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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.

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signs

“One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

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

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caravane culturelle syrienne

A “pop up” street gallery, Syrian art in the heart of Brussel.

The caravan is touring various parts of Europe revealing, through art and engagement, the life of the people suffering behind the scenes.

Images blowing in the wind need little explanation.

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bells

“…and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee…”

—Donne, Meditation XVII[17]

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dance dance dance

““Dance,” said the Sheep Man. “Yougottadance. Aslongasthemusicplays. Yougotta dance. Don’teventhinkwhy…”

― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

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Lost in Sablon.

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car(e)free

“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle

And, when the roads of Brussel were closed to cars this Sunday, that is exactly what the population did.

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faces at stripfeest

“People are strange when you’re a stranger
Faces look ugly when you’re alone
Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted”

– The Doors

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endurance

“Au milieu de l’hiver, j’apprenais enfin qu’il y avait en moi un été invincible”

– Albert Camus

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

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full moon over belgianstreets

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

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Back in May 2012 I captured a shot of the supermoon as it shone over belgradestreets

The photo above was captured this evening as the moon emerged from the clouds over the rooftops of Brussel…