Posts Tagged: chimney’s
Shut down!
On May 4, 2020
- Culture of Industry
“You took the silver, you took the gold
You left me standing out in the cold …”
(Bob Dylan in Million Miles)
Liège-Bressoux (B)
The silent chimney from a blast furnace
On February 17, 2020
- Culture of industry - steel industry
“Wie ein vulkanischer Berg lag er im Weiten. Manchmal
flammend. Manchmal im Rauch. Traurig und göttlich.
Nur eine nahe vielleicht, ihm anliegende Ortschaft
bebte.”
(R.M. Rilke in Fünf Gesänge)
Ougrée (B)
Stopping prohibition and a water tower
On October 10, 2019
- Culture of Industry
“There will be quiet open spaces,
and shady towers sweet with bells,
and quiet folks with quiet faces,
walking among these miracles.”
(H. Wolfe in The dream-city)
Chênée (B)
Don’t fly away from me!
On October 1, 2019
- Street Scenes
"Often in the white clouds that appear on the horizon It seems that as an angel you fly towards me, And hold out your arms never to leave me again. Ah, tell me, ah, say if there is anything that conjures up an image of me for you!" (Unidentified author in All'amante lontano, transl. by L. Claycomb) Amsterdam (NL)