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What I tell you is not true

19 Tuesday Aug 2025

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collage, Dada, kunst, philosophy, poetry, poezie, surreal

With madness ruling our world thanks to mixture of finance, big-tech, politics and social media, there must be written more poetry, and there must be created more art.

Incomprehensible (Animal) Rythm

Dogs dance and fight and bite / cats or humans and the occasional sheep /

(not their bosses).

And teeth shine / a glance that guards distance.

incomprehensible (animal) rythm // onbegrijpelijk (animaal) ritme

Honden dansen en vechten en bijten / katten of mensen en bij gelegenheid / een schaap /

(niet hun baasjes).

En tanden schijnen / een glans die afstand bewaart.

text and collage-mixed media, DM 2024 – 2025 (www.meurtant.exto.org)

Closed eyes

12 Thursday Jun 2025

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a collaborative poem with Catherin j Pascal Dunk

Closed eyes

Richess // Rijkdom

22 Thursday May 2025

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blog, city, Dada, fotografie, gedicht, kunst, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie

“Every day, every moment, seek for the richness of life.”

Locked (DM, Amsterdam)

“Elke dag, elk moment, zoek de rijkdom van het leven”

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“Attentive, once the pain had vanished,

near the water level the transition was seen

of mass to infinity.”

Transition // Overgang (DM, Amsterdam)

“Met aandacht, nadat de pijn was verdwenen,

werd dichtbij het water de overgang gezien

van massa naar oneindigheid.”

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“The broom had scrubbed / its hair to an end.”

Broom // Bezem (DM, Amsterdam)

“De bezem had de haren / geschrobd tot het einde.”

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“The hand which reached toward richess

and the repair man of the broken glass

arrived one after the other.”

Richess // Rijkdom (DM, Amsterdam)

“De hand die reikte naar rijkdom

en de reparateur van het gebroken glas

kwamen na elkaar aan.”

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“What do we learn from our errors?”

Error // Fout (DM, Amsterdam)

“Wat leren we van onze fouten?”

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“Some creatures do not think about causes

or consequences,

but simply adapt to circumstances.”

Adaptation // Aanpassing (DM, Amsterdam)

“Sommige schepsels denken niet na over oorzaken

of gevolgen, maar passen zich eenvoudig aan

aan de omstandigheden.”

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Walking the city // Lopend door de stad, Amsterdam (NL) May 22, 2025.

(All images and texts (c) Drager Meurtant)

Systems of power

01 Tuesday Apr 2025

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Abuse of power, Dada, Force, gedicht, graphics, philosophy, photography, poetry, Pressure

Those in power know how to gain control:

First, intimidation is an effective means to suppress the voice of opponents.

If necessary, step up and use terror: this works by paralyzing opposition.

Acceptance

If you accept to be beaten
if you dig to be eaten,
then be my guest.

photo of ancient head of wall-sculpture (Stedelijk Museum Breda, NL)

The Pursuit

If you are hunted, and if you are a prey
you better prepare for this fact.
Ignorance and denial are the weak spots in your armour.

The Pursuit, DM, ink transfer under pressure, February 18, 2025

(c) Drager Meurtant, all images and texts

Recent Thoughts // Recente Gedachten

10 Monday Feb 2025

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“If your mind receives more pulses
than your heart beats
then let go”

Let go

Als de geest meer prikkels ontvangt / dan je hart klopt / laat dan gaan…

(collage monoprint fragments, 15×15 cm)
Drager Meurtant, 2025 (in private collection)

Leaning // Leunend

“Was it leaning or a posture
of inconfidence and shyness
that made standing tilted?”

Leaning // Leunend

“Was het leunen of een houding
voortkomend uit gebrek aan vertrouwen
en één van verlegenheid
dat voor een schuine houding tekende?”

(mixed media DM, 2024, 18 x 14 cm)

Critic Building a Future // Criticus Bouwt een Toekomst (1)

04 Saturday Jan 2025

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assemblage, Dada, kunst, landscape, oil-terminal, philosophy, poetry

In creating art, this artist examines human actions and the resulting society, with bonds and clefts.

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Bij het scheppen van kunst, onderzoekt deze kunstenaar het menselijk handelen en de maatschappij die hieruit volgt, met verbindingen en kloven.

