Updated July 23, see below. The female in the featured image above is the actress Kristy Swanson, known by many for her role in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. To me because she is one of the few Hollywood movie stars supporting Trump … Judging from her Instagram account, she is an overall… Continue reading For sale: 3 A5 paintings
Old Dutch Painter’s Blog
A Penny dropped
Below you find a crucial part from the Preface of a soon to be published book. Official launch will be November 23.Now available in the webshop. Title: 49:49Subtitle: The Emperor’s Old Rags The penny dropped when I started translating the book into English.The previous section is titled: ‘Not hurting your Mom ‘. ” The moment… Continue reading A Penny dropped
Tribute to Harriet Beecher Stowe
Still from video about a different review of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Link below. I had to make this tribute because I knew about her great role in abolishing slavery and after realising her phenomenal contribution in putting the Golden Rule above the literal text of the Bible. This painting is on a heptagonal, wooden carrier… Continue reading Tribute to Harriet Beecher Stowe
Timur Lenk in Boston
Or: Ignorance about Mohammedanism then and now When I stopped adding new content to my Dutch-language website islamofobie.nl *) in 2014, I turned it into a kind of archive. In that context, I also made a new division of categories. Looking back in 2024 –and more specifically: after October 7, 2023– the ‘History‘ category is… Continue reading Timur Lenk in Boston
A Preface
Below you find the draft of the Preface of a soon to be published book. Title: 49:49 Subtitle: The Emperor’s Old Rags An autobiographical Anecdote This book has an autobiographical side. This foreword all the more so. Starting with a personal anecdote would therefore be appropriate. An anecdote that has no direct relationship with the… Continue reading A Preface
Long walk & experiment involving transgenderism in passing
Nederlands gesproken, subtitled in English. I made it for TikTok. Actually the long walk is also a training and test if I will be able to complete the JFK-march: 50 miles / 80 kilometers for the first time in my life. It is organised in a considerable number of Dutch locations every year. My account… Continue reading Long walk & experiment involving transgenderism in passing