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vibrant

dwell on the beauty of life
watch the stars
and see yourself running with them’

― marcus aurelius, meditations


Each week, I look forward to the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.

Every now and then, like this week, my heart sinks when I see the challenge, and I think to myself ‘nope, this one just doesn’t work for me’. So, when I arrived home last night, cold and wet under a leaden Brussels sky, I almost gave up. In the end, over on my ‘personal’ blog, I found inspiration on my wrist.

This morning, on waking (very late, I blame the miserable weather), I resolved to make the best of it, and find something (anything) on the streets of Brussels that would fit the bill.

I set off to walk, thought better of it and took the bus.

Arrived in the centre of town, close to the Opera.

And – lo and behold – I found something vibrant, on the dullest day imaginable.

Hey, and why not sing along and dance, as many did, despite the rain and gloomy skies!

So, in the end, I found something vibrant on belgianstreets and even smiled a bit 😉


for wordpress weekly photo challenge – vibrant

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bbc world news – video

This is the original interview that I gave to BBC reporter Christian Fraser on Saturday night.

The interview has also been posted here on belgianstreets.com in my post of the same day ‘a day of terror’ and also on andytownend.com as part of my ’24’ style post.

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shooting (between…

“listening to the tube trains passing beneath me. i thought, all those hundreds and thousands and millions of people” 

― tracey emin, strangeland

(stib / mvib line 2, troon – kunst-wet, brüssel)

(for lucile’s photo rehab 101)

*video shot with iphone 5, edited in imovie, no moving parts*

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raining

“it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins” 
―  gustave flaubert

andy was once, by the rain, impressed
he wasn't yet dressed
he whipped out his phone
stifled a moan
and, this video, is being, processed

derelict factory, birminghamstraat, molenbeek

(for lucile degodoy’s photo 101 rehab)

*video shot with iphone 5, edited in imovie, singing in the rain optional desirable*