The Never Ending Story of a Rolling Stone.
On a study trip. Rolling on to Armenia. Enjoying it for two. And then I suddenly hear gossip around me: Can you just do that? Is your partner okay with it? My husband has Parkinson’s, but apparently …
Women towards enlightenment
Women on the Path to Enlightenment” is about the journey women embark on to actively and powerfully strive for self-realization, knowledge, and a better future, both individually and collectively. It’s a female counterpart to Buddha.
Project revolves around receiving the gift of love, finding joy in it, nurturing it, and lovingly letting go of what has come out of it. It’s about finding happiness in caring for what is entrusted to you. When the time is right, being able to let go with the same joy and continue living with passion
A human being is always larger than the label another places upon them.
We drank from Life When my husband and I found each other, the world was full of possibility. We had a direction. No mountain too high. Now he has Parkinson’s. And somewhere, the world has begun to stutter. A new reality appears. A world of institutions, caregivers, and organisations. With a new identity: you become …
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The gift of life is too great to postpone.
Children? That question has never really crossed my mind. My mother always said that we were the greatest gift she had ever received. And so we were. That is how we grew up: naturally loved, with the awareness that life is meant to be lived. Sadly, she passed away too soon. When she was no …
Vitamine art in Buren
With ❤️ I invite you to visit the group exhibition in Buren, where I am participating with my ceramic art theatre: Women Towards Enlightenment. In this work, I portray the path I walk as a woman—through obstacles, growth, and fully embracing my strength. In other words: following my own path and not allowing myself …
A sculpture for a trauma. An act of healing.
26 july 1950, exactly 75 years since the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) was disbanded. But with its disbandment, the scars did not disappear. My father was conscripted at the age of 19 and deployed to the former Dutch East Indies during what were then called “police actions” – in reality, a dirty guerrilla …
Presentation of my newest sculpture: Shining for You, at Vitamine ART, Kultuurhoek Driebergen
Join us at De Kultuurhoek in Driebergen on Saturday, August 24, Sunday, August 25, Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, September 1, from 12:00 to 17:00. Marthe VanHoutte, Gerda Genijn, Lea Sinnaeve. Enjoy a poetry afternoon on Sunday featuring readings from Eddie van Aken, Lou Smedts, and Cecile VanHoutte. Address: Engweg 14 3972 JH Driebergen-Rijsenburg The …
Art inspired by skating
Art inspired by skating My experience as a skating coach. What I’ve personally learned from the training is that my daily practice as an artist partly aligns with giving skating lessons. Making contact from within yourself seeing what’s possible and building on that. Skating is a way to move forward, and if you listen to …
Views from a mother
Like a tidal wave set in stone She came into the world Subject to the law Simply retold A daughter Born from my body sought eternally preserved as love Short hair becomes long Narrow hips widen in their stride Quick gestures in a spell She touches another tenderly like the span of life I know …
Tariqa goes her own way
As you know, I found it difficult to entrust the separated life of my beautiful daughter and her upbringing to her father. I didn’t like that she was growing up with him. I thought he could engage in more activities with our daughter. She was left alone too much, left high and dry. It made …
The gift of life
The sincere attention you gave me made me feel like coming home. Deep in my belly, a sun began to burn, radiating fiery heat like fire. My whole body responded to this. I felt something in my belly starting to grow, bloom, and come to life. I was in joyful anticipation! We connected from …