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  1. I keep reminding myself that cute building sketches should not be confined to holidays - especially if you live in a place as picturesque as #Leiden (but I also firmly believe that you can find interesting views pretty much everywhere).

    Here is a first attempt.

    #VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #InkAndWash #Leiden #UrbanSketching #52ArtWeeks #mastoart

  2. I keep reminding myself that cute building sketches should not be confined to holidays - especially if you live in a place as picturesque as #Leiden (but I also firmly believe that you can find interesting views pretty much everywhere).

    Here is a first attempt.

    #VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #InkAndWash #Leiden #UrbanSketching #52ArtWeeks #mastoart

  3. I keep reminding myself that cute building sketches should not be confined to holidays - especially if you live in a place as picturesque as #Leiden (but I also firmly believe that you can find interesting views pretty much everywhere).

    Here is a first attempt.

    #VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #InkAndWash #Leiden #UrbanSketching #52ArtWeeks #mastoart

  4. I keep reminding myself that cute building sketches should not be confined to holidays - especially if you live in a place as picturesque as #Leiden (but I also firmly believe that you can find interesting views pretty much everywhere).

    Here is a first attempt.

    #VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #InkAndWash #Leiden #UrbanSketching #52ArtWeeks #mastoart

  5. I keep reminding myself that cute building sketches should not be confined to holidays - especially if you live in a place as picturesque as #Leiden (but I also firmly believe that you can find interesting views pretty much everywhere).

    Here is a first attempt.

    #VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #InkAndWash #Leiden #UrbanSketching #52ArtWeeks #mastoart

  6. More hardcore weekending: got myself a Pilot Kaküno in EF and loving it so far for inking.

    Now need to get off the couch to get these some colour into these so that they can befome entry 4 & 5 in #52ArtWeeks.

    (Bags are a mix if random online reference and my imagination, the gate is from a photo fron #Leiden city centre.)

    #VicisArt

  7. More hardcore weekending: got myself a Pilot Kaküno in EF and loving it so far for inking.

    Now need to get off the couch to get these some colour into these so that they can befome entry 4 & 5 in #52ArtWeeks.

    (Bags are a mix if random online reference and my imagination, the gate is from a photo fron #Leiden city centre.)

    #VicisArt

  8. If you've ever taken a stroll through Leiden, an adorable and ancient city in the Netherlands about 30 minutes by train south of Schiphol Airport; you may have seen poems and quotations like this one painted on the houses in the alleys and side streets.

    We'll have to take a bit of a detour to get to the origins of this initiative.

    Remember the Dutch art movement called "de Stijl" of Piet Mondrian fame? It was founded in 1917 by a number of artists and architects on the principle of "neo-plasticism"; best explained by Mondrian as "this new plastic idea will ignore the particulars of appearance, that is to say, natural form and colour. On the contrary, it should find its expression in the abstraction of form and colour, that is to say, in the straight line and the clearly defined primary colour". De Stijl was also the name of a journal – published by the Dutch painter, designer, writer, poet and critic Theo van Doesburg – that propagated the group's theories.

    Now we return to our main course.

    1992 was the 75 year anniversary of the magazine "De Stijl", and to honour that, artist Ben Walenkamp suggested to showcase some of van Doesburg's poems publicly on local walls. This initiative expanded through collaboration with his friend and painter Jan-Willem Bruins as project "Dicht bij de Muur" and the foundation of the organization "Tegen-Beeld", and now at least 110 murals in some 30 languages.

    P.S. The Dutch are very very fond of word play, and "Tegen-Beeld" literally means "Counter-Image" and would be best translated as "counter-argument". "Dicht bij de Muur" would literally mean "close to the wall" but 'dicht' is also short for 'gedicht' meaning poem. Oh, those Dutch.

    Read more:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_poe
    tegen-beeld.nl/over-stichting-

    #Leiden #Netherlands #poetry #murals #wallart #art #poems #architecture #destijl

  9. If you've ever taken a stroll through Leiden, an adorable and ancient city in the Netherlands about 30 minutes by train south of Schiphol Airport; you may have seen poems and quotations like this one painted on the houses in the alleys and side streets.

    We'll have to take a bit of a detour to get to the origins of this initiative.

    Remember the Dutch art movement called "de Stijl" of Piet Mondrian fame? It was founded in 1917 by a number of artists and architects on the principle of "neo-plasticism"; best explained by Mondrian as "this new plastic idea will ignore the particulars of appearance, that is to say, natural form and colour. On the contrary, it should find its expression in the abstraction of form and colour, that is to say, in the straight line and the clearly defined primary colour". De Stijl was also the name of a journal – published by the Dutch painter, designer, writer, poet and critic Theo van Doesburg – that propagated the group's theories.

    Now we return to our main course.

