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My diversions

Apart from my professional activities of being a writer and being a Sage for the Forests with the Woudpartij, I also have diversions, of course. Click on the links below to find out more about these divertissements.

Breakfast

In the land of the Breakfast Kings (Others call it Turkey) I learned that the most important part of the day is breakfast. I also learned that Martinus Benders had been brought up with an average breakfast, with a terraced house breakfast, and so I made real breakfast into a new hobby. Gradually I started calling it a power breakfast.

Power Breakfast

Power Breakfast

Perfume

Most men don’t care about perfume or are quickly satisfied with some musky scent. For me, perfume is a very beautiful diversion. I love perfume bottles, beautiful design, sophisticated scents that strike the perfect balance. The right tone is soon the right tonal 🙂

Read more about which fragrances I love:

Benders Fragrance Cabinet

The Herbal Bath

Bathing is one of the finest pastimes of human beings and in all its delicacy, it is also one of the most healthy pastimes, if you do it the right way. I created 50 different herbal baths and experimented with them for years as a hobby and as a bathing guru at Mary’s Blessing.

My herbal baths

Breathing

I am a practitioner of various breathing techniques. I also do cold water swimming in the Wim Hof tradition and am a big fan of the Nadi Shodhana technique.

Microdosing Oxygen

Castles Get Kicked in the Bricks each Summer

Let’s face it: some backpacks just carry your stuff. This one tells your entire life philosophy in one ridiculous, multilingual joke. Imagine strolling into a museum, a bus stop, or your ex's new wedding—with a bag that declares, in ten languages, that castles are always the losers of summer.

Why? Because deep down, you know:

  • Tourists always win.
  • History has a sense of humor.
  • And you, my friend, are not carrying your lunch in just any nylon sack—you’re carrying it in a medieval meltdown on your shoulders.

This backpack says:

  • “I’ve been to four castles, hated three, and got kicked out of one for asking where the dragons were.”
  • “I appreciate heritage sites, but I also think they could use a bit more slapstick.”
  • “I’m cute, I’m moopish, and I will absolutely picnic on your parapet.”

It’s absurd.
It’s philosophical.
It holds snacks.

In short, it’s not just a backpack—it’s a mobile monument to glorious collapse.

And honestly? That’s what summer’s all about.

Philosophy thirts

Feeling surveilled? Alienated by modernity? Accidentally started explaining biopolitics at brunch again? Then it’s time to proudly declare your loyalties (and your exhaustion) with our iconic “I’m with Fuckold” shirt.

This tee is for those who’ve:

  • Said “power is everywhere” in a non-BDSM context.
  • Tried to explain Discipline and Punish to their cat.
  • Secretly suspect the panopticon is just their neighbour with binoculars.

Wearing this shirt is a cry of love, rebellion, and post-structural despair. It says:
“Yes, I’ve read Foucault. No, I will not be okay.”

Stay tuned for more philosophical shirts and backpacks, as we at Benders are working on an entire collection that will make even the ghost of Hegel raise an eyebrow.

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