Category: Art

The Other Tokyo Cathedral I

I did not know this, I promise. I did know they existed (Japanese Catholics), but I did not know anything about their building. Sekiguchi Catholic Church | カトリック東京大司教区 ウェブサイトcatholic.jp/ Photo: Takeshi Matsukawa

Helios Is Ours I

It is the closest one we have, but there are many, many more (almost countless) out there. The sun’s closest stellar neighbors are three stars in the Alpha Centauri system. The two main stars are Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, which form a binary pair. They are an average of 4.3 light-years from… Continue reading Helios Is Ours I

A Thing Of Beauty II

Famille Rose Porcelain ‘Peach’ Bowl Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and of the period, 1723 – 1735. © Sotheby’s

A Thing Of Beauty I

Fine green-enameled ‘dragon’ bowl zhengde mark and period, 14th century China. © Sotheby’s

Memento

An immense part of my childhood and memories. Yet, contemporary in an unsettling way. And it is located far, far away in any meaningful sense of the words.

The City

It is a concept, an idea of sorts; Tokyo, Paris, London or Copenhagen. The city is an entity of its own. Always dynamic and depending on many views, architecture being one of them. So, maybe I am not a materialst after all, after all these years? The buildings being constructed in my city right now?… Continue reading The City

Depending On What You Want/Wish For

I recently acquired it (the magazine too). Why? I already knew that/I thought the collection was complete. It turned out to be incomplete, catastrophic. Missing tracks from Funkstörung, “Viceversa”. I searched the discs. They were not to be found. Among the missing: the Jay-jay Johnson remix? Have I never heard it before? Then it must… Continue reading Depending On What You Want/Wish For