Galerie de Photography, Belgium 3 August, 2003
I thought this
first photo was worth including here as "arty", apart from its travelog value. This wonderful gothic church
is adjacent to the Grand Sablon square in downtown Brussels. This
side was recently cleaned. Across
the street is a gem of a city garden, filled with shrubs, flowers and dozens of
statues depicting famous men of years gone by. The
third time we visited this area I thought to walk outside the park and came across
this striking image.
The next three photos were all
taken one afternoon while I
was out looking for a second-hand bookstore. On the
way I tried to keep my eyes open. The first photograph was easy to
see. Like most people, I'm drawn to bright things. 
I noticed
these flowers outside a florist shop. The lovely eye-catching colors would light
up anyone's living room.
The other two images were less obvious to see. Recently I realized that I'm totally enamoured of shadows and reflections. Below there's the reflected "puls" sign on two "objects d'art" in a store window. I would have liked to go inside the shop and move things around a bit, but the store was closed.
The rest of these photographs are more of my "what's that?" art. Check out the photos below before reading the descriptions.
The first photo (to the right) is of the inside of a now-defunct store that's been closed up and covered over with chicken wire. On the other side of the wires is a glass window that's been smeared with white paint (?)and through that window there's some apparent vandalism or residue in the background. Interesting. (My reflection holding the camera is visible in the lower middle right, but the quality of this web imagine makes it difficult to see.)
This next photo is inspired by
Andy Warhol: six versions of the same reflected light on a wall at 
the
Pompidou Center. The reflection came from a stainless steel
"art" armchair, but looked more like smoke on the wall. Creating
these variations on a theme was fun.
The last image this month is of a
piece of someone else's artwork. (I'm sorry to admit, I failed to note the
artist' name.) Dick and I were wandering around town when
we saw a fancy cafe with art books in its entryway. Being curious, we 
discovered that there was an large art exhibition space behind the cafe. I asked the kid
minding the shop if I could take some photos, and he said
"sure".
The image on the left is based on a work from this exhibit. The original artwork was composed of off-white feathers and white pieces of paper hanging from the ceiling; it had an ephemeral feel, especially when a little breeze blew by. It was neat, but I think my more colorful Photoshop photo perhaps improves on the blander original.