Hello,
and thank you for stopping by, taking an interest in my blog.
I am the 'relentless hunter and
gatherer of soothing beauty, great and small' behind these pages, which for now means: Here you find the stuff that makes me think, that inspires me, that I envy and am passionate about.
Since 2013 I have written posts about many randomly chosen
topics and - being an obsessed
observer - I now log related notes and updates under "PS".
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NOTE TO SELF
Tag Archives: positivity
Neo Pop Art Brut vs Abstract Street Expressionism
While updating a post from back in 2013 I realized, over the years I have been working on the archives of a street art phenomenon (!). His name, Bortusk Leer. ” Fed up with people being angry, disappointed, sad and … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CORONA TIMES, CREATIVE CAREERS, PHOTOGRAPHY, PS
Tagged abstract expressionism, Amsterdam, art brut, bortusk, Bortusk Leer, cheer up, Graffiti, home made, neo pop art, positivity, Street art
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Singing the instrumental
(play) Happy-go-lightly tune from a game. My son played it on end driving to France. We know it so well now, we ‘sing’ it in the car without the music playing.
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, MUSIC, TEXT
Tagged adaptation, Amsterdam, car, catchy, diy, do it, driving, everythingcar, Game, instrumental, lingering, memory, no thanks, play, positivity, sacrifice, show, sing, stadsschouwburg, thanks, theater, tune, we doen het wel zelf, Wunderbaum
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Canal plastic on the bright side
This is a bottle of washing-up liquid made from the plastic waste found in our canals. It’s done by Ecover, a special issue of the Ocean Plasic Bottle launched last year, taken to the next level: Amsterdam’s plastic waste. Together with their friends … Continue reading
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, OUT OF THE BOX
Tagged beauty, bottle, Ecover, everyday, liquid, mission, plasic, positive, positivity, re-use, recycle, soap, statement, supermarket, transparant, up cycling, washing-up, waste
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From somewhere in the back of my mind, a catchy maybe corny tune, but a good sunny day sermon 😉 Here it is Michael Gambon starring in The Singing Detective, the popular TV show by Dennis Potter produced in the eighties. Bedridden … Continue reading
Still Life
Amsterdam, May 23rd 2015 I didn’t write for this blog for a few weeks because there was too much going on and I was too busy, and the two elements together somehow made me suffer from writer’s block. I could not get … Continue reading
Posted in ART, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, KIDS ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT, TIME LAPSE
Tagged Amsterdam, believe, choice, daylight, flowers, freedom, god, hope, Italy, justice, light, Mediterrean, PHOTOGRAPHY, politie, positivity, refugees, still life, suspect, Syria, this life, unconditioned expression, USA, Walter Scott, wilma tichelaar
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Uppidy Monday
This little gift is offered by jackbrummet.blogspot.nl
Posted in GEM OF THE DAY, ONLINE FINDS, OUT OF THE BOX, TEXT
Tagged empathy, fortune cookie, free gift, help, jack brummet, out in the street, positivity, street life, yes
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Bortusk Leer’s Home Made Graffiti
This explosion of fun is what you could call home made graffiti. The drawings are animated at home, on sheets of newspaper, taken into the street and left there. For us, to light up our day, claims the artist talking … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, ART, CORONA TIMES, CREATIVE CAREERS, PHOTOGRAPHY, PS, REVIEW
Tagged Amsterdam, Amsterdam graffiti, ART, artist's mother, bortusk, Bortusk Leer, Dapperstaat, Graffiti, home made, Karel Appel, mother, peptalk, positivity, slogans, Street art, street photography, Streetart.co.uk, strencil, Subcultures, unconditioned expression
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