The colors of Pont Spalaux
Last weekend, the centenary of the “Fêtes de Wallonie” started with the slogan “Les Wallo dans le 100.” As is customary every year in the city and in twelve districts, the various original...
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MOTHER NATURE and Moments of Awe
Mother nature is my ultimate source of inspiration. She shifts my focus. She asks the right questions about compassion and caring. She challenges me to be creative. (click on thumbnails to enlarge...
Signs of invisible realities
Walking through the exhibition Les Portes d’Or, Charles Doudelet and symbolism, you are immersed in the symbolist years of the end of the nineteenth century. An art movement of French and Belgian...
A moment of Awe
While visiting the church de La Plante in Namur, a wooden statue of mother (Mary) and child (Jesus) stopped me for a moment and struck me in awe. With slightly bowed head and tender face the mother...
Three days of Walloon atmosphere in Namur
During the Walloon Congress of 1905, the idea of having its own flag for Wallonia in addition to the national Belgian flag became reality. In 1923, the liberal politician and writer François Bovesse...
Stilt walking, a tale of ‘many’ custodians
Although stilt walking is a worldwide phenomenon, in 2021 the 600-year-old tradition of jousting on stilts in Namur, my hometown, was officially registered on the Unesco list of intangible cultural...
The narrative of Didier Comès, a trilogy by Albert Moxhet
After the retrospective exhibition Didier Comès – L'Encrage ardennais (2016-2017), the Piconrue – Musée de la Grande Ardenne in Bastogne located in the Walloon Region in the Province of...
Water blessings
The Khareef or the south-west monsoon in Dhofar in the Sultanate of Oman has a lot in common with the Jewellery design of the Belgium Caroline Swolfs. Both are famous for their drops of water... In...
Of Desert, Frankincense and Porcelain
At first sight, these words are just words. But for me they have a lot in common. I like the Rub al Khali desert of Dhofar, in Oman in the southern Arabian Peninsula for many reasons. During the...