    1992 was the 75 year anniversary of the magazine "De Stijl", and to honour that, artist Ben Walenkamp suggested to showcase some of van Doesburg's poems publicly on local walls. This initiative expanded through collaboration with his friend and painter Jan-Willem Bruins as project "Dicht bij de Muur" and the foundation of the organization "Tegen-Beeld", and now at least 110 murals in some 30 languages.

    P.S. The Dutch are very very fond of word play, and "Tegen-Beeld" literally means "Counter-Image" and would be best translated as "counter-argument". "Dicht bij de Muur" would literally mean "close to the wall" but 'dicht' is also short for 'gedicht' meaning poem. Oh, those Dutch.

    Read more:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_poe
    tegen-beeld.nl/over-stichting-

    #Leiden #Netherlands #poetry #murals #wallart #art #poems #architecture #destijl

  10. Als 'we' nog even verder graven, zal blijken dat #Leiden de bron van alle beschaving is... 😉

    nos.nl/l/2623477

  11. Als 'we' nog even verder graven, zal blijken dat #Leiden de bron van alle beschaving is... 😉

    nos.nl/l/2623477

  12. During my lunch break I explored a part of #Leiden I don't usually visit. Wish my neighbourhood loved plants as much as they love (parking) their cars (on the pavement).

  13. During my lunch break I explored a part of #Leiden I don't usually visit. Wish my neighbourhood loved plants as much as they love (parking) their cars (on the pavement).

  14. Dingen die men zelden ziet: geüniformeerde gezagsdragers in #mijnstad #Leiden die daadwerkelijk de regels handhaven! 👮‍♂️

    In de Nieuwe Rijn langs de Botermarkt werd door de waterpolitie een zichtbaar alcohol drinkende schipper aangehouden en op de Haarlemmerstraat werd een bon uitgedeeld voor het rijden op een snorscooter.

    Dat ik dit nog mag meemaken... 🙂

  15. here is a photo I took in November 2021 at pretty much exactly the same spot but looking the other way.

    I had only been in the country for several weeks at this point. I remember that I took this picture after taking the trash out and wandering just a little farther down the street to get my bearings in my new home.

    #netherlands #leiden #swan

  16. here is a photo I took in November 2021 at pretty much exactly the same spot but looking the other way.

    I had only been in the country for several weeks at this point. I remember that I took this picture after taking the trash out and wandering just a little farther down the street to get my bearings in my new home.

    #netherlands #leiden #swan

  17. Here is today's Medieval Cozycore. The pink house is an authentic, original medieval whorehouse. The people who live there now are probably not sex workers. Though they could be, I haven't checked.

    There's actually a lot of shots I'd like to take and post but I don't, because people actually do live in all these old houses. Having once lived in Leiden myself, I'm acutely aware of how weird it is when tourists treat your house like a theme park installation, and this city is all massive cathedral windows right up against the edge of the sidewalk. So I try to avoid shots that include clear views into personal space.

    (I've never seen the curtains open on the pink house, presumably because it is such a tourist attraction.)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozy #cozycore

  18. Here is today's Medieval Cozycore. The pink house is an authentic, original medieval whorehouse. The people who live there now are probably not sex workers. Though they could be, I haven't checked.

    There's actually a lot of shots I'd like to take and post but I don't, because people actually do live in all these old houses. Having once lived in Leiden myself, I'm acutely aware of how weird it is when tourists treat your house like a theme park installation, and this city is all massive cathedral windows right up against the edge of the sidewalk. So I try to avoid shots that include clear views into personal space.

    (I've never seen the curtains open on the pink house, presumably because it is such a tourist attraction.)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozy #cozycore

  19. Here is today's Medieval Cozycore. The pink house is an authentic, original medieval whorehouse. The people who live there now are probably not sex workers. Though they could be, I haven't checked.

    There's actually a lot of shots I'd like to take and post but I don't, because people actually do live in all these old houses. Having once lived in Leiden myself, I'm acutely aware of how weird it is when tourists treat your house like a theme park installation, and this city is all massive cathedral windows right up against the edge of the sidewalk. So I try to avoid shots that include clear views into personal space.

    (I've never seen the curtains open on the pink house, presumably because it is such a tourist attraction.)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozy #cozycore

  20. Here is today's Medieval Cozycore. The pink house is an authentic, original medieval whorehouse. The people who live there now are probably not sex workers. Though they could be, I haven't checked.

    There's actually a lot of shots I'd like to take and post but I don't, because people actually do live in all these old houses. Having once lived in Leiden myself, I'm acutely aware of how weird it is when tourists treat your house like a theme park installation, and this city is all massive cathedral windows right up against the edge of the sidewalk. So I try to avoid shots that include clear views into personal space.

