Thoughts, once I cared.
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
― Aldous Huxley
NaBloPoMo 7 of 30 – photography101:5
photography101: solitude
mono
photography101: bliss
I am listening…
“Of all the conceptions of pure bliss that people and poets have dreamed of, listening to the harmony of the spheres always seemed to me the highest and most intense.”
– Hesse
From martelaars plein.
NaBloPoMo 6 of 30 – photography101:4
photography101: street
My second contribution to the WordPress Photography 101 course has been a challenge…
My photos here on belgianstreets and on belgradestreets tend to focus on details, the things we might miss as we go about our busy lives.
So, the challenge to capture an establishing shot put me out of my comfort zone. And that, I guess, is part of the appeal of Photography 101! 😉
Under time pressure today, I have chosen an existing photo which captures my neighborhood and the people who live here. Oh, and their obsession with cycling!
This wide city street in the heart of Brussel, jammed with cars during the week, was, on the day I took this shot, closed to all traffic except those on bicycles.
You can see the original post here car(e)free.
NaBloPoMo 4 of 30 – photography101:2
photography101: home
This is my first contribution to the WordPress Photography 101 challenge. Each day a different theme is presented to participants to help each of us learn and build.
The theme today, “Home”.
Where is it?
There are many definitions and opinions, physical, whimsical, sentimental, romantic, religious, philosophical.
Places, relationships, the people we love and care for.
Perhaps the real place we can call home is deep down inside ourselves, that part of us that makes us who we are. The place to which we return when we press our own virtual “home” button.
A part that is not shaped by the outside, by others.
A place where we can simply be.
Where we can close our eyes, shut out the noise and light and reflect.
Home.
NaBloPoMo 3 of 30 – photography101:1
La butte du Lion
“Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Man at La butte Du Lion oblivious to the battle raging behind him.
NaBloPoMo 2 of 30
hallerbos
In Spring these woods host an ethereal carpet of bluebells.
Today, on a warm Autumn afternoon, I chose to lose the colour.
Trees.
Forests.
Places to lose oneself for a moment.
Stop.
Look.
Listen.
Breathe.
trees
I have signed up for the Wordpress Photography 101 course which runs through November.
I will also post a photo a day as part of NaBloPoMo, November 2014. This is a taster.
Gazing up through the trees in Hallerbos.
NaBloPoMo 1 of 30
descent
“I am the way into eternal pain,
I am the way to go among the lost.”
– Dante Alighieri, Inferno
This is my contribution to the latest Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.
doel
Unexpected.
Probably one of the most photographed places, off the beaten tourist trail, in Belgium.
A tale of corporate morals, failed vision, spirited resistance, brutality.
People still live here.
The rest of us, with our cameras, watch and wonder, or worse.
Doel.
A nightmare in the middle of prosperity.
Progress?
cover art
just imagine if bono had been born in brussel
This is my contribution to the latest Weekly Photo Challenge from The Daily Post at WordPress.
belgianstreets 