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Art and History

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   Art, like several things in our lives, can be very controversial. For example, just because somebody “made” it, it doesn’t mean that his(or her) Art is always great or acceptable. Or, a small group of admirers of your work (nowadays we call them followers, don't we?) it is not an indisputable sign that “you really got it”, right..? Personally, the most important condition for your value as an Artist is your duration on time and History has always been the greatest witness for that. However, as long as I was admiring the other day, inside the Art and History Museum of Brussels, all those beautiful Art-Crafts humanity had produced in every corner of our world in a period of thousands years, one thought was kept coming in my mind: soon, when we humans will finally disappear from the planet because of our stupidity, all these beautiful objects that now are standing (totally muted) behind security glasses (in nicely done vitrines and marbled bases - and who knows how much it ...

For a good Cause

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             The lock-down in Belgium officially started on the 13 th of March.  A few weeks after, weeks that were a kind of lost, mostly in movie-streaming, cooking and funny videos on Tiktok, Mr. Simeon Obligado, fashion designer and event organiser, thought of start making and offering for free, handmade masks to his close friends and relatives. Quickly, many different people started showing interest in his nicely done products.    It was only on the 5 th of May that Simeon announced to all his friends and followers that in exchange for a small amount of money and by paying the shipping cost, he could send his masks to whoever contacted him through his phone. Also, timid and humble by nature and deeply connected with his hometown back in the Philippines, he informed everyone that for every mask they would ask, he would give a small percentage, as an aid, to the inhabitants of the small town which had been unjustly beat...

An uptight Smile

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                                                                                                                        Saint Pierre is one of the biggest, public hospitals in the centre of Brussels. Monday today and after a quiet difficult weekend at home I had to visit it urgently for a personal matter that has nothing to do with covid-19. There is no need to say it but as everyone else on this planet I was frighten to death to visit any doctor or any hospital at this moment. The previous weeks, all those things  I had heard and I had seen  in press and in my social media about the global pandemic, had absolutely kept me away from any possible carrier of th...