| Everything's normal, | |
| as always, as if we are -- | |
| all sleepwalking here. | |
| Alles is normaal, | Alles ist normal, |
| zoals altijd, alsof we -- | wie immer, als ob wir im -- |
| hier slaapwandelen. | Schlaf wandeln würden. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-15
Out of the world (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 1998
Novel "Ute av verden" (translated 2023), part 1, chapter 3
Collection: Why
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| I show you all of | |
| me, you look around and you -- | |
| see nothing special. | |
| Ik laat jou alles | Ich zeige alles |
| van mij zien, je kijkt rond en -- | von mir, du schaust dich um, siehst -- |
| ziet niets bijzonders. | nichts Besonderes. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-10
I let you in, showed you everything I had (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Ik liet je bij me toe, liet je alles zien wat ik had", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage]) and in "Diary 1968-1969" (2010) - December 9th, 1968, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I don't make you big, | |
| I prefer the little things -- | |
| the ordinary. | |
| Ik maak jou niet groot, | Ich mache dich nicht |
| ik houd van kleine dingen -- | groß, ich mag das Normale -- |
| van het gewone. | die kleinen Dinge. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-17
I get to know you in little things (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Ik leer je kennen in kleine dingen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part III [Ennio and Kees]) - September 23rd, 1956, Rome
Collection: Old sore
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| He's as normal as | |
| any one and that happens -- | |
| to be me this time. | |
| Hij is zo normaal | Er ist so normal |
| als een eerste de beste -- | wie ein erster Beste und -- |
| en dat ben ik nu. | das bin ich heute. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-20
Grimus (Salman Rushdie) - 1975
Novel
(A Simurg(h) ['Thirty birds'] is a Persian legendary creature, an omniscient bird, symbol for someone's world of thought), part 1 Times Present, chapter 1
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Everything normal: | |
| the queen size beds, the TV -- | |
| and the pizza box. | |
| Alles is normaal: | Alles ist normal: |
| het grote bed, de tv -- | das Bett, der Fernseher, und -- |
| en de pizzadoos. | die Pizzaschachtel. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-23
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
American motel
Novel, part 2, chapter 9
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Wouldn't you feel sorry | |
| for normal people who cling -- | |
| to being normal? | |
| Normale mensen | Normale Menschen |
| klampen zich meelijwekkend -- | klammern sich kläglich daran -- |
| vast aan normaal zijn. | fest, normal zu sein. |
Amsterdam, 2024-01-10
The upper world (Arthur Japin) - 2006
Novella "De grote wereld", § 1
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Japin, Arthur
| Being in love, blind, | |
| but don't be blind later on -- | |
| It would be the end. | |
| Verliefdheid maakt blind, | Verliebtheit macht blind, |
| en lang samenzijn vaak ook -- | ein festes Paar sein oft auch -- |
| maar dan gaat het uit. | Dann ist es vorbei. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-22
Munya (Abdelkader Benali) - 2008
Novel, chapter Amsterdam
Munya = Wish/Desire/ What is longed for permanently even though it is very difficult to get
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Benali, Abdelkader
| My things keep quiet, | |
| they are absent in my home -- | |
| till I pick them up. | |
| Al mijn spullen thuis | Sie halten sich still, |
| houden zich stil, afwezig -- | die Sachen sind abwesend -- |
| tot ik ze oppak. | bis ich sie nehme. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-26
Collection: web tissue
