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Jun 2024 · 902
[ Well, is man still in ]
Zywa Jun 2024
Well, is man still in

the cradle of Earth? Would it --


predict anything?
Comment in a letter from Konstantin Tsiolkovsky from 1911: "Planyeta yest' kolybyel razuma, no nyelzya vyechno zhit' v kolybyeli" ("The planet is the cradle of the mind, but you cannot live in the cradle forever" >> "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever [The solar system becomes our kindergarten]")

**** sapiens has been around for 300,000 years

Collection "Human excess"
Jun 2024 · 232
[ We don't say much, we ]
Zywa Jun 2024
We don't say much, we

already understood each --


other in our dreams.
Composition "Dreamleaves" / "Traumblätter" (2007, Robert Nasveld), for one piano four hands, performed by Corien van den Berg and Niek de Vente, in the Organpark on May 31st, 2024 - 6. "Dé-jà-entendu dream"

Collection "org anp ARK" #13
Jun 2024 · 127
[ Restless little dreams ]
Zywa Jun 2024
Restless little dreams

keep spinning head over heels --


splashing all the time.
Composition "Dreamleaves" / "Traumblätter" (2007, Robert Nasveld), for one piano four hands, performed by Corien van den Berg and Niek de Vente, in the Organpark on May 31st, 2024 - 1. "Falling asleep restlessly", 3. "Dream of the girl at the spinning wheel"

Collection "org anp ARK" #12
Jun 2024 · 459
[ In the empty hall ]
Zywa Jun 2024
In the empty hall,

standing next to her suitcase --


mum waits, and she cries.
Retrospective "Autobiografie van een flat" ("Autobiography of an apartment", 2024, Otto de Kat)

Collection "After the festivities"
Jun 2024 · 256
[ I leave the light on ]
Zywa Jun 2024
I leave the light on,

I'm afraid of the darkness --


here, inside my head.
Poem "na-" ("thought-", 2008, Lidy van Marissing)

Collection "Within the walls"
Jun 2024 · 91
[ We are talking, then ]
Zywa Jun 2024
We are talking, then

she suddenly sinks into --


a deep thinking hole.
Poem "Afdaling" ("Descent", 2008, Lidy van Marissing)

Collection "Within the walls"
Jun 2024 · 169
[ He thinks he knows who ]
Zywa Jun 2024
He thinks he knows who

he is, indulging himself --


in his fantasy.
Opera scene "Imaginations - I" (1978/2022, Robert Nasveld), by Tobias Greenhalgh (baritone) and Chris Buckman (piano) performed in the Organpark on May 31st, 2024

Collection "org anp ARK" #15
Zywa Jun 2024
There is a strange smell

in the city, of olives --


so it's not a dream.
Poem "over het werkelijkheidsgehalte van de werkelijkheid" ("about the level of reality", 2023, Erik Bindervoet)

Collection "Truder"
Jun 2024 · 94
[ What a theatre ]
Zywa Jun 2024
What a theatre!

Would he have any idea --


who he is today?
Melodrama "Imaginations - II" (1985/2023, Robert Nasveld), by Tobias Greenhalgh (baritone), Chris Buckman (piano) and a doll performed in the Organpark on May 31st, 2024

Collection "org anp ARK" #18
Jun 2024 · 350
[ Underwater ice ]
Zywa Jun 2024
Underwater ice

solidly reflects colours --


into the deep sea.
Readapted versions of the composition "The Spectral *****" (2024, Maria W. Horn & Mats Erlandsson), performed on the hyperorgan by Maria W. Horn and Mats Erlandsson in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024; light scenography by Zalán Szakács

Collection "org anp ARK" #8
Zywa Jun 2024
The ice cracks and squeaks,

because it does hurt to melt --


and take on colour.
Readapted versions of the composition "The Spectral *****" (2024, Maria W. Horn & Mats Erlandsson), performed on the hyperorgan by Maria W. Horn and Mats Erlandsson in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024; light scenography by Zalán Szakács

Collection "org anp ARK" #10
May 2024 · 152
[ Squadrons fly overhead ]
Zywa May 2024
Squadrons fly overhead,

without the slightest shadow --


on anyone's eyes.
Composition "Deviations" (2024, Casimir Geelhoed), for hyperorgan, performed by Casimir Geelhoed in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024, with a light show by Zalán Szakács

Collection "org anp ARK" #6
May 2024 · 307
[ Everyone sits still ]
Zywa May 2024
Everyone sits still,

yet there are shadows walking --


around on the walls.
Light scenography by Zalán Szakács at the concert of Maria W. Horn and Mats Erlandsson in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024 (a form of sound and light show - "Son et lumière")

