It's a Flat Flat Planet

Leftover panels leaning against a will at Barbara Thumm Gallery in Berlin, Germany. 22 aug 2012

10 Minutes Before the Worm

Hungry birds in a nest in our "Grüne Wand" in Borgerhout, Antwerpen. 23 may 2010

I'm Beginning to See the Light

Rays of sunlight through early autumn trees in Brasschaat, Belgium. 1 sep 2012

I Wish I Could Die

A half buried weeping willow in the city park of Vilvoorde, Belgium. 23 apr 2010

Only the Lonely

My bike on a ride along nearby lakes in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China. 25 oct 2005

I Wish I Could Die

The grave of Rudi Dutschke at the Sankt-Annen-Kirchhof in Dahlem, Berlin, Germany. 26 aug 2007

Only the Lonely

A lonely but willing to live coconut on the shore of Rawa Island, Malaysia. 6 aug 2009

It's a Flat Flat Planet

The wall of the Monastero di Fonte Avellana where Dante wrote some of his celestial verses in Serra San Abbondio, Italy. 1 aug 2012

Only the Lonely

A lonely house in the Atlas Mountains near Telouet, Morocco. 13 sep 2010

Die Kleinen und die Bösen

Three jars with preserved cow eyes in my 'The Hills Have Hellraiser Eyes" at Verbeke Foundation in Kemzeke, Belgium. 24 may 2010

In Heaven Everything is Fine

The grave of an unknown at Mariendorf cemetery in Berlin, Germany. 22 jul 2006

I'm Beginning to See the Light

A postcard village near the Gotthard pass, Switzerland. 1 aug 2012

I Don't See Anything that I Want

Blurred drawing in an AMVK installation at Galerie Barbara Thumm in Berlin, Germany. 21 may 1999

Search and Destroy

Tempting vertigo in the Stadtmitte U-Bahn station in Berlin, Germany. 27 apr 2012

Lieber Wütend als Traurig

The grave of Ulrike Marie Meinhof in Berlin, Germany. 22 jul 2006
Ich habe keine Lust mehr.

Bleu, Bleu, l'Amour est Bleu

Vertigo looking down from the top of the island in Rawa, Malaysia. 6 aug 2009

All Along the Watchtower

The Ardennes forest seen from a watchtower in Bouillon, Belgium. 3 feb 2008

Out in the Real World

Mark E. Smith and The Fall in Antwerp, Belgium. 24 mar 2012

I'm Beginning to See the Light

Standing on top of Monte Catria in Italy. 15 aug 2012

I Don't See Anything that I Want

Light switches in the hallway of an apartment in Pergola, Italy. 3 aug 2012

10 Minutes Before the Worm

Sunset in Oostende, Belgium. 4 August 2007

I'm Beginning to See the Light

Chris Burden descending steps during the installation of his 'Beam Drop' at the Middelheim Open Air Museum, Antwerpen, Belgium. 30 May 2009

Die Kleinen und die Bösen

A row of coloured garage doors where S-Bahn Murderer Paul Ogorzow strangled one of his victims near Rummelsburg, Berlin, Germany. 27 aug 2007

I'm Beginning to See the Light

A rainbow as seen from our backside porch in Antwerpen, Belgium. 1 jun 2009

I Don't See Anything that I Want

The house where Rote Armee Fraktion member Elisabeth von Dyck was shot dead by the police in Nuremberg, Germany. 20 nov 2008

I Wish I Could Die

A wooden statue of Saint Sebastian in Pergola, Italy. 14 aug 2012

Am I not Farang?

A harness at the Germanisches Museum in Nürnberg, Germany. 21 nov 2008

I Don't See Anything that I Want

An abandoned Easter Bunny enjoying the morning sun in Borgerhout, Belgium. 17 jul 2009

I Don't See Anything that I Want

A row of reserved seats for an interview with Chantal Akerman in Antwerpen, Belgium. 8 feb 2012

I Wish I Could Die

An abandoned shack next to the railway track in Mirwart, Belgium. 29 sep 2002
I have been doing this blog for exactly on year, and this is my 555th post on "The Eyes Have it". It will be my last.

I continue posting at "When I Was Buying You a Drink Where Were You ?", and perhaps something new will appear sometime, somewhere....
To a faithful audience, farewell!


It does not matter what is said and done
The eyes have it.
The mind's legislative faculty
Is unconcerned with appearances and words
Nothing is over and done with.
   Nothing.
Not even your malice.
Especially your malice.
So do not apologize to me.

I have walked stooped beneath your heart,
That cold-blooded crown
That holds the glinting jewel
Of contradiction in your eyes.

I think that I shall gouge them
from your skull
And crush them in my fist

--Give you a dog to see with
Give you eyes that pant and salivate,
Eyes that creep on all fours--
Eyes that cringe at the sound of my voice;
   Lie to me then.

Tell me life is good to you
--When all your memories are distilled
Into the transformed image, the Idea
Of a mechanical hand reaching
To dig out your eyes.
   Lie to me then.
   Lie to me then, Dog-eyes.
   Lie to me then.

Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast.

Lunar Bender

My favourite foodstall is hauled away for major streetcleaning at the busstop in Taling Chan, Bangkok, Thailand. 12 jan 2000

It's a Flat Flat Planet

The side of a building in Auckland, New Zealand. 24 aug 1999

Am I not Farang?

A Buddha statue in a temple in Singapore. 30 jul 2003

I'm Beginning to See the Light

The basement venue of the NoiShanghai event in Shanghai, China. 08 oct 2005

I Don't See Anything that I Want

The Devil looking from between two bottles of wine at a DAAD-meeting with thee und kuchen at Ballhaus Mitte in Berlin, Germany. 27 sep 2006
Maybe love's a tomb where you dance at night
Maybe sanctuary is an electric light
I get so tired it's like I'm another man,
and everything I see seems so underhanded

I Don't See Anything that I Want

My shadow on the wall in Borgerhout, Belgium. 07 feb 2007
Maybe you see further than I can see,
or maybe things just look differently
Maybe I'm nothing but a shadow on the wall

Experience of Defeat

A streetcar broken down in the streets of Vladivostok, Russia. 19 apr 2005

Experience of Defeat

A torn off piece of cliff on Normandy Beach in France. 10 aug 2004

Am I not Farang?

A farewell rooftop dinner before I left to Hong Kong on a cheap SARS flight at our house in Borgerhout, Belgium. 08 jul 2003
The disease spread in Hong Kong from a mainland doctor on the 9th floor of the Metropole Hotel in Kowloon Peninsula, infecting 16 of the hotel visitors.
Initial symptoms are flu-like and may include: fever, myalgia, lethargy, gastrointestinal symptoms, cough, sore throat and other non-specific symptoms.
Mortality by age group as of 8 May 2003 is below 1% for people aged 24 or younger, 6% for those 25 to 44, 15% in those 45 to 64 and more than 50% for those over 65.

Dog-Eyes

A dog in the streets of Bangkok, Thailand. 01 feb 1999

Experience of Defeat

A run down bicycle at a small townsquare in Borgerhout, Belgium. 08 apr 2007

Jack from Denmark

A lecture by film buff Jack Stevenson at the filmmuseum in Antwerpen, Belgium. 21 sep 2001

Out in the Real World

Onlookers at the bombed Merriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. 17 aug 2003

The Thirteenth Floor

Sculptures at the plaster museum in Lyon, France. 16 may 2002