The Oil Terminal at Dissension

After one village a second was build // and as so often / these contained two communities / with different beliefs. // After peevishness came quarrel / and this raised high: a full five meters. // The arrival of the oil-terminal / changed little apart from more fencing. // The bridge does not unite the inhabitants / but enables them to dwell on different paths.

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De Olieterminal bij Tweespalt

Na één dorp werd een tweede gebouwd / en als zo vaak, / waren het twee gemeentes in het geloof. // Na wrevel kwam ruzie / en die liep hoog op en wel vijf meter. // De komst van de olieterminal veranderde weinig / behalve nog meer heining. // De brug verenigt geen bewoners, / maar maakt dat de wegen gescheiden voortgaan.

the oilterminal at dissension / de olieterminal bij tweespalt

(assemblage, 78x58x9 cm, DM, 2013)

Transition // Overgang

03 Sunday Nov 2024

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bridge, fotografie, photography, poetry, street-view

It was a day like many others

When my camera invited me

For a walk across the city…

Picnic table

Het was een dag als vele andere

dat mijn camera me riep voor

een wandeling door de stad.

Restoration (in blue)

And in particular, for

the transition of a canal connecting

Amsterdam with the river Rhine.

Vleutense spoorbrug / Railway bridge at Vleuten

En in het bijzonder, voor

de overgang over een kanaal

dat Amsterdam verbind met de Rijn.

Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal

A bridge is physical, bold and curved

And with bolts as supporting elements

bolts // bouten

Een brug is fysiek, met durf en curve

En met bouten als ondersteunende elementen.

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Once a number becomes in sight

The goal is reached.

Direction // richting

Als er een nummer in zicht komt

Is het doel bereikt.

text and photos (c) Drager Meurtant, Nov 3rd 2024

Two sources one stream

05 Monday Aug 2024

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collaboration, poetry, poezie

Hello, this is your virtual road assistance guide: when taking turns and determining your goal, you may ask: “is it possible that two sources form one stream?“

“Source”, mixed media of monoprint and etching, DM, 2023

Catherin Pascal Dunk and Drager Meurtant attempted to create two poems by sequential and mutual interactive exchange of lines / stanzas, and composing a joint stream of words or lyric.

you may find the results here:

Samensmelten / Merging
L’arche de Noé / Rampenbeheer

The Trek (Modern Times)

27 Thursday Jun 2024

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assemblage, Dada, gedicht, landscape, philosophy, poetry, poezie, sculpture, society, strain

Is there more pressure, a heavier load / a road more insidious?

The Trek (Modern Times) – I

Is the texture of existence ruder / and less predictable and / is nature no longer trustworthy / not even in ourselves?

The Trek (Modern Times) – II

Yes, with the objective to serve / ourselves most / we become more otherless.

The Trek (Modern Times) – III (detail)

Sculpture, assemblage of wooden laths, coated with A-1 cast and paint plus piece of soap in cloth coated with A1 cast; 59x45x33 cm.

(c) Drager Meurtant, June 2024

Terrace on the River Rhine / Terras aan de Rivier de Rijn)

29 Monday Jan 2024

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Dada, fotografie, gedicht, kunst, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie

Today, the world looked safer / without sirens, no shooting till 14 hours / and the car moved smoothly

accross the border / separating two countries for long / only in war having been united by force.

One hour later, the friends did meet / first time in almost 4 months.

It took two hours to talk down / the big C that shaped lives / and for leaving the extra coat / worn for safety.

And then they took a dive where it was / forbidden / followed by coffee on / a terrace looking at the river Rhine.

(terras aan de rivier de Rijn)

Vandaag kwam de wereld veiliger over / zonder sirenes, geen schieten tot 14 uur / en de auto bewoog langzaam / langs de grens / die de twee landen lang had gescheiden / alleen verenigd in de oorlog / door macht.

Eén uur later, ontmoetten de vrienden / elkaar voor het eerst in bijna vier maanden. / Het nam twee uur om de grote C / omlaag te praten, die het leven beheerste / en om de extra jas – gedragen voor de veiligheid – achter te laten.

En toen doken ze in het water waar het verboden was / gevolgd door koffie op / een terras dat uitkeek op de rivier de Rijn.

Drager Meurtant, June 24, 2020 (during lift of first Covid19 lockdown, minor corrections Jan 29, 2024)

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