De dichter schrijft in zijn verantwoording aan het slot van de bundel:

"In het voorjaar van 2018 stond ik voor het eerst op een podium om mijn eigen teksten voor te dragen.

Hoewel ik heel lang veel heb geschreven was dat in zekere zin ook de eerste keer dat ik verantwoordelijkheid nam voor dat wat ik schrijf.

Tussen voorjaar 2018 en zomer 2019 heb ik wekelijks ergens in het land op een podium gestaan. Daarbij stelde ik mij ten doel om bij iedere voordracht tenminste één nieuwe tekst te lat...

On the Necessity of Gardening tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries, artists, writers, poets and thinkers have each described, depicted and designed the garden in different ways. In medieval art, the garden was a reflection of paradise, a place of harmony and fertility, shielded from worldly problems. In the eighteenth century this image tilted: the garden became a symbol of worldly power and politics. The Anthropocene, the era in which man complete...

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