französisch leben |
| met eettafels in de tuin -- | das heißt: Esstische im Garten -- |
| en veel familie. | und viel Familie. |
Amsterdam, 2020-01-10
Collection: More