Collection "org anp ARK" #11
May 2024 · 436
[ I'm a sane person ]
Zywa May 2024
I'm a sane person,

but out of love I believe --


in some afterlife.
Novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 3, chapter 21

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 392
[ The light at the end ]
Zywa May 2024
The light at the end

of the tunnel is my hope:


heaven anyway.
Novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 3, chapter 21

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 173
[ A photo: I'm six ]
Zywa May 2024
A photo: I'm six,

in the garden I bury --


a box with secrets.
Poem "dood in die familie" (2008, "death in the family", 2011, Ronelda Kamfer)

Collection "Glimpsed"
May 2024 · 276
[ The Mystic Lamb moves ]
Zywa May 2024
The Mystic Lamb moves

him much, so I keep looking --


at his emotion.
Painting "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", 12 panels / Ghent Altarpiece (1432, Hubert en Jan van Eyck)

Article "(Aan) Mannen e-mailen over *** pak. Is dat nuttig werk?" ("Emailing men about their suits. Is that useful work?", 2024, Walter van den Berg, in the NRC of May 25th)

Collection "Glimpsed"
May 2024 · 548
[ Each sway turns over ]
Zywa May 2024
Each sway turns over

another sway, all night long --


we keep on dancing.
Composition "Gaillarde" ("Galliard", Italian jump dance, 2024, Dirk Veulemans), for the two self-built mobile organs and the Utopa-*****, performed by Dirk Veulemans in the Organpark on May 25th, 2024

Collection "org ANP ark" #199
May 2024 · 155
[ Demonstration and ]
Zywa May 2024
Demonstration and

imitation, play and learn --


to play together.
Third movement of the composition "Take U" (take the U-turn, 2015, Dirk Veulemans), for clarinet and live electronics, arranged for the two self-built mobile organs; performed by Dirk Veulemans in the Organpark on May 25th, 2024

Collection "org ANP ark" #200
May 2024 · 231
[ To heavenly goals ]
Zywa May 2024
To heavenly goals

lead only untrodden paths --


only worldly paths.
Novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 1, chapter 7

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 198
[ Our fantasy way ]
Zywa May 2024
Our fantasy way

too often takes us along --


into its whirlpools.
Novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapter (3-) 30

About the dangerous strait near Rhion in Greece, between the Gulf of Patras and the Gulf of Corinth, there is the story of the nymph Charybdis ("she who ***** down"), who was enchanted by Zeus into a whirlpool

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 395
[ It's unreal, the world ]
Zywa May 2024
It's unreal, the world

of the screens, you live in it --


like Don Quixote.
Beginning of the novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 1, chapter 1

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 226
[ Everything normal ]
Zywa May 2024
Everything normal:

the queen size beds, the TV --


and the pizza box.
American motel
Novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 2, chapter 9

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 272
[ There's a mystery ]
Zywa May 2024
There's a mystery

in him that I like to know --


don't, do, like to know.
Novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 1, chapter 6

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 668
[ I wake up. But hey ]
Zywa May 2024
I wake up. But hey!

How many hours did I sleep? --


Where am I? And when?
Novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 2, chapter 9

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 187
[ My childhood is now ]
Zywa May 2024
My childhood is now

a story, told with a smile --


at dinner parties.
Novel "Quichotte" (2019, Salman Rushdie), part 1, chapter 4

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 360
[ The Golden House, all ]
Zywa May 2024
The Golden House, all

golden houses are beliefs --


in an illusion.
Novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapter (1-) 2

Domus Aurea (Golden House) of emperor Nero in Rome

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 292
[ I'm thinking aloud ]
Zywa May 2024
I'm thinking aloud

and looking out the window --


There, the river flows.
Novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapter (2-) 22

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 182
[ On left, there's chaos ]
Zywa May 2024
On left, there's chaos,

on right, the world seems normal --


together, the truth.
Novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapter (2-) 22

Apu Golden's left eye suffers from wet age-related macular degeneration

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 206
[ In the inside yard ]
Zywa May 2024
In the inside yard

with trees cut into a floor --


there are birds, whining.
Composition "Return to the Garden" (2024, Elizabete Beate Rudzinska), performed in the Organpark on May 17th, 2024 by Elizabete Beate Rudzinska (*****) and Luka Schuurman (performance)

