Some international media, and even Mr Nils Melzer at the United Nations [Special Rapporteur on Torture] have started to report about police brutality in the Netherlands. The immediate reason for this was an incident that happened in Amsterdam on January 2, 2022. A little bit confusing about it was that the accompanying illustrations did not… Continue reading Police brutality: Hurray for timestamps!
Old Dutch Painters’ Blog
An experiment that turned out differently than I expected!
I posted this video clip on both Youtube and Bitchute.The accompanying text was different.On Youtube I wrote as if I was a leftist fool, to avoid being throttled to show it.At Bitchute I explained why I placed this text on YouTube:“My daughter bought this interesting toy for my eldest grandson. He is eight years old.… Continue reading An experiment that turned out differently than I expected!
Introducing Category: aaa
I strongly oppose racism. Slightly more when it comes in the form of tribalism. Most when it comes in the form of ‘monarchy’ and people considering themselves to be ‘demi-gods’.Two of the greatest statesman in Dutch history have been murdered by supporters of the monarchy/orangists.Johan van Oldenbarneveldt was ‘legally’ executed when he was 71 years… Continue reading Introducing Category: aaa
Book on so called monotheisms
The fifth button in the menu is clearly not (yet!) a painting. It is just a coloured text: a concept for the front page of a yet to be published book. Title of that book is 49:49: crucial in the book is the explanation of the title. So, in itself an absolutely meaningless title, hence… Continue reading Book on so called monotheisms
Why Donald Trump
Remarkable, funny almost, to what extent my text about Donald Trump resembles the one about Winston Churchill.Churchill occupies such a prominent place on this site that his ‘portrait’ is even used here as a symbol of our civilisation and our history. Trump occupies a similar place as a symbol of resistance to the undermining of… Continue reading Why Donald Trump
Why Winston Churchill?
In many respects I am very, very different from him, but there are some similarities too. The least of those is that he painted too (On his 89 impressionist paintings by the way very few people are depicted). He definitely was kind of a loner and he called himself sentimental. I like to see myself… Continue reading Why Winston Churchill?