Naam- en eindeloos

We were the womb where all life began anew. We were a bubbling and since ancient times pressurizing volcano that could no longer be controlled. Ultimately we erupted in full force, and, instead of lava, spewed pure, molten gold high into the sky where it congealed into hefty, solid nuggets. Though these caused a considerable amount of casualties when landing, they enabled the survivors to take a flying start. … In retrospect it all started off quite harmlessly. At the time no-one could have guessed that two at first sight futile incidents that in a short period of time took place independently from each other, would launch a chain of events that rapidly lead humanity into the abyss. And yet one could pinpoint the interlocking consequences of a Dutch singer who got for unclear reasons thrown out of a renomated, international song contest and the suspension of a soccer player during a European Championship because of a political statement, as the epicenter from which the general decl...

Back then I made a little side money writing reviews for a newspaper, and it goes without saying that when, one morning, I came across an invitation in my mailbox from a befriended, by lineage abundantly well-to-do artist-cinematographer who was commencing to make himself a name in various artistic circles, asking me to come over to his mansion where he had himself a small, private home theater installed, to watch a movie in select company, I didn't hesitate for the blink of an eye to accept. Assuming it concerned a preview of his latest work and anxiously looking forward to the result, I arrived (for the main part of the route I had taken a train out of town, subsequently I covered the last stretch along various country lanes by foot under a bright afternoon sun) on the designated date a little before the specified time on site. At the end of the in beige-colored gravel coated, lengthy driveway that, coming from the street-side fence, ended in a minor roundabout, behind which the ...