Collection "org ANP ark" #191
May 2024 · 169
[ Just as it should be ]
Zywa May 2024
Just as it should be,

the triumphant army strides --


on dissonances.
Composition "Modes of Being", the parts "Triumph" and "Failure" (2024, Elizabete Beate Rudzinska), performed in the Organpark on May 17th, 2024 by Elizabete Beate Rudzinska (*****) and Luka Schuurman (performance)

Collection "org ANP ark" #189
May 2024 · 353
[ If dead were to dream ]
Zywa May 2024
If dead were to dream

they would definitely dream --


of death all the time.
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter Kashmira, § 2

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 362
[ He's a loving man ]
Zywa May 2024
He's a loving man,

he will be worthy of me --


when I am ready.
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter Kashmira, § 2

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 245
[ Manly love happens ]
Zywa May 2024
Manly love happens

to be action, it comes down --


to fighting dangers.
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter Shalimar the Clown, § 2

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 771
[ Why aren't there angels ]
Zywa May 2024
Why aren't there angels

keeping watch, not even here --


in Los Angeles?
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter Kashmira, § 1

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 1.3k
[ The dense cloud cover ]
Zywa May 2024
The dense cloud cover

hangs still, lowering itself --


and taking a rest.
Composition "Modes of Being", part "Rest" (2024, Elizabete Beate Rudzinska), performed in the Organpark on May 17th, 2024 by Elizabete Beate Rudzinska (*****) and Luka Schuurman (performance)

Collection "org ANP ark" #188
May 2024 · 151
[ Dark and menacing ]
Zywa May 2024
Dark and menacing

it comes close, it attaches --


stickily to us.
Composition "Modes of Being", part "Attachment" (2024, Elizabete Beate Rudzinska), performed in the Organpark on May 17th, 2024 by Elizabete Beate Rudzinska (*****) and Luka Schuurman (performance)

Collection "org ANP ark" #187
May 2024 · 225
[ I like to think I'm ]
Zywa May 2024
I like to think I'm

alone all morning, drowning --


in a sea of tea.
Poem "De linkse is de droefste" ("The leftist is the saddest", 2008, Lies Van Gasse)

Collection "MistI"
May 2024 · 118
[ What keeps me awake ]
Zywa May 2024
What keeps me awake

is something I want to know --


and have forgotten.
Poem "De linkse is de droefste" ("The leftist is the saddest", 2008, Lies Van Gasse)

Collection "MistI"
May 2024 · 183
[ Everyone expects ]
Zywa May 2024
Everyone expects

to win and bets money on --


a castle in air.
Novel "Fury" (2001, Salman Rushdie), chapter 1

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 242
[ Still to be set up ]
Zywa May 2024
Still to be set up:

the Merry Celebration --


of Counting Blessings.
Novel "Fury" (2001, Salman Rushdie), chapter 1

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 704
[ The guests run away ]
Zywa May 2024
The guests run away,

the staff is left with the feast --


left with the rumours.
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter Boonyi, § 1

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 392
[ It is night, I walk ]
Zywa May 2024
It is night, I walk

across the metropolis --


which denies the night.
Novel "Fury" (2001, Salman Rushdie), chapter 4

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 731
[ India is much ]
Zywa May 2024
India is much

more than chaos: through and through --


logical chaos.
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter India - 'India is chaos making sense'
May 2024 · 264
[ Walking in silence ]
Zywa May 2024
Walking in silence,

listening attentively --


to what the world says.
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter India
May 2024 · 435
[ On a tightrope, you ]
Zywa May 2024
On a tightrope, you

walk best thinking of it as --


air that carries you.
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter Boonyi, § 1

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 309
[ I talk in my sleep ]
Zywa May 2024
I talk in my sleep,

I recorded it and then --


quickly erased it.
Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter India

Collection "Low gear"
May 2024 · 710
[ I'm expectant and ]
Zywa May 2024
I'm expectant and

I'm ready to write it down:


the northern lights, there!
Poem "Mevrouw Despina ziet noorderlicht" ("Mrs. Despina sees northern lights", 2008, Marjoleine de Vos)

Collection "Unseen"
May 2024 · 234
[ The statues destroyed ]
Zywa May 2024
The statues destroyed,

temples without a roof, gods --


that are still alive.
Poem 29. "Ionikón" ("Ionic", 1911, Konstantinos Kaváfis)

Collection "Held/True"
May 2024 · 176
[ I seclude myself ]
Zywa May 2024
I seclude myself

in two rooms: one made of stone --


and one made of time.
Column "Derde leg" ("Third laying", 2021, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on May 4th, 2021)

Collections "Death on Cast" and "WriteWiser signage"
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