Auteur: Jack P. Kruf

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64 Governments

 
A still reminder on the office. Society seen from above. From a citizen, street or society perspective, one can count 64 governments active at the same time. Need care? There are many offices, companies and subsystems busy. Stop at one point in a street and count the different operational policy plans or consider the distinct accent of responsibilities in the diverse governmental layers and teams of mayors, aldermen, deputies or ministers. One government does not exist, only in our minds. 64 is magic and, at the same time, from a governance perspective, an impossible number because of the fragmentation and segmentation of responsibilities, rules and regulations. It is the chessboard in a new perspective. Bibliography Kruf, J. (2017) 64 Governments [fine art print]. Breda: Private collection.
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Desert Dimensions


The Acacia at Sossusvlei almost disappears in Namibia’s vast and high landscape of sand dunes (more giant than the Eiffel Tower).

Bibliography

Kruf, J.  (2006) Desert Dimensions. Breda: Private collection.

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Dimensie van het leven

Op deze koude dag (20 graden onder nul), Halsteren, 9 januari 2009, overleed mijn vader. Terug naar huis dus in het landschap van mijn jeugd, daar waar wij ooit in de zee zwommen, speelden en lachten. Ik probeer met alles wat ik heb de wind te vangen in mijn thuisland, maar alles lijkt bevroren. De wereld staat stil, volledig. 

Bibliography

Kruf, J. (2009) Dimensie van het leven [fine art print]. Breda: Privécollectie.

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The tree is dead, long live the tree!

“Trees are the main players in the Empire of the Sun.” This is what friend (professor) Roelof Oldeman told me in the summer of 2022, driving at walking speed through the forests of the Veluwe some weeks before he passed away. He continued: “We should consider them as such and treat them with grace, dignity and respect. Without them, we will be lost.” Wisdom it is.

Many trees and forests are under immense pressure due to human expansion with related lousy governance and management. We need to remind ourselves – from the perspective of ‘hope’, i.e. the idea of a better world with internal high inner connection and involvement (Cornel West) (in contrast with optimism) –  that nature is much bigger than us: the tree is dead, long live the tree!

In Deadvlei, these proud acacias still stand. They are believed to have died 600–700 years ago due to changes in river flow, drifting sand dunes and medieval climate changes. They are silent reminders of my dear friend’s noble thoughts and considerations. I found this one in my notebook from our travels through Namibia in 2003 and repainted it.

Bibliography

Kruf, J.P. (2022) The tree is dead, long live the tree! [fine are print]. Breda: Private collection.