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photography101: weekend 4

“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”

― Hermann Hesse

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This collage seemed a good idea when I decided to do it – note theme was to “get out and explore…”

It was light at some point today, now it is dark and the day has slipped by, no exploring has been done.

Although some, and you know who you are, have kept me up to date with life in the world outside including tales of savage deer, flowers served for dinner and unsatisfying pizza for lunch.

Lessons from #photo101?

1. It’s good to talk, even better to listen
2. It’s ok to cry a bit
3. I have discovered a new found fondness for alien fiction – sorry Justine
4. I know more about what people in the Netherlands do
5. I would like to follow a path through a Czech field, even though Mara tells me it only leads to another field
6. I want an atomic powered plane
7. I have become addicted to #photo101 and to talking about it with some of you at all hours
8. I think I learned some things about photography, like don’t set out to make a collage of 100 photos in photoshop lightly
9. I have always liked railways, now even more
10. …and a few other things

And most of all, the very best, has been meeting so many of you and making some new friendships that I hope will endure.

So…thank you to the WordPress crew, and to all of you!

This is not the end, just a new chapter.

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photography101: weekend 4

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photography101: triumph

“They will not control us,
We will be victorious”

– Muse, Uprising

triumph inside

triumph inside

Razorwire.

They lock me in.

They are the men with bulldozers and hammers.

They are my memories.

Of words said. Words unsaid. Words never acted on. Doors left unopened.

I can recognise, accept.

I can survive.

If I choose.

(Hooghuis, Doel)

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photography101: double (trouble)

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Sometimes the answer is right in front of us.

All day*, trying to think of another double photo.

And (t)here, on the wall, at work.

Ping(back)! I found it.

Good night fellow #photo101 classmates!

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* Whilst working very hard, obviously.

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photography101: double

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In this case, X does not mark the spot.

A little asymmetric double.

In the tunnel.

No wing mirrors.

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photography101: (another) edge

Something about Christmas preparations sets my nerves on edge.

Trees ripped from the forest.

Forced jollity.

Pretence.

Poverty amid abundance.

So, with apologies for the downbeat tone.

An edgy angle on Christmas preparations in Grote Markt, Brussel.

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photography101: (more) glass

“How does light enter a house? If the windows are open. How does light enter a human? If the door of love is open.”

― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

(MAS | Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerpen)

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photography101: glass

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My morning drive to work, grinding through slow moving traffic, frequent periods at a complete standstill.

I have another post in mind that I will share this evening.

For now, welcome to the static world of the R0 outside Brussel.

Shot through the window glass of my car.

Glass.

Mirror.

Life. Reflected.

Have a great day!

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a little diversion

One of the challenges faced by anyone in arriving in a new country is getting to grips with the local customs, the language.

In Belgium, that challenge magnified as there are two languages to learn, Français and Nederlands.

Nederlands is then spiced up a bit with various regional differences and some carefully inserted words designed to make sure it stands out from the language spoken by the inhabitants of that country to the North.

Despite my weekly lessons, I am essentially clueless.

However, I have benefited from a very clever public awareness scheme seemingly designed to help those new to the country get to grips with the most important words.

A scheme operated by governments at every level across the region.

Those words?

– omleiden

– omlegging

– onderbroken

But the really clever part is that the bright orange awareness raising posters signs, that are used to reinforce these crucial words, also guide the visitor to new and undiscovered places, some never to be visited again.

It really is a very clever initiative.

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A little diversion from the rigour of #photo101

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photography101: treasure

transitory treasure

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Treasure is transitory, illusory.

One person’s treasure is another person’s junk.

What was once treasured now gathers dust on the shelf, in the attic, basement, on the table at the flea market.

The real treasure is what we hold inside us.

The feelings we have, for people, places, times.

The memories and hopes that can never turn to dust.

Treasure.

(Canal side flea market, Brugge)

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