| In reality | |
| nothing is infinite, though -- | |
| space is limitless. | |
| In het echt is niets | In Wahrheit ist nichts |
| oneindig, maar onbegrensd -- | unendlich, nur, grenzenlos -- |
| is het heelal wel. | ist der Weltraum schon. |
Amsterdam, 2025-11-15
Collection: Secrets & Believers
| I can't be meta. | |
| myself, so impossible -- | |
| is: 'metaphysics'. | |
| Ik kan niet meta | Ich kann nicht meta |
| mezelf zijn, onmogelijk: | mir selbst sein, so unmöglich -- |
| 'metafysica'. | ist: 'Metaphysik'. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-07
Logical-Philosophical Treatise (Ludwig Wittgenstein) - 1922
Philosophical study "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus", paragraphs 6.45, 6.5 (The riddle does not exist)
Philosophical study "Metaphysics as a guide to morals" (1992, Iris Murdoch), based on the 1982 Gifford Lectures given at the University of Edinburgh; chapter 3 Schopenhauer
Metaphysics is the philosophy of the beginning of all that exists
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris; Wittgenstein, Ludwig
| There the waxing Earth | |
| is low in the sky, lying -- | |
| in its starry crib. | |
| Boven de einder | Dort, über die Kimm |
| ligt de wassende Aarde -- | liegt der Planet Erde in -- |
| in haar sterrenwieg. | der Sternenwiege. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-05
The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1951
Short story
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C
| Being bored deeply | |
| is a vague experience -- | |
| of all that exists. | |
| Diepe verveling | Die Langeweile |
| is een vage ervaring -- | ist die vage Erfahrung -- |
| van alles wat is. | von allem, was ist. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-28
What is metaphysics? (Martin Heidegger) - 1929
"Die Langeweile offenbare das Seiende im Ganzen" ("Boredom reveals entities in the whole"), in: "Was ist Metaphysik?"
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Heidegger, Martin
| The sense of how large | |
| the universe is, makes man -- | |
| both little and great. | |
| Het besef hoe groot | Die Ahnung, wie groß |
| het heelal is, maakt de mens -- | das Weltall ist, macht uns so- |
| zowel klein als groot. | wohl klein als auch groß. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-16
Solution: geography (Luigi Pirandello) - 1920
Story "Rimedio: la geografia", referring to Pascal's thought (1657-1662): Par l'espace l'univers me comprend et m'engloutit comme un point; par la pensée je le comprends. (Through space the universe comprehends me and swallows me up like a point; by thought I comprehend the universe.)
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi; Pascal, Blaise
| Trembling on horseback | |
| in an empty universe -- | |
| watching falling stars. | |
| Trillende flanken, | Zitterend zu Pferd |
| te paard in een leeg heelal -- | im leeren Universum -- |
| vallende sterren. | fallende Sterne. |
Amsterdam, 2021-07-07
Night (Remco Campert) - 2018
Poem "Nacht" (collection "Open ogen")
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Campert, Remco
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Because the whole is whole |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-29
Collection: Secrets & Believers
| If the start was A | |
| big bang, things only exist -- | |
| as its residue. | |
| Als het startschot 1 | Wenn der Startschuss 1 |
| oerknal was, bestaat alles -- | Urknall war, besteht alles -- |
| slechts als restafval. | nur als Überrest. |
Amsterdam, 2019-10-05
Debris - 2019
Performed in the Organpark on October 5th, 2019, by Ensemble Klang and Kit Downes
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Downes, Kit
| No strains, no burning; | |
| what is left, only exists -- | |
| as Om, beginning. | |
| Er spant niets, brandt niets; | Da spannt nichts, brennt nichts; |
| wat er nog is, bestaat slechts -- | was noch ist, existiert nur -- |
| als Om, het begin. | als Om, der Anfang. |
Amsterdam, 2019-10-05
The Burning (Ivan Vukosavljevic) - 2019
Performed in the Organpark on October 5th, 2019, by Ensemble Klang
Om is the keynote of cosmic awareness
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Vukosavljevic, Ivan
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It can be everywhere |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-04
Worldview and sexuality
Collection: Metamorphic body
| A sky full of stars: | |
| superfluously many -- | |
| for human beings. | |
| In het heelal zijn | Am Himmel gibt es |
| er onnodig veel sterren -- | unnötig viele Sterne -- |
| voor ons, de mensen. | für uns, die Menschen. |
Amsterdam, 2018-07-03
Review of an unwritten poem (Wislawa Szymborska) - 1976
Poem "Recenzja z nie napisanego wiersza" (collection "Wielka liczba")
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Szymborska, Wislawa
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Stargazers and physicists |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-10
Collection: web tissue
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Let there be light, and there was light |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-23
Collection: Secrets & Believers
| The crackling and noise | |
| a loudspeaker-ring broadcasts: | |
| Radio Cosmos. | |
| Een luidsprekerkring | Ein Lautsprecherring |
| zendt geknetter en ruis uit: | sendet Geknatter und Rausch: |
| Radio Heelal. | Rundfunk Das Weltall. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-21
Star remnants (Willem Boogman) - 2008
Composition "Sternenrest", performed in the Organpark on January 21st, 2012
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Boogman, Willem
| Once there was no space, | |
| until it ever arose -- | |
| as it always was. | |
| Er was geen heelal, | Ein Universum |
| tot het ooit is geworden -- | gab es nicht, bis es entstand -- |
| wat het steeds al was. | gleichwie es schon war. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-21
Star remnants (Willem Boogman) - 2008
Composition "Sternenrest", performed in the Organpark on January 21st, 2012
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Boogman, Willem
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| All | |
| is the conclusion | |
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| I too will merge in the Nothing | |
| I am part of All: | |
| I exist in the cosmos | |
| I am Fire, Wood, Air, Water, Earth and Spirit | |
| I am complete | |
