People who know me very well know how important the spiritual is to me. Without mentioning it often. I hardly ever write about it, while it occupies a very important place in my life. I wanted to give it a place in the Tori in two forms. From the start I knew I wanted percussion. And not just anyone, but Ifor Baynes. Percussive sounds that flow through everything like water, connect and separate. Sometimes beating like a heart, then rippling like a brook. And while I write it down I think it immediately sounds clich\u00e9. But when you hear it, you understand. And second, I knew I wanted Irma. Irma Kamp from Hengelo, is a very special woman whom I met years ago through a good friend. Irma is in contact with ‘above’. That ‘above’ is something that is difficult to describe or understand if you don’t believe in it. If you do believe in it – like I do – it’s peanuts. Although … It is nice that I have someone like Irma around me, who knows how to put things in the right perspective. Irma combines her special gift with an earthiness that I recognize and that we can laugh about together. She is not easily impressed by ‘above’, but often by ‘earthly’ things such as beautiful and exclusive things. I also don’t know anyone who has as many electrical appliances as Irma – something I like to tease her about. “Irma, what is this again? Is this for the connection with above?” I tease. Turns out to be home tap …
When Irma first met me, she covered her mouth and exclaimed, “My God, you have had many, many lives.” It made me feel embarrassed, but didn’t think it was a very strange comment. We shook hands and contact was there. To date. Every now and then, I need Irma to put things in perspective. With this Tori it was Jeffrey Spalburg who interviewed Irma, and managed to put her in the right perspective. Oh yeah. For this Tori I thought it was safer to ask Irma to do character analysis. I thought that making contact with the dead was more in the private sphere. I don’t think you should involve your audience in that without being asked. Those who want to can always take the train to Hengelo. source: Neske Beks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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