The Boy Who Said WowThere's so much out there to cheer ones heart. Keep both an open mind and a receptive heart. Daily I try to help people see a stream of light. To people who have difficulties, to people who are in utter despair, I say that I know what you're feeling.... See More » (1)
Book to share - August 2024 PINNEDThe Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicolas Carr (2010): "We want to be interrupted, because each interruption brings us a valuable piece of information… And so we ask the Internet to keep interrupting us, in ever more and... See More » (1)
Naivety as a shield?The meaning can lie between two poles, with on the positive side an unbiased purity uncorrupted by knowledge ("This observation is of a touching naivety"), and on the negative side stupidity, lack of worldly wisdom and culpable ignorance ("He... See More » (2)
The 21st JulyBelgian National Day was originally celebrated on 27th September, the date of the expulsion of the Dutch forces from Brussels during the revolutionary "September Days" anno 1830 in the southern provinces of the Low Countries. In 1890 it was changed... See More » (1)
The art that I love - 15Le Plat Pays" (Translation: 'The Flat Country') is a French-language song by Belgian singer Jacques Brel about his home country. He dwelt fearlessly on love, death and desperate emotion in works that inspired countless artists, and spawned covers... See More »
The art that I love - 14The love of a mother for her daughter. Madame Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with her Daughter, Julie. It's a modest portrait of a mother with her daughter full of intensity and intimacy. It's the painting that I normally point to to illustrate... See More » (2)
The art that I love - 13Superstition is a powerful emotion, or rather a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation. Yes, but it's strongly felt nevertheless. As strong as paranoia or... See More » (1)
The art that I love - 12What is art in the first place? Is something that a celebrity made on canvas automatically art? What makes a creation actual art? Why do I get when I google female artist always a singer? Is there no added value to be presented first when one... See More » (1)