    (I've never seen the curtains open on the pink house, presumably because it is such a tourist attraction.)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozy #cozycore

  21. Here is today's Medieval Cozycore. The pink house is an authentic, original medieval whorehouse. The people who live there now are probably not sex workers. Though they could be, I haven't checked.

    There's actually a lot of shots I'd like to take and post but I don't, because people actually do live in all these old houses. Having once lived in Leiden myself, I'm acutely aware of how weird it is when tourists treat your house like a theme park installation, and this city is all massive cathedral windows right up against the edge of the sidewalk. So I try to avoid shots that include clear views into personal space.

    (I've never seen the curtains open on the pink house, presumably because it is such a tourist attraction.)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozy #cozycore

  22. Academic job at my new department! "Associate Professor in Computational Environmental Science" careers.universiteitleiden.nl/ (I'm not involved - but it looks like a great position, between Computer Science and Environmental Science) #academicjobs #leiden #environmentalscience

  23. Academic job at my new department! "Associate Professor in Computational Environmental Science" careers.universiteitleiden.nl/ (I'm not involved - but it looks like a great position, between Computer Science and Environmental Science) #academicjobs #leiden #environmentalscience

  24. De waarheid in Leiden

    Witte zwanen en (in de vitrine) een zwarte zwaan

    Het Boerhaavemuseum is het wetenschapshistorisch museum van de in de wetenschapsgeschiedenis zeker niet onbelangrijke stad Leiden. Momenteel is er een expositie over de waarheid: u weet wel, het doel van al dat getwijfel waaraan wetenschappers hun levens wijden. De tentoonstelling behandelt allerlei aspecten: bewijsvoering, blijken van betrouwbaarheid, afbeeldingen om de waarheid te verspreiden, de authenticiteit van data (geïllustreerd aan de hand van een gerestaureerde Griekse vaas), dwalingen, politieke inmenging, expertise, datafraude (de “Würzburger Lügensteine”), de vraag wiens verhaal wordt verteld, leugendetectie en de relatie met fictie.

    Ik sla met deze opsomming nog het een en ander over, maar de selectie zal voldoende zijn om u duidelijk te maken dat dit een rijke expositie is. De voorwerpen zijn interessant en goed gekozen; er is duidelijke uitleg; de expositie is toegankelijk voor mensen met een handicap of hyperacusis. En vooral: er is een fantastische uitsmijter, namelijk een bord waarin het museum aan zichzelf twijfelt en mensen oproept ook de eigen gedachten in twijfel te trekken. Er is nog meer moois en interessants te prijzen, dus gaat dat zien.

    Uitsmijter (ik weet niet of de waarheid wel zo vaak in het midden ligt, want dat hangt af van je waarheidstheorie)

    Wat is waarheid?

    Een goede expositie zet aan tot verder nadenken. Wat ik miste (of over het hoofd heb gezien) is een definitie van waarheid. Dat is niet zo vreemd, want daarop bestaan uitlopende visies. Het is in elk geval een uitspraak over een uitspraak. De bekendste visie is de correspondentietheorie van de waarheid en valt te illustreren met een klassiek voorbeeld: over de uitspraak “De lucht is guur en het is vier uur” mogen we de uitspaak doen dat zij waar is indien het werkelijk guur is en vier uur.

    Maar er zijn meer visies op waarheid. We kennen ook de coherentietheorie van de waarheid, die erop neerkomt dat iets waar is als het coherent is met (of voortvloeit uit) zaken waarvan we veronderstellen dat ze waar zijn. De op axioma’s gebouwde wiskunde is een voorbeeld. Ook is er de constructietheorie van de waarheid, die behelst dat waarheid slechts een afspraak is, die groeit als mensen dingen interpreteren en erover discussiëren.

    Voor elk van die visies valt iets te zeggen. Sterker nog, dat zouden we wat vaker moeten doen. Ik heb er in deze Oudheidblog weleens op geattendeerd dat archeologen bij voorkeur, hoewel niet uitsluitend, werken met de correspondentietheorie, terwijl oudheidkundigen die zich bezighouden met teksten, vaker de coherentietheorie veronderstellen. Oudheidkundige discussies over interdisciplinariteit zijn daardoor nogal eens een dialoog tussen doven. Of beter: terwijl slechthorenden gebarentalen hebben ontwikkeld, streven classici en archeologen niet langer naar het ontwikkelen van het wetenschappelijk equivalent van zo’n gebarentaal. Sinds de invoering van de onderzoeksscholen communiceren de institutioneel gescheiden oudheidkundige bloedgroepen immers onvoldoende, streven ze niet langer naar een gedeelde visie op de waarheid en is er onenigheid over de aard van een oudheidkundig bewijs (voorbeeld).

