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  • Strategy update: Fall/Winter 2021

    I’m back! After a month of reflection in the beautiful greenness of Costa Rica, I’ve received a clearer vision for the coming six months. Here are two main additions to the strategy that I wrote down two months ago in this post. I’m offering a social serviceI have a strong desire to keep operating in…

  • Video: People are trying to sleep here!

    Video: People are trying to sleep here!

    In this video, we explore what we could say when we’re trying to sleep and some noise is preventing that from happening. With this video, we conclude the pilot phase of W.A.I.T. Why Am I Talking? We’re taking a month off from shooting videos, to ask for feedback. We want to learn if what we’re…

  • Video: That’s not what I said!

    Video: That’s not what I said!

    In this video we explore what you can say when you get into a right-wrong argument with a close one. Produced by Evert, script support by Jeantilette and with location support from de Verbroerderij.

  • Cartoon: Psychotherapist

    Cartoon: Psychotherapist

    About six years ago I lived in Colorado in a house with two people who were licensed psychotherapists. One night I was reading a book I had found on a bookshelf, called “Save the cat“ The book is about a process for writing movie scripts. In one chapter de author describes the importance of having…

  • Video: “I don’t want to talk about it!”

    Video: “I don’t want to talk about it!”

    Episode #6 of W.A.I.T. Why Am I Talking. It was fun to shoot in the forrest in Amsterdam-Noord. Again with the support of script editor Jeantilette, Editor and Director Evert and the people at de Verbroerderij who served us delicious toasties.

  • Short Story: No need, no rush, no problem

    Short Story: No need, no rush, no problem

    Last week I was staying over at a friend with a broken arm. In the afternoon, she asked me if I could bring her bicycle into the garage. I said yes, to which she added: “No rush” We talked some more, about what I wanted for my birthday. I hadn’t thought about it and she…

  • Video: “Oh no, there we go again…”

    Video: “Oh no, there we go again…”

    Episode #5 of W.A.I.T. Why Am I Talking. Very grateful for the support of script editor Jeantilette, director and editor Evert and the peeps at de Verbroerderij for offering their space to us.

  • Cartoon: The eternal miscommunication

    Cartoon: The eternal miscommunication

    For years, people have been helping me to make ideas that I have into cartoons. I’m very grateful for their help 🙂 Last night I wanted to see if I could draw one myself. I watched a Youtube video on how to draw cartoons and here’s the result that I made on an iPad. Here’s…

  • Video: What if you think someone’s a bitch?

    Video: What if you think someone’s a bitch?

    Here’s W.A.I.T. Why Am I Talking video #4 that I recorded with Evert. He edited the video as well and Jeantilette helped creating the script for this video. We were shooting in the greenhouse of “De Verbroerderij“. Many thanks to all of you _/|\_

  • Short story: Practicing Being an Active Bystander

    Short story: Practicing Being an Active Bystander

    Yesterday I was in a nice flow on my bicycle. I had timed it perfectly: I picked something up in the west of Amsterdam, I would bicycle back to the east, just in time for my weekly meditation group. I was about halfway when I contemplated crossing a red light, at a crossing where there…