Art & Literature

Quite some years ago, as a kid, I was quite involved in 3d design. Nowadays I don't do that anymore but still do I enjoy graphics design, but now more in aimed at web and photos. Most of the graphics on my webpages and the UniLang webpage have been designed by me using The Gimp. So I really enjoy graphics design. Below you can find some of my art, both recent as well as ancient:

3D Imagery

All made long ago, before 1998:

An alien space station

An alien beast

A castle

A fight in space

Another battle in space

A penguin

Photo Manipulation

Here are some photographs I made and manipulated, the first one however is unedited and shot by my father:

A young version of myself, flying! (photographed by my father) proycon

Ain't I transparent? proycon

Rising

Magic in Malaysia

Anattā/Anātman: An attempt to illustrate the Buddhist concept of selflessness/soullessness proycon

Samadhi: Illustrating the Buddhist concept of Samadhi, or meditation/concentration proycon

Anicca: Illustrating the buddhist concept of Anicca (impermanence). No animals were harmed, the bird died a natural death. ;) proycon

Composite Art

Here is some composite art made by me:

Om Mani Padme Hum: All self-made, with photos from our own garden proycon

Literature

Another hobby of mine, which in a way can also be considered art, is writing (short) stories and collection quotes. I've collected a huge collection of quotes over time which I'll present on this website, note that the quotes are not all in english but there are also dutch, spanish, french and german quotes. Also note that I only collected quotes that have truth and wisdom in them, unlike merely humerous ones. You can find my collection of quotes in the publications section below.

On occasion I also enjoy writing. As a kid I already wrote science fiction stories, and I tried to write a novel titled "The Wall", which never got finished. Moreover, I also wrote several short stories. You will find them in the publications section below.

My Reading List

Le livre du Voyage - ( Bernard Werber ) - Spirituality - Summer 2010
L'armée du salut - ( Abdellah Taía ) - Gay/Culture - Summer 2010
Cronaca di un disamore - ( Ivan Cotroneo ) - Gay - Spring 2010
O vendedor de sonhos - O chamamento ( Augusto Cury) - Psychology/Philosophy - Summer 2009
Mais alto do que o fundo do mar ( André B. Carretoni) - Surreal - Summer 2009
Fora de mim (, Manuel Halpern) - Surreal Romance - Spring 2009
O Terceiro Travesseiro ( Nelson Luiz de Carvalho) - Gay - January 2009
De reis van de lege flessen ( Kader Abdolah) - Culture/Immigration/Iran - January 2009
Zuivere Leegte ( Janwillem van de Wetering) - (zen) Buddhism - summer 2008
Estoy preparado ( Khalo Ali) - Gay - summer 2008
Desde aquí hasta tu ventana ( Javier Herce) - Gay - spring 2008
No se lo digas a nadie ( Jaime Bayly) - Gay/Peru/Religion/Drugs - spring 2008
De Pianoman ( Bernlef) - spring 2008
Het huis van de moskee ( Kader Abdolah) - Iran/Culture/Islam - summer 2007
De brug ( Geert Mak) - Turkey/Culture - summer 2007
Singularity Sky ( Charles Stross) - SciFi - summer 2007
Oesters of merguez ( Omar B.) - Gay/Moroccan Culture/Immigrants - spring 2007
Der Guru (, Monnica Hackl) - Buddhism - summer 2006
La noche es virgen (, Jaime Bayly) - Gay/Peru/Drugs - spring 2006
Der Defender (, Andreas Steinhöfel) - Short stories - spring 2006
Probability Moon (, Nancy Kress) - SciFi - summer 2005
Probability Sun (, Nancy Kress) - SciFi - summer 2005
Probability Space (, Nancy Kress) - SciFi - summer 2005
Zonde van Begeerte (, Th. van Os) - Gay/Brazil/Religion (Catholicism) - summer 2005
The Same Embrace (, Michael Lowenthal) - Gay/Religion (Judaism) - spring 2005
زعبلاوي (, by نجيب محفوظ) - Short story/philosophical - spring 2005
Animal Farm (, George Orwell) - Fable/Political
1984 (, George Orwell) - SciFi/Political
Eerst doodden ze mijn vader (→, Loung Ung - Cambodian war drama - fall 2004
Over de Himalaya (→, Nina Rasmussen) - Travel Journal - fall 2004
Sluiers van Teheran (→, Nina Rasmussen) - Travel Journal - summer 2004
Die Mitte der Welt (, Andreas Steinhöfel) - Gay Romance - summer 2004
Das Loch (, Dieter Eisfeld) - SciFi - summer 2004
L'enfant ébloui (, Rachid O.) - Gay/Morocco
Chocolat Chaud (, Rachid O.) - Gay/Morocco
Le secret (, Anita VanBelle) - Gay Romance
De dagen van de blugrassliefde (, Edward van der Vendel) - Gay Romance
Kartonnen Dozen (, Tom Lanoye) - Gay Romance
Siddhartha (, Hermann Hesse) - Philosophy/Buddhism
Bajo un cielo anaranjado (, Manuel Alfonseca) - SciFi
Regreso a un lugar llamado tierra (, Jordi Sierra i Fabra) - SciFi
Een barbaar in China : een reis door Centraal-Azie (, Adriaan van Dis) - Travel Journal
Lieve Jongens (, Gerard Reve) - Gay - 2001?
Het behouden huis (, WF Hermans) - WW2 - Pre 2000
2001: A Space Odyssey (, Arthur C. Clarke) - SciFi - Pre 2000
The Time Machine (, H.G. Wells) - SciFi - Pre 2000