I'll Be Your Mirror

Distorted reflections in the mirrored wall of an installation by Philip Metten in Z33, Hasselt, Belgium. 26 jun 2010

10 Minutes Before the Worm

Evening sky over Weert, Belgium. 15 aug 2007

Bleu, Bleu, l'Amour est Bleu

Blue night
the star down
I want you to be happy
this night is
delightful to me
I dreaming

The mattress in my new quarters at Art Farm in Yang Zhen, China. 21 nov 2005

I Don't see Anything that I Want

A sponge thrown away bereft of consciousness in the excavations under Central Station in Antwerpen, Belgium. 14 aug 2001

Bleu, Bleu, l'Amour est Bleu

The Belgian North Sea as seen from a high rise apartment in Oostende, Belgium. 18 aug 2001

Paradise Lost

The overgrown railway station of Mirwart, Belgium. 29 sep 2002

I Don't see Anything that I Want

Busy sunday night shopping for Indian workers in Little India, Singapore. 3 aug 2003

Out in the Real World

A small party of happy elephants marching down Museumstraat in Antwerpen, Belgium. 8 sep 2003

Paradise Lost

Four years of digging reduced to a carcass carved in the earth, bereft of consciousness, like a useless piece of wood, which is thrown away in Antwerpen, Belgium. 19 nov 2012

10 Minutes Before the Worm

The site for my performance "And Did Those Eyes in Recent Time" in Singapore. 12 aug 2009

In Heaven Everything is Fine

Mountain plant taken from Fenigli in Italy and now blooming on our rooftop terrace in Borgerhout, Belgium. 20 oct 2012

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