Writing
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Teaching (and) writing fiction
The past couple of months I’ve been teaching a course on fiction writing at Volksuniversiteit Eindhoven. It was great, or at least I thought it was. Talking about something I love doing, something that is close to an addiction… writing fiction. The students were great. They brought in their written work, which we talked about.…
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Writing on Medium and a new short story in a Publication
Writing, publishing, and writing some more… 35 short stories in the past eight months!
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Anne Enright Writing Prompt
Writers don’t judge, they describe, Anne Enright says. “I am interested in the way that things that are latent become known.”
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Are you ready for Steady? For when you’re serious about writing
Serious writing requires serious support.
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The Dike – Short story of a dike with an existential crisis
I’ve started to seriously write fiction. Today I published a short story from the point of view of a dike with an existential crisis.
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On the (end of the) commercialization of writing
What happens when money is involved in the process of thinking and writing? Is there a danger, or is it simply a neutral motivation?
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Recensie: “Sterven voor een idee” / Of: Over levenskunst
Een vorm van kunst die me na aan het hart ligt is de levenskunst, een specifiek filosofische kijk op het leven, filosofie en kunst. Binnen de levenskunst gaat het erom dat kunst en filosofie niet zomaar dingen zijn waar je over praat, maar het zijn performatieve zaken. Je hele leven is een belichaming er van.
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Prologue to publishing the dissertation
It is because of the inner calling to reach for a new that is unrelated to the present, for that which lies beyond the realm of the possible, that I started out on this path and will continue to do so, in order to search for some form of truth while facing evidence that truth…
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That delicate balance
Writing is more than an occupation. It’s a mind-set, a way of living as it requires a delicate balance between sense and non-sense, between life and love, between waste and production. It is not about having a lot of space, time or silence. It’s is having all those things in the right circumstances.