ton haarmans ('chin')

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“From the outside, you seem mature with a philosopher's mind. But inside you're just a child lost in a sweet delusion.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Born January 15, 1953, in Utrecht. Retired. Former web designer, photoshopper, and graphic software instructor. On this website, however, taking on the role of writer, philosopher, and amateur mystic. Loner, somewhat autistic. Writer of profound pieces. Spelling Nazi. Dislikes cucumbers and tomatoes, but likes carajillo with "43" and tinto de verano. Can whip up a nice nasi goreng. Usually vegetarian. Suffers from back pain.

Ton (sometimes also called "Chin") is a retired teacher who stood in front of the classroom for over 25 years with great pleasure. He trained countless company employees and individuals in a wide range of graphic software programs, including CorelDraw, PageMaker, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Also created dozens of websites as a front-end developer.

Ton studied philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. In the early 1980s, he came into contact with followers of the Indian guru Rajneesh (also known as "Bhagwan" and later "Osho") and took "sannyas" in 1983. After the death of Rajneesh, he sought refuge with several Neo-Advaita teachers. His desperation for "enlightenment" ended after reading the work of Robert Saltzman, Shiv Sengupta, and Joan Tollifson. Now, there is simply what is, dealing with life as it comes.

Loves writing, science, photography, and nature. Worked for many years as a graphic / web designer and still likes spending time on his computer. Now enjoying retirement with partner Asti and the dogs, Angie, Sky and Joy, in Spain.

On Amazon you can find a number of books written by Ton on Adobe Photoshop and Affinity Photo.
Ton translated, together with two colleagues, 'The Ten Thousand Things' of Robert Saltzman into Dutch: 'De tienduizend dingen', 2023, published by Samsara in Amsterdam.
You can find Ton at Facebook and Bluesky
More personal things about me can be found on some extra files, containing an attempt to blog, my favourite music, portfolios and lots more.
Old versions of this website can be found on:
archived wideopenwin.com and on
archived wideopenwindows.be

Below a number of business cards I have used during the years :-)