We live in a rather middle sized village in south of Netherlands, close to
Belgium border. People living around us are various, mostly Dutch. We are
one of the few foreigners living in this part of village. From time to time
I meet our neighbors. We chat for a while about normal boring things like
weather, you know it all. Once a year in summer we have barbecue together,
and that is it. With few we meet more often and we talk about more
interesting things.
Day before yesterday, quite later in the evening, I was watching TV with
Viera. Somebody was ringing at the door. Viera said: "it is for you", so I
went and open the door. And there was our indirect neighbor F and he starts
right a way:
"I was just looking at your web site. And I must say I love your
pictures. You know there is such a calm and quietness coming out of them.
And when I look at the Bridge to Nowhere
II, man! I have got the goose bumps. I was looking at that image for a
while and than I decide to come to you right a way. I just need to have
that, it is so great. I mean I know people, they all can make images, but
looking at the ones from you and experience this calmness. It is just
great! How big can you make it for me?...."
And we chat for some 15 minutes more. I was very much surprised, first I
would never expect from him to look at my images, second it is very unusual
here in Netherlands (at least around here) that somebody will come just
like that without first calling to your house later at the evening. This
spontaneous reaction just completely surprised me. I mean people (and even
people I would expect from) are rarely expressing them selfs feelings about
my work.
I would like to thank F. for expressing his view on my work especially
that he did it such a nice way. Such a moments are really the ones why one
is creating anything.
