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December 26, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

Schützenhalle: ins Blaue hinein

“Gott, bei deinem starken Schützen
Sind wir vor den Feinden frei.
Wenn sie sich als wilde Wellen
Uns aus Grimm entgegenstellen,
Stehn uns deine Hände bei.”

(J.S. Bach in Aria Gott, bei deinem starken Schützen BWV 14)
Aachen (D)

November 27, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

Today we do our shopping next to “Ateliers Gamain”

“But you said you were
Just shopping, not buying anything
All you said you were doing was
Just shopping, not buying anything”

(The Dramatics in Just Shopping)
Liège (B)

October 8, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

An asbestos symphony in the open air

“Under my tree-roof
slanting lines of April rain
separate to drops”

(P. Amsel in song Under my tree-roof, based on a haiku from M. Basho)
Eschweiler (D)

September 5, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

Demolition and in the mirror the beginning of the new building is glowing

“Der Spiegel sagt mir: ich bin schön!
Ihr sagt: zu altern sei auch mein Geschick.
Vor Gott muß alles ewig stehn,
In mir liebt ihn für diesen Augenblick.”

(J.W. von Goethe in Suleika)
Brussel (B)

August 17, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

A theater of renovation

“When the golden day is done,
Through the closing portal,
Child and garden, flower and sun,
Vanish all things mortal.”

(R.L. Stevenson in Night and Day)
Liège (B)

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Schützenhalle: ins Blaue hinein

Today we do our shopping next to “Ateliers Gamain”

An asbestos symphony in the open air

Demolition and in the mirror the beginning of the new building is glowing

A theater of renovation