Travel diary

photo by Joran Klingeman

Het eerste stukje gebakken aarde is overhandigd aan Willem van Hest, de voorzitter van kunstenaarscollectief Karmijn. Daarnaast Marian Visser, die de expositie in het NIVONhuis geopend heeft.

The first one is handed to Willem van Hest, chairman of artists collective Karmijn . To his right Marian Visser who opend the exposition.

Deze stukken zijn geland in Rotterdam, Leiden , Haarlem en Schiedam.

These pieces of earth have been landed in Rotterdam, Leiden, Haarlem en Schiedam. At the bottom right: Hannie passes her piece of earth to her friend Lida.

De eerste inzendig is binnen: Wat een plaatje!! Dank je Willem!

The first photo of a logbook page has arrived. What a beauty. Thanks Willem!

De tweede inzending komt uit Haarlem.

The second one comes form Haarlem. Thanks Joran, Marjolein, Caspar and Marie!

Wat een mooie tekening en gedicht. Dank voor Valerie (9) en Florian (10)

What a lovely drawing and poem. Thanks, Valerie & Florian!

Number 4 and 5 have arrived. A beautiful watercolour painting by Marian. We painted at this spot together in France this summer. A precious memory! After three weeks another contribution arrived by surprise. A washed-up tree trunk? What a beautiful texture!

Thanks Nienke for your beautiful and meaningful poem! Isn’t it special to receive all these different works of art? I certainly like it!

Landing place Warmond, Thanks Martis and Vicki

This beautiful felted earth was made by Hannie Hulst

The colourful contribution of Angela van Steijn

Lida van Driel passes her piece of earth and the book to Chantal de Lede. At right, the beautiful contribution in the book.

Accidents are also part of the journey.

This piece of work has been replaced by a new one. The journey continues.

Dear Caroline,

I received the beautiful stone from Lida van Driel and I have passed it to Mieke Hartwig.
In the attachment you can read my letter with pictures added.
All the info is in the letter to Mother Earth and in the booklet.
It was a valuable assignment for me and this was the perfect way for me to express my emotions.
Thank you for this.
I think it is really super special. I myself work in secondary education and teach visual education/CKV to young people.
It inspires me. Maybe also nice to do this in the future with interested and sensitive students.

Good luck with this wonderful project.

Kind regards;
Chantal de Lede.

If you want to read the full letter, Chantal wrote to Mother Earth on 4 mei, the day we commemorate the dead of World War II, click here.

Thanks Thea, for your beautiful and funny contribution.

Joost en Marina added something special in a very surprising form:

Hello Caroline,
After a busy period, we are close to handing over the artwork. I’m going to add the Ode to Mother Earth here. I have translated Morse code to a saxophone quartet. The music will travel with an sd card. And this is what it has become…

Another beautiful contribution. From Marga Stokman.
Thank you very much for your poem and collage!

This beautiful and powerful text and drawing are from two dear friends of our son Joran. Thanks to them!

It was a bit quiet for a while, but Hooray! A new meaningful contribution of Rozemarijn Maleki. Thanks!!

Thanks Elly Stapelkamp for this beautiful poem!

Thank you, Frans van Gorkum, for your beautiful, philosophical text. You have very aptly expressed your concern about our impact on the earth.

Below a collage from Lucy Peters, about recycling

Below a picture of a beautiful, abstract oil painting (60×85) named “the forces of earth” made by Sofia Feentra, and, her partner Gert Koesveld added a foto of a sculpture (35 high and 25 cm width, named “transparent white alblaster stone”, he made.

Yesterday (10-3-2025) I received this beautiful aquarel, with a poem, from Géke van Goor. Thank you so much!

Above, a beautiful watercolour created by Brigitta Broosus from Leiden, thanks Brigitta!

Below are the feelings evoked by nature, the earth beautifully expressed by Rita and Jo Wachelder.

Rita and Jo passed on their copy to Marijke and Wim. That resulted in this beautiful page. Thanks fot that!

A powerful statement and a poetic image from Annet Muller and Arjan Keene

The piece of art below is from Anja van Dam.
Thank you very much for the colourful image and the powerful and poetic text!

Below is an embroidered contribution with a beautiful text.
Very nicely done! So nice to see again and again how people choose their own form to express what they wish for the earth.