by Michiel Koperdraat | Sep 28, 2023 | Articles
Line of Integrity Winning or Losing by Johan Cruyff Netherlands had a football philosopher: Johan Cruijff, in my opinion, the world’s most innovative football player of all time with incredible technique. I grew up just a few hundred meters from Cruijff’s...
by Michiel Koperdraat | Nov 4, 2022 | Articles
Almost everyone is ‘going set’ at some point The expression ‘going set’, originally from the card game klaverjassen, means that you lose, even when you thought you had won many tricks — for example, by overplaying your hand.But ‘going...
by Michiel Koperdraat | Jul 11, 2022 | Articles
Educational language (in Dutch) About reflexively doing something to oneself We have a beautiful Dutch language from which we can learn. Take the reflexive verb for example. Linguistically, there are two versions (‘mandatory’ and ‘incidental’)....
by Michiel Koperdraat | Apr 29, 2021 | Articles
The following (adapted) article was previously published in the magazine Lychnari, Explorations in Modern Greece. It’s a textual interpretation of the famous Greek song ‘To Pepromèno’ (‘Destiny’). The lyrics and music are by Vasilis...
by Michiel Koperdraat | Feb 6, 2021 | Articles
Sense or Nonsense The Meaning of Life ‘What is the meaning of life?’ The age-old question to which almost no one has a ready-made answer. Does life have meaning? Or is it precisely the meaning that makes our life worthwhile?Is it correct when we say ‘the meaning of...
