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The Art
of
Asking Why
This blog starts 1st of September 2024 on this page, and the aim is to write casually on DEATH, MORALITY, MONEY, KNOWLEDGE and THE MEANING OF LIFE with topic and ideas I distill from 2018 to present.
The first blog poses the Question ´Why write?´
or more specifically ´Why do I write?´
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Do you have to compare?
2021, in the lock-down period I am more online than before. And I am intrigued by comparison on the Internet versus smaller communities....
My street
2021, working from home. I can get so annoyed by my view outside. I am working hard, providing my kids with food on time – you know in...
It was quiet in Amsterdam
2021. I was walking in Amsterdam. An Amsterdam without tourists. The souvenir stores are open, if you make a reservation 4 hours in...
DEATH#1, A tragic tear / la vie est belle
2020, It was the time of lock-down and the loss of theatre for a longer time dawned on me. It felt like a personal loss. The loss of a...
MORALITY, flowers and use of a carrier in stories
In 2020 I have enjoyed the story of flowers for Mrs Harris, to such an extent that I learnt to multi-layer my writing pieces, in fact all...
Special: Rivers
Rivers flow to the lowest point and finally reach the sea. You are like a river. You should not let yourself dry out. You also need some...
Special: Thinking outside the box
Can you imagine an empty box? Drifting away in my imagination, I came to this philosophical question. Can an imagined box be empty?...
Chocolates
It was a warm summer day as I entered the premises of this production facility in France. I was visiting this supplier because of some...
Being ´any one´, ´some one´ or ´no one´
2018, about travelling and identity, you have a sort of uniqueness in being foreign, you see things differently. You have more freedom. ...
Time is not money
2018, a post on Philip Grew. The guy I met by coincidence. He is sitting next to me in my airplane to Amsterdam. His profession: Language...
Intuition
I must be really trustworthy. Regularly I sit next to someone in the ICE or Thalys who throws his or her e-reader, wallet, passport, in...
The danger of not knowing
‘Are you going somewhere exotic this week’ 2018, someone asked me in a regular week, knowing, at that time of my life I am a frequent...
Wonder and Expect NOTHING
Wonder, give. Then continue to wonder and expect nothing. What you give you get back – it feels you get it back even stronger. Most...
Why write, or more specifically: why do I write?
I am curious. If any reason, that would be enough. I love the sense of wonder and to ask myself questions, not taking anything for...
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