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...
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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...
Wonder World
Two hundred kilometers to the east in Salalah, in Hasik, along the road, suddenly spouting limestone stalactites appears. Water drops fall softly into overflowing pools fed by two springs. Pure...
Dreamful works of art…
Sometimes something catches your eye. And then you start following a trail to find the explanation why… This happened to me, when I saw the photographs of Marianna Rothen in ‘Ingrid Deuss...