“can a man of perception respect himself at all?”
― fyodor dostoyevsky, notes from underground
walking away
cross the line
walking away (again)
lost shoes
dark and grimy
ticket, buy me?
lost directions
walk away
and find me
(kunst-wet, metro station, brüssel)
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
(EU Parliament, Elsene, Brussel)
NaBloPoMo 30 of 30
transitory treasure
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)
NaBloPoMo 24 of 30 – photography101:16
“There’s a red house over yonder,
That’s where my baby stays…”
– Jimi Hendrix
My homework for the weekend #photo101.
Monochromium Atomium.
With a dash of red.
NaBloPoMo 22 of 30 – photography101:weekendthree
“Trees are sanctuaries.
Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.
– Hesse
west vlandeeren
Trees snatched through the window of a speeding car.
Morning light.
Full of possibility.
NaBloPoMo 21 of 30 – photography101:15
“Every select man strives instinctively for a citadel and a privacy, where he is free from the crowd, the many, the majority…”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Mini-Europe, Bruparck, Brussel
NaBloPoMo 20 of 30 – photography101:14
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
– Stephen King
Catching a moment to read whilst the world rushes by.
This is a very experimental shot.
Rue Neuve, Brussel
I approach the gate, there is a jolt.
Everything shifts, changes.
Nothing feels the same.
Mo(ve)ment.
(Centraal station, Brussel)
NaBloPoMo 19 of 30 – photography101.13
“Sealand forgets her friends
She’ll not leave them again
Mother, sister and home
These arms fail you so”
Sealand – OMD – “Architecture and Morality” – 1981
This place has quite a history.
Today’s challenge was to present architecture in mono.
Faced with a hectic day, the temptation to dig out an archive shot was strong, I have a large collection of such shots.
But…I wanted to enter into the spirit of things!
So, before leaving for work this morning, I stepped out into the rain and grabbed this grainy shot of the EU Parliament with my iPhone and then edited it with Silver Efex Pro.
I have featured this building, which is right outside my front door, in other posts and will again.
NaBloPoMo 18 of 30 – photography101.12
belgianstreets 