mining - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

November 15, 2021 Culture of Industry

The gate showing the remnants of past glory

“Et cette heure où l’on se rappelle
Son cœur follement dépensé,
Est comme un frissonnement d’aile
Qui s’en vient du joyeux passé.”

(M. Bouchor in Nos souvenirs)
Liège (B)

November 29, 2020 Culture of Industry

Our thrones decay

“Still flows the ancient fount sublime; —
But, ah, for my heart, shed tears, shed tears;
Not it, but love, has scorn of time,
It turns to dust beneath the years.”

(G.W. Russell from Homeward: Songs by the Way)
Heusden-Zolder (B)

November 8, 2020 Culture of Industry

“Zum Sehen geboren,
Zum Schauen bestellt,
Dem Turme geschworen
Gefällt mir die Welt.
Ich blick’ in die Ferne,
Ich seh’ in der Näh’
Den Mond und die Sterne,
Den Wald und das Reh.”

(J.W. von Goethe in Faust, in Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Part II), Act V
Dour (B)

April 30, 2020 Culture of Industry

But this wheel is dying

“It’s bright in the heavens and the wheels are flying
Fame and honor never seem to fade
The fire’s gone out but the light is never dying
Who says I can’t get heavenly aid?”

(Bob Dylan in Ain’t talkin’)
Heusden-Zolder (B)

September 29, 2019 Culture of Industry

When will they serve the beer?

"Here,
With my beer
I sit,
While golden moments flit:
Alas!
They pass
Unheeded by:
And, as they fly,
I,
Being dry,
Sit, idly sipping here
My beer."

(G. Arnold in Beer)
Colfontaine (B)

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The gate showing the remnants of past glory

Our thrones decay

A tower in the woods

But this wheel is dying

When will they serve the beer?