the next narrative

the next narrative

This tale is an invitation to trust, to ignite the flame of possibility, and to embrace a life teeming with vitality and purpose. As we turn its pages, we enter a world where the boundaries between the mystical and the scientific blur, where miracles and empirical...
Icarian Interlude

Icarian Interlude

Icarian Interlude Ronald van de Cappelle, Icarian Interlude, 2023 June, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 30 cm, private collection, Amsterdam. A beautiful young woman, her aura aglow with grace, sits before a grand piano, her fingers dancing upon the ivory keys. The room is...
Lost in reality

Lost in reality

Poster image for the exposition ‘Healing power’ in the TropenMuseum is to be seen till August 28, 2022 A cheerful, sunny walk through the Oosterpark led me to the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Temperatures higher than normal for the time of the year didn’t bother me at...
Human-NATURE centred

Human-NATURE centred

How to learn four books in just four full days of teaching? An old Chinese proverb offers the solution: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and understand.” So, Class 17, 平面 A1, was divided into four groups, and each group was...
Back in Time

Back in Time

On Friday, November 18, 2011, I conducted a workshop for St. Ignatius Gymnasium. It consisted of an entire afternoon dedicated to the exhibition ‘Snapshot’ at the Van Gogh Museum. ‘Snapshot’ focuses on photographs taken by seven artists,...