The World Through the Eyes of Jan Tielens

Some old film holders hanging against the wall behind the projectors.

A friend of me is doing some research about an old movie theater in Overpelt (Belgium). He asked me to take some pictures of the building, the old movie projectors etc. If you want to learn more about his research (or even help him finding more info about this theater), check following article (in Dutch).

Time flies when you’re having fun; my little girl is already one year old.

This week it’s a surprise what the weather will bring every day. It can be rain, storm, hail, sun, clouds or even snow!

I See it in Your Eye - A close-up of my daughter’s eye. It’s blue in real life.

A close-up of a white orchid.

[Cross posted from my geek blog] My dear friend and esteemed colleague Kevin DeRudder is hosting a photowalk in his home town: Gent (Belgium), next Saturday (22th of March). And of course everyone is invited: geeks, non-geeks, hobbyists, amateurs, professionals … Kevin has created a nice outline of the day that starts at 2pm, you can find more details in the Photowalk Belgium group on Flickr (discussion here). The agenda is still open so feel free to comment and contribute. When you want to join, just drop a line in the Flickr group discussion (or on this blog if you don’t have a Flickr account). If you miss the 2pm start time: I’ll do my best to post some updates on our location on my twitter account. If you want to join but don’t know any of us, we’ll be the geeky looking group with a higher-than-average-number-of-camera’s-per-person. I’ll bet Kevin will be wearing his famous “I’m blogging this” t-shirt:

If you are wondering; Kevin does have a head. I hope to see you all next Saturday in Gent!

Lhasa is all over the news nowadays. It’s not the goal of this blog to promote my political stance, but we were in Lhasa last year and I feel somewhat sad to hear that it’s not the peaceful place anymore. Even last year you could feel that China tried to “import” their culture, people and way of living in Tibet. Take for example the Potala Palace, once the residence of the Dalai Lama and one of the most impressive buildings I’ve ever seen. China created an enormous modern open plaza in front of it, including a huge Chinese flag (see below). Although the plaza is nice, you feel that it doesn’t belong in the traditional Lhasa. And it doesn’t stop there, China tries to replace the Tibetan culture by housing many Chinese people in Lhasa: taxi drivers, shop owners etc.

But besides those issues Lhasa is a beautiful place, high in the mountains, it feels like it’s sacred in some way. I do hope the situation will get solved and Lhasa will get back it’s traditional glory… (want to see more of Lhasa, check our Flickr set)