Arnold Hoogerwerf
@arnoldhoogerwerf.nl
Posts cross-posted from my blog at https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl
🛠️ Tinkered a bit more with my(?) vibe coded ‘Lojong Wisdom Seeker’ meditation app. It’s now bilingual (NL + EN), and has a better layout and colour palette.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🛠️ Tinkered a bit more with my(?) vibe coded ‘Lojong Wisdom Seeker’ meditation app. It’s now bilingual (NL + EN), and has a better layout and colour palette.
📚 Great quote from ‘Feminism is for Everybody’ by bell hooks:
"As it is we have to do so much work to correct the assumption deeply embedded in the cultural psyche that feminism is anti-male. Feminism is anti-sexism. A male... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/11/03/great-quote-from-feminism-is.html
"As it is we have to do so much work to correct the assumption deeply embedded in the cultural psyche that feminism is anti-male. Feminism is anti-sexism. A male... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/11/03/great-quote-from-feminism-is.html
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
📚 Great quote from ‘Feminism is for Everybody’ by bell hooks:
"As it is we have to do so much work to correct the assumption deeply embedded in the cultural psyche that feminism is anti-male. Feminism is anti-sexism. A male... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/11/03/great-quote-from-feminism-is.html
"As it is we have to do so much work to correct the assumption deeply embedded in the cultural psyche that feminism is anti-male. Feminism is anti-sexism. A male... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/11/03/great-quote-from-feminism-is.html
🎵 After learning the basics of the Bansuri a few years ago, I’ve started learning a new instrument again: an electric bass guitar (a beautiful Squier Affinity PJ Bass). And what’s even more exciting is that this time I’ll be learning alongside my youngest daughter!
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
🎵 After learning the basics of the Bansuri a few years ago, I’ve started learning a new instrument again: an electric bass guitar (a beautiful Squier Affinity PJ Bass). And what’s even more exciting is that this time I’ll be learning alongside my youngest daughter!
🌱🍂🪶 Refilled all the bird feeders in our garden with seeds, peanuts, and fat balls.
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🌱🍂🪶 Refilled all the bird feeders in our garden with seeds, peanuts, and fat balls.
📚I’m only a few pages into After Buddhism, but I can already tell this book will turn out to be exceptional.
"The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness concludes with this insight: to dwell in emptiness means to inhabit fully the embodied ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/26/im-only-a-few-pages.html
"The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness concludes with this insight: to dwell in emptiness means to inhabit fully the embodied ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/26/im-only-a-few-pages.html
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📚I’m only a few pages into After Buddhism, but I can already tell this book will turn out to be exceptional.
"The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness concludes with this insight: to dwell in emptiness means to inhabit fully the embodied ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/26/im-only-a-few-pages.html
"The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness concludes with this insight: to dwell in emptiness means to inhabit fully the embodied ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/26/im-only-a-few-pages.html
On our way back home from our short holiday, we visited the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. We came to the conclusion it really wasn’t our thing. We liked the Class of 25 exhibition with work by alumni of most Dutch art academies and the talent show of the Creative Industries Fund at MU the best.
October 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On our way back home from our short holiday, we visited the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. We came to the conclusion it really wasn’t our thing. We liked the Class of 25 exhibition with work by alumni of most Dutch art academies and the talent show of the Creative Industries Fund at MU the best.
🍁🍂🥾 Enjoying some outstanding views during a short holiday in the Belgian Ardennes.
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🍁🍂🥾 Enjoying some outstanding views during a short holiday in the Belgian Ardennes.
Currently reading: After Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor 📚
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Currently reading: After Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor 📚
🛠️ I’ll admit it’s pretty nerdy, but I’ve been having a lot of fun with designing animated icons for this ESP-32-based matrix display that show all kinds of updates and notifications about my automated home on set intervals. And I think it even gets me into better energy management habits as well.
October 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🛠️ I’ll admit it’s pretty nerdy, but I’ve been having a lot of fun with designing animated icons for this ESP-32-based matrix display that show all kinds of updates and notifications about my automated home on set intervals. And I think it even gets me into better energy management habits as well.
Great audiovisual performances by first year students in the Black Box at HKU, a space for experimentation with sensors, multi screen and multi speaker set ups and lighting.
October 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Great audiovisual performances by first year students in the Black Box at HKU, a space for experimentation with sensors, multi screen and multi speaker set ups and lighting.
🎵Re-listening #1 (2001) by Fisherspooner.
Great album, ahead of their time. I sadly never had the opportunity to see them live (they broke up in 2019). Their performances were quite the experience, if the Apple ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/07/relistening-by-fisherspooner-great-album.html
Great album, ahead of their time. I sadly never had the opportunity to see them live (they broke up in 2019). Their performances were quite the experience, if the Apple ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/07/relistening-by-fisherspooner-great-album.html
October 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🎵Re-listening #1 (2001) by Fisherspooner.
