Periodically I write pieces. Sometimes as a result of parties requesting input for certain occasions, but most of the time It’s just inspired by circumstances. I believe I have littered social media with very small and bigger such pieces and in my eyes it’s something fleeting, as all of my thoughts, insights and observations seem fleeting. Well… life’s fleeting. Not in a negative way mind you, but they’re all crossroads one passes and a memory stays as a infinitesimal representation of the moment it represents.

There’s always me realising everything is connected and not being able to grasp reality as such. There’s also me trying to make sense of things and conjuring story lines, building my own maze of understanding and relations. As we all do. There’s a third me making up things that go beyond this. Fiction, fantasy and relations besides what life has to offer. As if life itself wouldn’t be enough. Personally, I think that’s the equivalent of ‘play’ you see in behaviour with all animals, but a ‘linguistic’ representation. Trying situations for size and training oneself in making sense of relations between stories life does have to offer. I’ll try to put some of my ramblings on this page starting 10 September 2023. They may be in Dutch and English…

Just before I made my move to this new home in Groesbeek, there was a request for writing a story accompanying this image by Thé Tjong-Khing.

It was a writing contest by Verwey Museum Haarlem for which I didn’t qualify. But as you can imagine, I don’t mind much, because I just liked to create the story (Dutch). So here it is to read… enjoy: