Remember last year? We had snow then. Thick and soft, it silently reflected the sunlight. The photo above is taken … More
Category: Personal essay
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Met een zwiep gooi ik de extra-warm-witte-cluster-kerstlampjes over de hoge houten balk die de boel bij elkaar moet houden op … More
On Walking into Memorial Museums // Discomfort and the Limits of Identification
In July 2018, after having travelled through South Africa for two weeks, I concluded my trip with a visit to … More
One of Many: The Coming World Remember Me (Temporary) Memorial
It is the fourth of May as I am finally (re)writing this essay, two and a half years after the … More
A Lukewarm Defence of my PT Cruiser
To Ian, Mark, and SieteMay the Cruiser haunt your dreams forever. As a student in Utrecht, in possession of both … More
Why Not Now?
Why didn’t I talk about it sooner? [1]Why did I wait 6 years, after the relationship had ended, to come … More
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