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October 4, 2024 What has been left

The lost bath slipper as “LULKOEK”

“Wait not to find thy slippers,
But come with thy naked feet;
We shall have to pass
through the dewy grass,
And waters wide and fleet.”

(H.W. Longfellow no title)
‘s Hertogenbosch (NL)

July 31, 2024 Culture of Industry

Put out one’s tongue at the safety measures

“Yes, I have a thousand tongues,
And nine and ninety-nine lie.
Though I strive to use the one,
It will make no melody at my will,
But is dead in my mouth.”

(St. Crane, no title in The Black Riders and Other Lines, no. 4)
Maastricht (NL)

July 13, 2024 Street Scenes

The eye that never sleeps

“Close thine eyes and sleep secure,
Thy soul is safe, thy body sure;
He that guards thee, He that keeps,
Never slumbers, never sleeps.”

(Fr. Quarles in A good night)
Yvoz-Ramet (B)

February 12, 2024 Still Life

What a miracle, it was shot wrong!

“»Es ist ein Schuß gefallen,
Mein! sagt, wer schoß da drauß?«
Es ist der junge Jäger,
Der schieß im Hinsterhaus.”

(J.W. von Goethe in Schneidercourage)
‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)

February 6, 2024 Still Life

A hologram of a smashed window

“Factory windows are always broken.
Other windows are let alone.
No one throws through the chapel-window
The bitter, snarling, derisive stone.”

(V. Lindsay in Factory windows are always broken)
‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)

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The lost bath slipper as “LULKOEK”

Put out one’s tongue at the safety measures

The eye that never sleeps

What a miracle, it was shot wrong!

A hologram of a smashed window