Sometimes I am reminded of my own naivety… by a good travel and … reinforced by a good book written by people from the land I visited. When people ask me why I am interested […]
Tag: belonging
Listening with Saulkrasti: An Ecotone of Self
Dear Source, I feel like fragmented messages in a bottle, scribbled drunkenly after dancing under the full Buck moon. After drifting in the Baltic sea for what seems like many moons, I’ve finally arrived and […]
A warm data lab with students and plants during a design workshop in Antwerp
I am not a trained Warm Data Lab host, although I have participated in several labs. I don’t consider myself an expert. However, I often collaborate with trained Warm Data hosts in larger learning and […]
Swamp-thinking, Soil soups and a Billion Folk Songs in the Nordic-Baltic region of Europe – a synthesis of our eco+mythology symposium
The eco+mythology winter symposium was dense with richness and layers. What I carried out of it will inevitably differ from what others took home. What follows is not a neutral report, but a situated retelling, […]
Njørd – an ecomythology for Copenhagen Architecture Biennial
In spring 2025, I assisted a team in preparing a proposal for one of the two Slow Pavilions at the first Copenhagen Architecture Biennial (September 18th to October 19th). The theme, Slow Down, explores architecture […]
[Only in Dutch] Van bezielde landschappen in Japan naar betoverde plekken in Nederland en België – doe mee met een online kringgesprek (afgelast)
Deel van de promotie van TUSSENLAND In zomer 2025 organiseer ik live en online momenten voor verbinding en verwondering. Voor mij is mijn nieuwste boek Tussenland een artefact van een groter project, een excuus om […]
Summer (Fever) Tree -the illusion of homecoming in the Netherlands during a heatwave
Strips of textile have been knotted to the oak tree near the St Walrick ruins in Overasselt (near Nijmegen). Not so long ago, the chapel was the final destination of pilgrimages. Undertaken by the people […]
[Only in Dutch] Mijn nieuw boek Tussenland is uit !
Ik ben trots op elk boek, verhaal en wetenschappelijk artikel, maar Tussenland is toch een van mijn favorieten. Ik heb jaren gesleuteld aan Tussenland. Voor enkele jaren was Tussenland mijn project aan de Vlaamse schrijversacademie. […]
Flowing with Eglė: Ash, Blood, Passover, Sacrifice
As aforementioned, this spring and summer, we are combining the method of Writing (with) plants with the Flowing with Eglė – Project, where we create a new eco-myth. In this old myth, different human characters […]
Flowing with Eglė: remaining open for bittersweet deaths
Where can we live? Where can we thrive? There’s a million and one mysteries to be explored in life, but in this blog I want to write about my foundation for joy and thriving. In […]