demolition - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

December 10, 2022 Religious objects

Easter 2021: resurrection but without arms

“Was entstanden ist, das muß vergehen!
Was vergangen, auferstehen!
Hör auf zu beben!
Bereite dich zu leben!”

(G. Mahler in O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube)
Cadier en Keer (NL)

October 8, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

An asbestos symphony in the open air

“Under my tree-roof
slanting lines of April rain
separate to drops”

(P. Amsel in song Under my tree-roof, based on a haiku from M. Basho)
Eschweiler (D)

September 5, 2022 Street scenes - buildings

Demolition and in the mirror the beginning of the new building is glowing

“Der Spiegel sagt mir: ich bin schön!
Ihr sagt: zu altern sei auch mein Geschick.
Vor Gott muß alles ewig stehn,
In mir liebt ihn für diesen Augenblick.”

(J.W. von Goethe in Suleika)
Brussel (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)

July 14, 2021 What has been left

“We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best
She turned around to look at me
As I was walkin’ away …”

(Bob Dylan in Tangled up in blue)
Liège (B)

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Easter 2021: resurrection but without arms

An asbestos symphony in the open air

Demolition and in the mirror the beginning of the new building is glowing

A theater of renovation

Not only our car is in pieces