the complete text…

I searched for the poems tattooed on those persons skin.  each photo is a link…

ik ben reeds elf weken in exile en schrijf wekelijks een tekstje naar het thuisfront.  nu ook op internet!!!

In stature he was above the average height; his eyes were gray, his features regular and strong; his carriage that of perfect, robust health influenced by his years of army training….

Stress in en rond de luchthaven. Een getuigenis.
Het is alweer een paar maand geleden sedert ik julllie de laatste keer deelachtig maakte van weer eens al te gekke maar al te waargebeurde verhalen. Welkom overigens aan de mensen die ik dit keer met of tegen hun goesting heb toegevoegd aan het groepje “Tale Receivers” in [...]

In the year 399 BC Socrates was accused of undermining the religious beliefs of the state and corrupting the youth who followed him. He believed that the ability to distinguish right and wrong lies in man’s reason

and more …

I love the story!  One day I’ll make a stageplay with it … for adults of course…

I’m reading a book …. A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg : ” Nonviolent Communication can dramatically improve relationships by helping people focus their attention on empathetic understanding of others without compromising their own values. It gives people tools to express their real feelings and needs openly and [...]

I tried to find the book by Rilke on an internetshop but I will have to go to the library …. (here you’ll find the original german text)

Na een kort rijpingsproces ben ik opnieuw bevallen van een verhaal uit Absurdistan.

and if man should taste of both fruits he would become, we have been told, as god himself (genesis)

The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.

Charles Bukowski, born in 1920, began writing at a young age and was first published in the 1940s. Then Bukowksi gave up writing for the world of work and bars, not publishing, not writing, so the myth goes, for nearly twenty years.

there’s a sense of quality that we’re looking for in the material that we select. It’s kind of impossible to describe but you know it when you see it—when you come across something that has an aura about it, a certain power that lasts over time. Like a really nice guitar riff or something [...]

I want to make a new bookshelf and I’m looking for some inspiration.
Something like this? Like this? Like this? Like this? Or maybe like this?

The Moon over Mtatsminda
My eyes have never seen the moon so lovely as tonight;
In silence wrapt it is the breathless music of the night.
Moonbeams embroider shadows with fine thread of silver light;
O, eyes have never seen the sky so lovely as tonight! …

Years ago I saw a theatre play by Peter Brook ( his film I like the most)that was inspired on a book written by Oliver Sacks ” The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat”. Now he wrote a new book. …

Ditjes en datjes in Almaty en Urumqi..

This is one of Colbert’s best, a classic. He had me from the who’s bowling when it thunders, to a table for one by the lake of fire. The ultimate question for Stephen is “why be good if you don’t constantly feel the threat of heaven or hell”…

James Avati, a respected artist who was considered a “genius” in the cover-art world “the king of the paperback covers” …

I found this publisher who puts wonderful illustrations on classic books.

Remember my post about alice in wonderland? I stumbled upon an (ugly) site that does nothing but collect Alice-images. There are some nice ones in the fashion-departement.

Belgians have Guido Gezelle, Russians have Arseny Tarkovsky…
I waited for you yesterday since morning…
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…They guessed you wouldn’t come…

There are many variants, though the important elements are common to all versions. The story begins when a king sends one of his huntsmen into a forest nearby, a huntsman who never returns. The king sends more, each meeting with the same mysterious and unknown fate. The king finally sends all his remaining huntsmen out [...]

Once upon a time, a queen was doing needle work while staring outside her window at the beautiful snow. It was because of her distracted state that she pricked her finger on her needle and a drop of blood fell on some snow that had fallen on her windowsill….

illustrations
I discovered the free dictionary site (Wikipedia is a part of it)when I was looking for info on the grimm story “little red riding hood‘. All is there, so I have nothing to add… only some illustration I found (and there are a lot more out there…)…

general Wallace
Being a general, he is best remembered for he writing the historical novel: Ben-Hur: a tale of the Christ. “A peculiarity of the most democratic people in the world is their hunger for heroes.”

E.A.Poe

she walks…

Arseny Tarkovsky
My favourite poet… (originally in Russian…)

for Renée
…A dear friend of us passed away, too soon…

I remember seeing Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (wiki). As a child I didn’t think much of this movie. In fact it was quite scary.
But in fact it’s the theme of the movie/book is quite interesting…

photos by Rene Asmussen

photos by Steffen Drache

György Konrád: A feast in the garden (1989)
“If you think about the fact how long it’s been since my father died, then it’s a little bit strange he was here a few moments ago.” Passage from Kerti mulatság.
I bought the book in 1989, read it then, and I’m reading it again now. I [...]

How to persuade people. This is a question that many marketeers take to bed each night. But also politicians and ideologist have wet dreams about “the following herds”. I found this site on extreme propaganda against communism and fascism in comic books and advertisements. The illustations are quiet funny, and sad at the same time…

Chris Buzelli is literally an illustrator. He illustrates the titles of articles in an original, often metaphorical way. His style reminds me of old Tiny books (I don’t know if they are known outside of Belgium, but here, they are legendary).

A haiku is always a bit true…

DQ is a team-project of several European illustrators. They issue on-line books full of original drawings inspired by one specific theme. Everything is smoothly presented and accompagnied by a nice soundscape (I really like this word btw).
DQ is short for dix-quinze, French for ten-fifteen, the format of a postcard (in cm). Nice name, but even [...]

An original way to write poetry: don’t write anything, just alter books.

I didn’t know that comic books where that old! (even wiki doesn’t mention it). I knew cartoons and mocking drawings where used quite a lot in the past centuries, but these are total comic books. You can find a lot of different ones here.
I found one that was used in the American presidential campaign. The [...]