Thursday, August 9, 2012

Dive in Supernova


I don't know where we went last night,
Swimming through this parallel universe, a scenic sea full of colours and light
 I don't know where I woke up today,
In the middle of this swanlake, with a diving-bell in my hand, dipping in a butterfly bouquet
I do know somewhere over the rainbow there is a land,
and it's fucking AMAZING! So I'd say let's expand.

Text: Maaijke Middelbeek

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Springflower























Photo: Maaijke Middelbeek

Gunpower


On top of this crazy world the heartless rule
They keep all the good ones for fool
Their power doesn't come from the soul
Even freedom is something they want to control
They shout down and couldn't care less
While all the wholehearted have to clean up their mess
They embrace three words: power, cash, fame
And when things go wrong the innocents get the blame
Their wold turns on oil, guns and money
Death and destruction are making it less and less sunny
I don't know what they feel
But I know our ground is more fortunate, loving and real

Poem: Maaijke Middelbeek

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Slowly vanishing



Illustration: Maaijke Middelbeek

Florescence

Sad little lonely girl, step out of that heavy suit
In this springtime no more reason for a black mood
Put on a sundress, it’s time to play
Colours, relief, chilly memories fade away

Open the curtains, you will get wise
Clear light is brightening the grey skies
No more nightmares accompanied by dreams
Run through the last rain to catch the first sun beams

Poem: Maaijke Middelbeek

THE RED TOY by Dani Rosenberg

Facing the truth



Illustration: Maaijke Middelbeek

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

What a jest



Shit on the porch
Pulp under the old oak
What a mess
Quit the joke

Piss on the flag
Dolls without head
Glass in my bag
This is bad

Poem: Maaijke Middelbeek

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The Golden Filter - Syndromes



Syndromes follows a young girl with mysterious talents that finds herself unwillingly entwined in an elite underworld that only the ailing wealthy are ever aware of. Syndromes features six original new songs. The music was written first. Grammy-winning Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli created the filmshort as a response to it.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Me or the?



Sometimes I wonder is it me or my imagination?
Are true occurrences part of living in a dream?
Fantasies become reality in my own creation
But they are not always what they seem

Voices are present just as an illusory
The inexplicable is something without a solid grip
Beauty is everywhere turns to be con-temporary
The art of it takes the mind on a sentimental trip

Though I try to get that train to the unconscious
Already bought a ticket to never ever whatever land
Travel along for answers avoiding the fractious
Knowing this is a journey without end



Poem: Maaijke Middelbeek
Photography: Laura Makabresku, Poland

Seabear - I'll build you a fire

Experimental Indie Folk from Iceland.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Analyse for the love of

I’d like to share a piece of me
My eyes, my lips, a thought or three
When you expect more well go search that key
The one that opens me up to get in more deeply
Than you can examine my cells thoroughly
Fly through my brain like a purposeful bee
Finally count my annual rings and tell me what you see
Because my heart I do not share for free

Poem: Maaijke Middelbeek

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Wonderwall 1968

A miraculous, psychedelic and colourful movie with Jane Birkin.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Solitary moon

First you show me the moon
Now you leave me my skin bruised
My head and body filled with black holes
While you knew from the beginning
I could never beat your platoon


















Photo: MoonRiver by Ryan McGinley
Text: Maaijke Middelbeek

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Dog-walking ground



Animation by Leonid Shmelkov
Собачья площадка

Monday, August 29, 2011

Water drawings

Life in amniotic fluid
Web of poison
Under my skin through my veins

Ink in water drawings: Maaijke Middelbeek

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Swallow


Dear little swallow
Let’s fly out in the morning
Take me where the wind blows
us. Back, forth, up and down.

Dear little swallow
Flying over the sea
No matter where we’ll go
we’ll be coming home safely.

Maybe the true meaning of a swallow’s watching over me.

Dear little swallow
Don’t shed a tear
Rub two coins together
ensures wealth through the year.

Dear little swallow
Why feel so hollow?
We’ve come a long way
a little bit wiser every day.

Maybe the true meaning of a swallow’s watching over me.

Lyrics: Marielle Zijlstra
Painting: Jacek Galazka

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