Saturday, May 31, 2025
BLACKSMITH
My father was a blacksmith, a craftsman. He made things that fit together firmly, horseshoes that had to fit exactly on that horse's hoof. A fence or a plow, robust items. I have the same desire, although I try to create a good object from words. I would prefer for people to say of my work: it is a good craftsman who made this. And if that isn't too big a word, there is also a philosophy behind it: I want to capture the essence of things. Poetry is a quest through language for what is essential in life. In that sense, writing for me is actually removing, editing, until those words remain in all their loadedness.
Roland Jooris
www.alberthagenaars.nl
Also see:
Frozen poets - Statues, tombs and other traces of hundreds of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
Friday, May 23, 2025
VISUAL ART
I consider visual art as poetry, a form of writing, or writing a form of visual art.
Claes Oldenburg
www.alberthagenaars.nl
Also see:
Frozen poets - Statues, tombs and other traces of hundreds of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
Thursday, May 22, 2025
CHESS
Writing poetry is like playing chess against yourself, a game where the pieces are moving you!
Albert Hagenaars
www.alberthagenaars.nl
Also see:
Frozen poets - Statues, tombs and other traces of hundreds of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
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