Postcards/Books by Sonja van Kerkhoff

Postcards by Sonja van Kerkhoff

Email: sonjavank@hotmail.com

Shadow / Schaduw,
postcard, 10 x 15 cm.

back to the story, part one
back to the story, part two

terug naar het verhaal, deel één
terug naar het verhaal, deel twee

In you I have treasured,
Postcard, 15 x 10 cm. Text on reverse:
"In you I have treasured the pearls of My mysteries
and the gems of My knowledge..."
From the Bahá'í Writings.

One Euro or one US dollar each, plus postage. No postage costs for orders of 15 or more.

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Giving and Taking,
postcard, 1995, 15 x 10 cm,

text on the front and the reverse:
"Make not your deeds as snares wherewith
to entrap the object of your aspiration..."
From the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Bahá'í Writings.

Getting Cultured | Beschaafd Worden
| Kia Whakararata,
postcard, 10 x 15 cm, 1996.

A joke about being an Antipodean living in Europe
as well as a general dig at the idea that some cultural customs are more civilized than others.

These two cards below are: SOLD OUT

Istanbuldan Laleler | Tulpen uit Istanbul
Tulpen aus Istanbul | Tulips from Istanbul
postcard, 10 x15 cm, 1997. Sold out

Text on the reverse:

Tulpen uit Istanbul
postcard, 15 x 20 cm, 1998.
Produced by de Vishal, Haarlem
and also for sale there.

´It is not a tale invented but a confirmation of what went on before it...´
"Es ist keine erfundene Geschichte, sondern eine Bestätigung dessen, was vorher schon war..."

Yusuf 111, The Qur'án.

The Dutch House of Orange has reigned since 1572. The tulip from Turkey gained popularity in West Europe in the early 1600s.
Die aus der Türkei stammende Tulpe gewinnt ihre grosse Beliebtheit in Westeuropa am Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts. Das Haus Oraien regiert seit dem Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts.

Beatrice and Rapheal (I, my Beloved -my Houri-)

Beatrice and Rapheal

10 x 15 cm postcard
1 Euro or US$1
plus postage costs.

Text on the back of the card:

What shall I do now being in God more near?
If thou within this womb of flames were walled...

And whoso maketh efforts for us, in our ways will we guide them
Qur'án 29:69

Go forward into them and thy faith prove,
...Out of thy heart all fear remove, remove!

It is incumbent on these servants that they cleanse the heart
-which is the wellspring of divine treasures- from every marking, and that they turn away from imitation.

Troubled a little, he said: "Look now, this same
Wall is ´twixt Beatrice and thee, my son."

...until, like Jacob, thou forsake thine outward eyes, thou shalt never open the eye of thine inward being; and until thou burn with the fire of love, thou shalt never commune with the Lover of Longing.

My hardness melted, hearing the name told...

Split the atom´s heart, and lo!
Within it thou wilt find a sun.
Qur'án 67:3

Such burning beyond measure did I feel.
My sweet Father, to give me heart of grace,
Continued only on Beatrice to descant.

Kindle the fire of love and burn away all things.
Then set thy foot into the land of the lovers.

Canto XXVII, The Divine Comedy

The Seven Valleys, The Bahá'í Writings.

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Letters of the Living /
Letters van de Levende

The continuously expanding space...

Letters of the Living /
Letters van de Levende

text on reverse:

In 19th century Iran, eighteen individuals known today by the Bahais as the Letters of the Living, left an established religion to follow a new prophet. It was a time of danger, persecution, chaos and passion as they sought to discover the meaning of their new religion.

Each flag symbolized the spirit of these ´Letters´. The flags constantly moved and changed their form but remained linked to each branch, like the individuals they symbolize: anchored in the belief in a religious system, held in relation with one another by a common idea, but blown by the winds.

This 10 x 15 cm card costs
One Euro
or one US$ dollar, plus postage. Email: sonjavank(at)hotmail.com
about orders.

De zich onophoudelijk uitbreidende ruimte...

To The Grains of Salt Book (a book about this installation)

text on reverse:
The continuously expanding space generated by the experience of having perceived oneself.

De zich onophoudelijk uitbreidende ruimte, ontstaat door de ervaring zichzelf waargenomen te hebben.

een project van Gaudi Hoedaya, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Sen McGlinn & Jacqueline Wassen.
13 - 27 juni 1999, den Haag.
(met een korte beschrijving over de werk van elk van deze mensen)

This 10 x 15 cm card costs one Euro or one US$ dollar, plus postage. Email: sonjavank(at)hotmail.com about orders.

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