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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)

How to deal with stupidity

01 Tuesday Jul 2025

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How to deal with stupidity is an issue / that arises frequently these days. // Can one battle stupidity, or is it best ignored.

Can one convince stupidity to lay off / to stop breathing or kill it self / any other way.

That´s the issue.

blood is iron

“Blood is iron, in essence. // Because of it’s stream and smell. // But I rather see the spill / from rusting tubes than from blood / which today leaks from pure stupidity.”

From upstairs

The title responds to our / sense of reason. // Now imagine someone trying to push up / these blocks of concrete / even if aerated.

The greater the distance / or the darker the surrounding / the bigger the sense of futility / of longing for the unreachable.
(from the writings of the poet Malcolm Eduard Lionel Alfred Nicotene Cholious)

images and texts Drager Meurtant (2013, 2016, 2025)

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”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

“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.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.>>>>>>

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

Broom // Bezem (DM, Amsterdam)

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

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

“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.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

“What do we learn from our errors?”

Error // Fout (DM, Amsterdam)

“Wat leren we van onze fouten?”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

“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.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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

(All images and texts (c) Drager Meurtant)

Impossible views

04 Sunday May 2025

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I. the attack

“A knife will not do, and bombs are so

general. But, if we hack their email,

we’ll achieve our goals without much

bloodshed..”

Angry twosome (connected), DM, collage of monoprints, 2025)

II. the complaints

“our problem was really the inability

to buy goods at foreign websites.”

Mood (angriness), alu-foil with paint, DM, 2025

all art and texts (c) Drager Meurtant, 2025

Our troubled times // Onze getroebleerde tijd

05 Wednesday Mar 2025

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(1) More Turmoil

“Trouble loving tirans and their company
follow gut feelings and grudge
happy to steer all into the abyss”

(1) Meer beroering

“Tirannen en hun volgers
die hun onderbuikgevoel en wrok
allen in de afgrond doen storten”

(collage monotype fragments and book, DM, 2025)

(2) Out of curiosity (puzzled)

“Words have started to battle
with meaning;
positions move by whim
and denial has become the
new religion.
Now push the reset button.”

(2) Uit nieuwsgierigheid (verward)

“Woorden zijn gaan strijden
met betekenis,
posities worden grillig ingenomen
en ontkenning is het
nieuwe geloof geworden.
Druk nu de ‘reset button”

(monotype ink-transfer under pressure, 22×26 cm, DM, 2025)

(c) Drager Meurtant, http://www.meurtant.exto.org

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)

Three experiences // Drie ervaringen

17 Friday Jan 2025

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abandoned, Dada, factory, fotografie, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie

At the entry of doubt and hesitance / the sound of metal joints / was in glaring contrast / to the empty space.

Bij het binnenkomen van aarzeling en van twijfel / klonken de gewrichten van metaal / in schril contrast tot de lege ruimte.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Once buildings start to crumble / and walls start to tumble / then true beauty is revealed. // One must seek for a second / and split structures into basic elements. // This brings us to insight” (Oppenheimer contemplating about The Big One). 

Wanneer gebouwen verpulveren / en muren instorten / dan komt de ware schoonheid tevoorschijn. // Je moet een seconde nemen / om daarna de structuur in basale elementen te splitsen. // Dat brengt ons inzicht. (Overweging van Oppenheimer over The Big One).

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

An empty prison comes in place / where glue runs past a stone’s cast. // No, people, / that is not for understanding / that is for nót understanding / where we stand without ground / under our feet.

Een leeg gevang komt te staan / waar lijm voorbij een steenworp holt. // Neen mensen: dat is niet om te begrijpen / dat is om níet te begrijpen / waar we staan zonder grond / onder onze voeten is.

Photos taken by Drager Meurtant in old Leather Factory Oisterwijk, NL, February 4, 2014

Texts (c) DM, 2014-2025

Alternate wish 2024-2025

21 Saturday Dec 2024

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

Hey, you:

Is it true you read, this, and the next

words and written thoughts, wrought

by sleeplessness, insomnia and sorrow.

Since this rotten world is consumed by

maggots, some with guns, the others

driven by envy, none silenced by having

to sit behind a Triumph, a Remington,

(mine is an Erika from the GDR) but

shouting on X, like crazy birds.

Who has control over the red button,

that will stop nonsense and sense alike,

in one sudden instance.

Aye, the worst dreams came true

arriving both from the east and west,

their messages driving holes like tubes

drawn by bullets in grey matter:  cheese

it  has become, infected by the craziness

of bulls – they must be bulls – that

disguised themselves as double burgers with

mayonnaise.

Now my cramped fingers find the words

silence and peace and know these must

differ from sleep without dreams.

(Amsterdam, former NDSM shipyard)

Drager Meurtant, Dec 25, 2023 – Dec 12, 2024

Nothing // Niets

25 Friday Oct 2024

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I don’t believe in anything anymore.

it wasn’t a fall / not a gradual disappearance / 

but a sudden realization.

there was not a thing / at checking the map “belief”

that’s how simple it can be:

no memory either / and the back-up / was also empty.

this won’t work, I concluded / and decided to go cycling

niets geloof ik meer.

het was geen val, geen / geleidelijke verdwijning /

maar een plotse vaststelling.

er bleek niets te zijn / bij het raadplegen /

van de map “geloof”.

zo simpel kan het zijn: / geen herinnering ook / 

en de back-up was / eveneens leeg.

dan maar niet, dacht ik / en besloot een eindje

te gaan fietsen.

Drager Meurtant, 9-9-24

(monoprint, two elements, size image 12×20 cm
(DM, Sept 9, 2024)

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