renovation - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

July 5, 2023 Culture of Industry, What has been left

Revitalisation Urbaine ….

“Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt,
Paradies und Hölle
können eine Stadt sein.
Für die Mittellosen
ist das Paradies die Hölle.”

(B. Brecht in Hollywood-Elegien, no. 1)
Verviers (B)

February 25, 2023 Street scenes - buildings

Is it all good behind these bricks?

“Brick by brick, they tear you down
A teacup of water is enough to drown
Check your oil, look under the hood
Whatever you see, it’s all good
All good
Say it’s all good”

(Bob Dylan in It’s all good)
Liège (B)

August 17, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

A theater of renovation

“When the golden day is done,
Through the closing portal,
Child and garden, flower and sun,
Vanish all things mortal.”

(R.L. Stevenson in Night and Day)
Liège (B)

September 20, 2021 Street scenes - buildings

How do I find Gerard here?

“You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, “Who is that man?””

(Bob Dylan in Ballad of a thin man)
Eindhoven (NL)

September 8, 2021 Culture of Industry

“Imagination is more important than Knowledge”: Do you see the ship?

“Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine
That lights the pathway but one step ahead
Across a void of mystery and dread.”

(G. Santayana in Sonnets and other verses)
Eindhoven (NL)

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Revitalisation Urbaine ….

Is it all good behind these bricks?

A theater of renovation

How do I find Gerard here?

“Imagination is more important than Knowledge”: Do you see the ship?