Let Me Let mebelieve in heresy,something to set me adrift.Like an old bumblebeerecklessly diving into forget-me-nots. In the golden stanza of my flight,drowning out the refrain of death,please mistake me for the sun,chrysanthemums,homely daisies,wide-eyed dandelions. This swollen dreamhums through your drawn-out heart. How So, Lilacs? Today,one of the few Wikipedia entries with no discussion page,I…
Freedom is funny
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://benderstranslations.substack.com/p/vrijheid-is-grappig Freedom Is Funny Foreword by Jurgen Eissink In the onstage conversation following his lecture On Liberty (Enschede, April 17, 2010), György Konrád—before a highly animated audience that was barely listening anymore—continued reflecting on the difference between life in the Eastern Bloc and that…
The Moon Moth Monastery
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/het-maanmottenmonasterium The Moon Moth Monastery Apart from causing the collapse of the Wilhelmina Tower, the Blood Moon also brought about the birth of three moon moths. This is Droek, enjoying sunlight for the first time. The reason the moth doesn’t fly away from the…
Let the ‘Our Kind of People Olympics’ begin!
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders Let the ‘Our Kind of People Olympics’ begin! A response to my Substack yesterday: Martinus, I lived near the house of Roberto Bolaño. At the foot of the mountain. On the mountain lived poor gypsies who refused to speak Catalan. Scum. Roberto had a…
The Moon Moth Monastery
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/het-maanmottenmonasterium The Moon Moth Monastery Aside from causing the Wilhelmina Tower to collapse, the Blood Moon also brought about the birth of three moon moths: this is Droek, experiencing sunlight for the first time. The reason the moth doesn’t fly off the finger is…
Being saved from the teaching profession
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/gered-worden-van-het-lerarenbestaan ## Saved from the Teaching Life A year later, the number of books about Amanita muscaria on Amazon has suddenly doubled, and it’s not hard to guess why: half of them are now written by AI. Just take a look: Amazon search results…
Poetry: BS job with dating
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/dichtkunst-bs-job-met-dating Poetry: BS Job with Dating Poetry in modern times has mostly become a mix of job creation and dating. Take, for instance, the bio of this early millennial, where we read that he has been “eagerly fondling poetry” his entire life. And that…
Elegy of the Makeup-Free Eyes
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/elegie-van-de-makeup-loze-ogen Elegy of the Makeup-Free Eyes On page 200 of the Piranha, I arrive at the poem Elegy of the Makeup-Free Eyes by Csoori: Elegy of the Makeup-Free Eyes I have never met you, do not know who you are. I do not know…
The Men of the Black Holes
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/de-mannen-van-de-zwarte-gaten The Men of the Black Holes And then fate strikes, as it does in every human life. And once again, I managed to overcome that fate, but my god, what an ordeal to have to submit your collections to a few networkers who…
As far as I’m concerned, we live in the age of Herrenberg.
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/we-leven-wat-mij-betreft-in-het-tijdperk — We are living, as far as I’m concerned, in the Herrenberg era. I read a few pages from Nederhalfrond yesterday. It’s a book that had been on my wishlist for a very long time, but I always hesitated to purchase it—simply because…