Huis van Alijn is a modern museum just down the street from me.  If I want to see a Sony Walkman or a rotary dial phone, it’s the place to be.

I sat in front of the building yesterday, feeling the comfort of the shade tree above.  Time was slow.

As my eyes came into focus, there stood four paintings on the walls of Huis van Alijn.

Voilà …

It’s wondrous when Gent speaks to me:

Maak van elk moment een monument

Make every moment a monument

Was je huid met verse melk

Wash your skin with fresh milk

De slaap repareert alles

Sleep fixes everything

Hetsdoenerij is als roest

Pretentiousness is like rust

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My job is to listen