books

BG 149 – Boekenlegger / Bookmark 05

Bookmark, four black ink drawings of old books.
Bookmark, four black ink drawings of old books, lying on bright red book.


grootte 5×15 cm
originele tekeningen getekend met een fineliner

size 2×6 inch
original drawings drawn with a fineliner


Je hebt deze tekeningen waarschijnlijk al eerder gezien op mijn Blog,
maar nu heb ik ze verkleind en verzameld op een boekenlegger.

You’ve probably seen these drawings before on my Blog,
but now I’ve reduced them and collected them on a bookmark.

BG 139 – Boekenlegger / Bookmark 02

Bookmark, black ink drawing of pile of old books.
Bookmark, black ink drawing of stack of books, lying on bright red book.


5×15 cm (met witte rand)
getekend met een 0.5 mm fineliner

2×6 inch (with white border)
drawn with a 0.5 mm fineliner

BG 135 – Boekenlegger / Bookmark 01

Bookmark, black ink drawing of book case with books.
Bookmark, black ink drawing of book case with books, lying on bright red book.


5×15 cm (met witte rand)
getekend met een 0.5 mm fineliner

2×6 inch (with white border)
drawn with a 0.5 mm fineliner

BG 126 – Love for language

Many people don’t like to read anymore.
Books, long texts, never mind!
Give us passive entertainment
and short summaries.
TLDNR (too long, did not read).

We prefer to be on social media,
we prefer gaming, we watch movies,
we stream series.
There’s nothing wrong with that. But…
we don’t (like to) read anymore.
As a result, we lose language skills
and our pleasure in reading.

We are falling behind …

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BG 106 – Meer Boekentekeningen / More Book Drawings

Two small black and white drawings of books.

Deze kleine tekeningen, die in de palm van mijn hand passen, maakte ik met een 0.5 mm fineliner.


I made these small drawings, that fit in the palm of my hand, with a 0.5 mm fineliner.

BG 100 – I lived a hundred lives

Although I don’t get out much, I already lived more than a hundred lives this year.

How is that possible?
I read over a hundred books and in each of those stories I empathized with the main characters.

I visited almost the whole world together with tireless travelers, I relived early love together with teenagers, I endured setbacks together with people of all ages and backgrounds, I fought off attackers together with people who wouldn’t let it happen anymore, I fought against injustice together with people who refused to be suppressed any longer, my personality developed together with that of people who struggled through obstacles in their lives, my compassion grew together with that of people who went through a lot but learned to forgive, I felt a vibrant new energy together with people who pursued their passions, but also the ultimate emptiness together with people who reluctantly started every new day, I prepared for death together with people at the end of their lives, I mourned together with those left behind, I found solutions for complicated problems together with real go-getters and their friends, I programmed and hacked my way out of tricky situations together with computer nerds, I won matches together with champions, and lost them together with people who didn’t make it to the top, I barely survived together with people who were struggling, I committed murders together with hardened criminals, tracked down criminals together with disillusioned detectives, I solved the climate problems together with clever minds, I traveled through the last stretches of untouched nature together with nature lovers, and I experienced how much effort it takes to create something original – that pleasantly surprises, or provokes thought – together with other artists and writers.

By the time I die I will have lived not one but a thousand lives!

BG 98 – Boekentekeningen / Book Drawings

Two small black and white drawings of books.

Deze kleine tekeningen, die in de palm van mijn hand passen, maakte ik met een 0.5 mm fineliner.


I made these small drawings, that fit in the palm of my hand, with a 0.5 mm fineliner.

BG 80 – Gratis Biebje / Little Free Library

Close-up picture of colorful Little Free Library (Gratis Biebje) in front of our home.

Dit Gratis Biebje
staat voor ons huis
sinds 4 augustus.

This Little Free Library
stands in front of our
home since Aug 4.

Picture of colorful Little Free Library (Gratis Biebje) in front of our home.


Marc en ik hebben het samen ontworpen. Marc heeft het gemaakt.
Hij heeft het volledig gebouwd van hergebruikte materialen. Alleen de verf hebben we nieuw gekocht.
We hopen met dit Gratis Biebje de buurt gezelliger te maken en onze liefde voor boeken te delen.

Marc and I designed it together. Marc made it.
He built it entirely from recycled materials. We only bought the paint new.
With this Little Free Library we hope to brighten up the neighborhood and share our love for books.

BG 27 – Books

I love books.
For as long as I can read, I have loved all kinds of books: fiction and non-fiction, novels, short stories, poetry, books in every genre, on every subject.

The public library in the town hall was one of my favorite places in my youth, with its hollow silence, disrupted by hesitant piano notes from the music school above it, and its typical dusty smell of books. …

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