    Twee van de Würzburger Lügensteine.

    Wat is wetenschap?

    Mij verontrust dat. Binnen het deel van de wetenschap dat ik overzie bestaat inmiddels een forse tegenstelling tussen enerzijds wat wetenschap behoort te zijn, namelijk samen twijfelen om de waarheid te benaderen, en anderzijds het reëel bestaande wetenschappelijk bedrijf. Dat komt neer op de welhaast fabrieksmatige aanmaak van artikelen die

    • óf alle relevante data bevatten over een betekenisloze trivialiteit,
    • óf wel een zeker betekenis hebben maar relevante data negeren.

    Linksom of rechtsom helpen zulke artikelen ons niet verder. Scherper geformuleerd: ik vraag me sinds de instelling van de onderzoeksscholen steeds vaker af of onderzoekers überhaupt kunnen zoeken naar de waarheid. Ik heb vertrouwen in de goede bedoelingen, maar die zijn evident onvoldoende. Zoals ik het zie wordt de speurtocht naar de waarheid geblokkeerd door de structuur van de wetenschap. Wellicht is dat een onderwerp voor een vervolgtentoonstelling in het Boerhaavemuseum.

    [De oudheidkundige wetenschappen zijn in de eerste plaats wetenschappen. Een overzicht van stukjes over het wetenschappelijk aspect, vindt u daar.]

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    februari 26, 2026 Deel dit: #Boerhaavemuseum #coherentietheorieVanDeWaarheid #constructietheorieVanDeWaarheid #correspondentietheorieVanDeWaarheid #interdisciplinariteit #Leiden #waarheid
  25. This #weekend I am participating in the #Leiden #Rembrandt days, and I actually look like a 17th century #GeddyLee... #Rush

  26. This #weekend I am participating in the #Leiden #Rembrandt days, and I actually look like a 17th century #GeddyLee... #Rush

  27. This #weekend I am participating in the #Leiden #Rembrandt days, and I actually look like a 17th century #GeddyLee... #Rush

  28. This #weekend I am participating in the #Leiden #Rembrandt days, and I actually look like a 17th century #GeddyLee... #Rush

  29. This #weekend I am participating in the #Leiden #Rembrandt days, and I actually look like a 17th century #GeddyLee... #Rush

  30. More medieval cozycore for those of you burdened with modern reality. Okay actually this is more 1600s cozycore but you understand

    I used to live down at the entrance to this canal. I had to seriously consider whether marrying my husband and moving to a bigger house was worth giving up living in a fairy tale. I took the deal and come back wistfully a few times a year (and then I also got Odin out of the deal, he couldn’t thrive in historical Leiden)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozycore #cozy

  31. More medieval cozycore for those of you burdened with modern reality. Okay actually this is more 1600s cozycore but you understand

    I used to live down at the entrance to this canal. I had to seriously consider whether marrying my husband and moving to a bigger house was worth giving up living in a fairy tale. I took the deal and come back wistfully a few times a year (and then I also got Odin out of the deal, he couldn’t thrive in historical Leiden)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozycore #cozy

  32. More medieval cozycore for those of you burdened with modern reality. Okay actually this is more 1600s cozycore but you understand

    I used to live down at the entrance to this canal. I had to seriously consider whether marrying my husband and moving to a bigger house was worth giving up living in a fairy tale. I took the deal and come back wistfully a few times a year (and then I also got Odin out of the deal, he couldn’t thrive in historical Leiden)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozycore #cozy

  33. More medieval cozycore for those of you burdened with modern reality. Okay actually this is more 1600s cozycore but you understand

    I used to live down at the entrance to this canal. I had to seriously consider whether marrying my husband and moving to a bigger house was worth giving up living in a fairy tale. I took the deal and come back wistfully a few times a year (and then I also got Odin out of the deal, he couldn’t thrive in historical Leiden)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozycore #cozy

  34. More medieval cozycore for those of you burdened with modern reality. Okay actually this is more 1600s cozycore but you understand

    I used to live down at the entrance to this canal. I had to seriously consider whether marrying my husband and moving to a bigger house was worth giving up living in a fairy tale. I took the deal and come back wistfully a few times a year (and then I also got Odin out of the deal, he couldn’t thrive in historical Leiden)

    #netherlands #leiden #cozycore #cozy

  35. Op de nationale 'Terras Top 100' van Misset Horeca prijken twee terrassen in #mijnstad #Leiden.

    Het ene ken ik helemaal niet; het andere ken ik wel, doch zou ik slechts onder dreiging van fysiek geweld betreden.

    Goddank zijn mijn twee favoriete terrassen er dus niet bij!

    De kans dat die eerdaags worden overlopen door hordes toeristen blijft derhalve betrekkelijk gering... 🙂👍