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“memories warm you up from the inside
but they also tear you apart”

― haruki murakami, kafka on the shore

gone but not forgotten

gone but not forgotten

Crush the buildings.

Bludgeon those who dare to care.

But.

They will. Remember.

(Graveyard, Doel)

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge – Gone but not forgotten

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converge(d)

“In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It’s important to combine the two in just the right amount.”

― Haruki Murakami, After Dark

converged

converged

(Decorated door, Mechelen)

WordPress Photo Challenge – Converge – (re)converge(d)

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converge

“…always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world…”

– Khalil Gibran

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Converging people achieve remarkable things.

Walls fall.

People connect.

Lives change.

These last few weeks I have been lucky enough to converge with some wonderful people here during WordPress Photo 101.

I’ve learned a lot, laughed a lot. Yes, even cried a little.

So, for this week’s WordPress Weekly Challenge, I’d like to introduce some new friends.

See Eastern Europe through the eyes of a self confessed negativist existentialist (who actually is anything but negative) with a thing about cats and railways and who almost convinced us that converge was a swear word Mara Eastern’s Personal Blog – a life in pictures and words

Take a look at the Netherlands, and Brazil, with my almost neighbour lucile de godoy – bridging lacunas

Explore Justine’s eclectic world, into which I insisted on introducing aliens, at Eclectic odds n sods – Parenting, Pet Tales, Humour & Photography

And meet Mitch with whom I discussed Thunderbirds, atomic powered jets and drew comparisons with Ansel Adams at Exploratorius – Photo Hack & Curious Wanderer

And yes, selecting which few to show here was a very very tough choice, there were so many sharing their photos, their words, their time.

I raise a glass and a smile to everyone with whom I have converged these last weeks and say a big thank you for the words, smiles and friendship we have shared.

And a huge thank you to the team at WordPress who made it all happen.

I hope we will all converge again soon.

To live, laugh, cry and love a little.

(Berlin Wall, Mini-Europe, Brussel)

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angular

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This trip was supposed to be to the top of Parking 58 which offers the best views across the rooftops of Brussel.

A locked gate bent me out of shape – angular

So, I grabbed this shot, and wondered if I would ever use it.

And, now, I have.

My contribution to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.

ps – you may also like to checkout my angular post on belgradestreets too…

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achievement

“One fine day I’m gonna be the one
To make you understand”

– Spencer Davis Group

Keep on running

Keep on running

It’s not about me.

It’s about him.

The guy in the photo.

He’s doing.

What I should be doing.

So.

My contribution to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.

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minimalist

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My contribution to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.

NaBloPoMo 8 of 30

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Cover Art Revisited

This weekly photo challenge, hosted by Pete Rosos, was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed taking a slightly off piste approach to the challenge. Pete was generous enough to include my contribution in his post along with some of the other great entries…

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descent

“I am the way into eternal pain,
I am the way to go among the lost.”

– Dante Alighieri, Inferno

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This is my contribution to the latest Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.

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cover art

just imagine if bono had been born in brussel

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This is my contribution to the latest Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.

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refraction

“Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted”

― Shelley

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This is my contribution to the latest Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.