Great album, ahead of their time. I sadly never had the opportunity to see them live (they broke up in 2019). Their performances were quite the experience, if the Apple ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/07/relistening-by-fisherspooner-great-album.html
Great album, ahead of their time. I sadly never had the opportunity to see them live (they broke up in 2019). Their performances were quite the experience, if the Apple ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/07/relistening-by-fisherspooner-great-album.html
🎵 My Apple TV ‘Now Playing’ screen right now, playing the track Mulatu, by Mulatu Astatke, from the album Mulatu plays Mulatu.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎵 My Apple TV ‘Now Playing’ screen right now, playing the track Mulatu, by Mulatu Astatke, from the album Mulatu plays Mulatu.
🎵 Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu plays Mulatu (2025) ★★★★½
Love this album! Perfect soundtrack for this rainy and windy Saturday morning.
From this interview and review on The Quietus:
"His upcoming release is yet another ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/04/mulatu-astatke-mulatu-plays-mulatu.html
Love this album! Perfect soundtrack for this rainy and windy Saturday morning.
From this interview and review on The Quietus:
"His upcoming release is yet another ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/04/mulatu-astatke-mulatu-plays-mulatu.html
October 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🎵 Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu plays Mulatu (2025) ★★★★½
Love this album! Perfect soundtrack for this rainy and windy Saturday morning.
From this interview and review on The Quietus:
"His upcoming release is yet another ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/04/mulatu-astatke-mulatu-plays-mulatu.html
Love this album! Perfect soundtrack for this rainy and windy Saturday morning.
From this interview and review on The Quietus:
"His upcoming release is yet another ... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/10/04/mulatu-astatke-mulatu-plays-mulatu.html
Two jars of freshly made kimchi, set to ferment and ready to enjoy by the weekend.
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Two jars of freshly made kimchi, set to ferment and ready to enjoy by the weekend.
🌱🍵 Inspired by this tea ceremony we attended during Re_Nature Festival last week, I decided to harvest some tea leaves from my own garden and create my own little version.
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🌱🍵 Inspired by this tea ceremony we attended during Re_Nature Festival last week, I decided to harvest some tea leaves from my own garden and create my own little version.
Currently reading: Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooks 📚
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Currently reading: Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooks 📚
Re_Nature Festival 2025, Ruigoord, Amsterdam. Personal highlight for me was Beeingness, by Jessica Segall.
"Zzzzzzz is an interactive sculpture and meditative experience: custom architecture designed for bo... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/09/21/renature-festival-ruigoord-amsterdam-personal.html
"Zzzzzzz is an interactive sculpture and meditative experience: custom architecture designed for bo... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/09/21/renature-festival-ruigoord-amsterdam-personal.html
September 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Re_Nature Festival 2025, Ruigoord, Amsterdam. Personal highlight for me was Beeingness, by Jessica Segall.
"Zzzzzzz is an interactive sculpture and meditative experience: custom architecture designed for bo... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/09/21/renature-festival-ruigoord-amsterdam-personal.html
"Zzzzzzz is an interactive sculpture and meditative experience: custom architecture designed for bo... https://arnoldhoogerwerf.nl/2025/09/21/renature-festival-ruigoord-amsterdam-personal.html
📺 Just finished season 3 of The Wire, and I found it the best yet. From what I’ve read online, season 4 gets even better, so I’m eager to continue with this series as soon as possible.
September 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
📺 Just finished season 3 of The Wire, and I found it the best yet. From what I’ve read online, season 4 gets even better, so I’m eager to continue with this series as soon as possible.
Vegetarian tajine and traybake with crispy potatoes and a yogurt-based sauce.
September 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Vegetarian tajine and traybake with crispy potatoes and a yogurt-based sauce.
🌱🍎 This year’s harvest came early, and we have more apples than ever before. The first creations (a bottle of apple juice and our take on tarte Tatin) won’t last long, I suspect.
September 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🌱🍎 This year’s harvest came early, and we have more apples than ever before. The first creations (a bottle of apple juice and our take on tarte Tatin) won’t last long, I suspect.
🎵 Relistening to the timeless Deep Listening album (1989) by Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis, in preparation for my new lessons on artistic research through sound.
September 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🎵 Relistening to the timeless Deep Listening album (1989) by Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis, in preparation for my new lessons on artistic research through sound.
Very simple but very tasty quiche with onion, garlic, spinach and feta cheese. The family loved it.
September 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Very simple but very tasty quiche with onion, garlic, spinach and feta cheese. The family loved it.
🌱 For a few years now, we have lots of firebugs living in our front yard, probably because we have more native plants (like the common mallow) and warmer summers than before.
August 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🌱 For a few years now, we have lots of firebugs living in our front yard, probably because we have more native plants (like the common mallow) and warmer summers than before.
🐝 Three bumblebees feeding on a sunflower.
August 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🐝 Three bumblebees feeding on a sunflower.
Looking back on a short yet joyful holiday in the beautiful Harz National Park in Germany.
August 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Looking back on a short yet joyful holiday in the beautiful Harz National Park in Germany.