façades and fences Archives - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

November 22, 2020 Street Scenes

The entrance to paradise?

“And there shall you be queen; but I,
Shall I find entrance too?
Or must I roam eternity,
To search, sweetheart, for you?”

(Fr. Money-Coutts in Paradise regained)
Seraing (B)

July 16, 2020 Street scenes - buildings

“I live my life in primary colors
I let praise or blame fall where they may.
I hold my soul in equanimity …”

(Sister Helen Prejean from the song cycle The Deepest Desire: Four Meditations on Love)
Namur (B)

July 4, 2020 Street scenes - buildings

The hollow house

“But age apace
Comes at last to all;
And a lone house filled
With the cricket’s call;
And the scampering mouse
In the hollow wall.”

(Walter de la Mare in Alone)
Liège (B)

June 21, 2020 Culture of Industry

The creation of a wall

“When the creation was new
and all the stars shone in their first splendour,
the gods held their assembly in the sky and sang
‘Oh, the picture of perfection! the joy unalloyed!'”

(Rabindranath Tagore in Gitanjali no. 78)
Namur (B)

January 14, 2020 Street scenes - buildings

Is she still staying upstairs?

“Front door shut, back door too,
Blinds pulled down, what’ cha gonna do?
Gotta step it up and go-Yeah, go.”

(Bob Dylan in Step it up and go)
Herstal (B)

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The entrance to paradise?

The joy of colors

The hollow house

The creation of a wall

Is she still staying upstairs?