Posts Tagged: litter
Monuments of consumerism
On October 5, 2019
- What has been left
“In den angenehmen Büschen,
Wo sich Licht und Schatten mischen,
Suchet sich in stiller Lust
Aug’ und Herze zu erfrischen;
Dann erheb’t sich aus der Brust
Mein zufriedenes Gemüte,
Und lobsingt des Schöpfers Güte …”
(B.H. Brockes in Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott)
Bottrop (D)
A chair waiting for the summer to come
On September 24, 2019
- Culture of Industry
"When summer comes I’ll steal away And find the land of shining day; I’ll rest beside the singing streams And make myself a house of dreams." (H. Taylor in When summer comes) Bottrop (D)
A supple dance of a dancer torn into pieces
On January 20, 2019
- What has been left
"The girl goes dancing there
On the leaf-sown, new-mown, smooth
Grass plot of the garden;
Escaped from bitter youth,
Escaped out of her crowd,
Or out of her black cloud.
Ah, dancer, ah, sweet dancer!
If strange men come from the house
To lead her away, do not say
That she is happy being crazy;
Lead them gently astray;
Let her finish her dance,
Let her finish her dance.
Ah, dancer, ah, sweet dancer!"
(W.B. Yeats in Sweet dancer)
Liège (B)
After the toast to the new year
On January 5, 2019
- What has been left
"Zwei Flaschen stehn auf einer Bank,
die eine dick, die andre schlank.
Sie möchten gerne heiraten.
Doch wer soll ihnen beiraten?
Mit ihrem Doppel-Auge leiden
sie auf zum blauen Firmament . . .
Doch niemand kommt herabgerennt
und kopuliert die beiden."
(Chr. Morgenstern in Die beiden Flaschen)
Fleron (B)
Traveling electronics
On September 28, 2018
- What has been left
“Brown suit case in the corner:
Where have you been?
Circle around the terminal.
Hide what’s within.
What to take when I move from this place,
and what to leave behind?”
(K. More in Suitcase)
Aachen (D)