Sabbaticals, Holidays and Breaks
The homemade bird houses embedded in the fish hint at a prehistoric look at creation. A glimpse of the world before the birds and fishes were assigned their appropriate places in the seas and heavens. Read More …
“The Three Faces of Eve”
The faces of humanity as we encounter suffering creates this montage of thorny issues. The original film “The Three Faces of Eve” in black and white captures the distortions of humanity caused by suffering. The Read More …
Peaks, Lime-sulphur and Ibrahim
Waking up to mountains and valleys crested in white snow and a sun struggling to burn warmth into a cool day, launches every perspective, every view, into a tableau for the music of the spheres. Read More …
Amsterdam, History and Mnemonics
The sidewalks are tripping zones created by bicycles waiting for their owners to return. This title image bicycle is a roaring twenties model. Not seen on the streets today, but was used in India by Read More …
Museums are Mnemonic Devices
One more gallery, one more walk, one more sun-sprinkled day. Dashing over cobblestones and pavers we started a day of exploration at the Moco. A modern-contemporary museum. The graffiti works of British artist Banksy not Read More …
Marches, Might and Mnemonics
The connection between these three historical figures was textbook clear. Yet when I walked into the exhibit at the Nieuwe Kerk an overwhelming emotional gratitude struck my white listening ears. These three individuals had fought Read More …
Memory, Memorials and Mnemonics
The 1941 photograph captures the Frank family in winter woollens. The picture reminds me of those early immigrant photos taken in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. Walking through the Anne Frank House some 20 Read More …
Magritte, the Pipe, the Saw and the Pis
In all the guide books and web sites that nudge visitors to explore Brussels there is one entry that tops the list — Manneken Pis. Yes, a statue of a boy urinating in a fountain. Read More …
Brussels Building Style and Reformation
In the square in Brussels the boys are tying jackets and scarfs and shirts together for a tug of war or possibly a territorial defence against the cookie-selling girls-troupe across the square. This square was Read More …
The Burghers of Brugge
The movie set has been overrun with tourists. We lined up with them. Took a train from Brussels this morning hoping not to pierce the rain clouds. We failed! It rained. That drizzling rain that Read More …