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  • New Babylon – New Frisco – New Cobra – New city to play

    During my visit to SFMOMA on 15 Nov 2019, I was standing on the terrace of the 7th Floor looking North-East into Natoma Street, and wondering what the curved-walled building on the left was about. I did not pay much attention until I was reminded of this view in this article about floating utopias in… Read more

  • Seasonal Greetings from Petervan

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  • The Search for Meaninglessness

    Byrne, left, and fellow members of the 12-person, gray-suited cast. Photo Credit: Bryan Derballa for The New York Times It was Robert Fritz who pointed me at the meaninglessness of glorifying terms like “deep”, “meaningful”, “sustainable”, etc. especially in combination with corporate common blahs like “innovation”, “disruption”, “ecosystem”, and “change” Simon Wardley’s Common Blahs Just… Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – 17 Dec 2019

    Here is the latest version of my Delicacies newsletter. You can subscribe to the newsletter on the top of that page. These are articles/posts that for some reason created a spark in my memory. Teaser: this fantastic video by Joao Pombeiro   Read more

  • The Foamy Explosion of Everything

    Larry and Sergey in hot tub bubbles in 2005 – picture by William Mercer McLeod In my previous post, I played with words on Descartes’ “Je pense, donc je suis” – “I think, therefore I am”. In the background, you will notice my always-restless search for who I am. It is an everlasting search for… Read more

  • Ik ben – Je suis – I am

    Petervan Artwork © 2019 – Little man on canvas – Acryl on Canvas – 10x10cm   Ik luister, dus ik ben Ik kijk, dus ik ben Ik teken, dus ik ben Ik schrijf, dus ik ben Ik componeer, dus ik ben Ik creëer, dus ik ben Ik loop, dus ik ben Ik rust, dus ik… Read more