gardens - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

January 2, 2023 Landscapes

The satyrs will be sitting here at midnight

“Um Mitternacht
Hab’ ich gewacht
Und aufgeblickt zum Himmel;
Kein Stern vom Sterngewimmel
Hat mir gelacht
Um Mitternacht.”

(Fr. Rückert in Um Mitternacht)
Marchin (B)

December 31, 2022 religious objects

Searching for Jesus

“I’m searching for phrases to sing your praises
I need to tell someone
It’s soon after midnight and my day has just begun”

(Bob Dylan in Soon after midnight)
Marchin (B)

December 28, 2022 Still Life

When will Vincent van Gogh come and sit here?

“Ah, Sun-flower! weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime,
Where the traveller’s journey is done: …”

(W. Blake in Songs of Experience, no. 14)
Marchin (B)

November 12, 2022 Still Life

At the seaside dreaming like a child

“When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup.
In every hole the sea came up,
Till it could come no more.”

(R.L. Stevenson in At the sea-side)
Ohey (B)

June 5, 2022 Street Scenes

The two of us together

“O enter with me the gates of delight,
The gates of the garden of man’s desire,
Where spirits, touched by heav’nly fire,
Have planted the trees of life.”

(R.S. Bridges in Invocation to Music)
Liège-Flémalle (B)

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The satyrs will be sitting here at midnight

Searching for Jesus

When will Vincent van Gogh come and sit here?

At the seaside dreaming like a child

The two of us together