CLOUDS: MONTH #145
"still in the netherlands taking long walks following myrthe both to her meetings with her students exploring the cities there and observing clouds also while visiting one of her aunts in the countryside before spending quite some time with august walking in the netherlands managing also to observe clouds while in amsterdam"
CLOUDS: MONTH #146
"clouds observed a little bit all over europe at first in the netherlands roaming around with august making him enjoy a first spring and then with him again in stockholm trying to get him an italian passport to avoid the newly enforced military conscription finally traveling to italy beginning to clear the vegetation in the fields where i wish to build a memory cathedral"
CLOUDS: MONTH #147
"still living my nomad life like in stockholm just sleeping in immigrant neighborhoods exploring around and observing the clouds there but also while in the netherlands biking and getting to see much more clouds especially with the coming of the spring and the open dutch landscape with mountain big clouds over its flatness"
CLOUDS: MONTH #148
"a last intense period of traveling with my doctorate in sweden coming to an end and spending more time in italy to work on my case study observing clouds there as well as in the netherlands while with myrthe or taking lonely walks before keeping homeless in stockholm and just spending my night in a camping also at times with august coming for a visit until the public defense of my doctorate"
CLOUDS: MONTH #149
"getting less of a nomad now sort of giving up my life in sweden and the prospect to have a secure job at the university there mostly spending my time in the netherlands observing the big summer clouds there over the flat landscape seen all sort of animal and human figures"
CLOUDS: MONTH #150
"still in the netherlands taking bike rides over the dikes and often detecting a combination of mostly human shapes over the big dutch clouds having to often memorize them while biking and only later annotate them on my phone"
CLOUDS: MONTH #151
"mostly in venice italy trying to freshen up our new apartment there and taking late walks observing clouds especially on the riva degli schiavoni over san marco square against the alps but also walking in the lido beach observing smaller and less impressive clouds over the warm sea"
CLOUDS: MONTH #152
"observing clouds now after having decided not to keep up my university job in sweden and now fully focusing on getting an old apartment in the residential part of venice ready for rent to tourists and experiencing most of the clouds there especially with august around still going with him to the wilder beaches south of the venice lido observing also the clouds with the storm approaching"
CLOUDS: MONTH #153
"having to leave the mountains to travel to stockholm and register myself there as unemployed after rejecting the job it as offered to me there at the university and having the time to walk around my favorite parts of the city in the outskirt all the way to the sea observing the big clouds hanging over it and then returning at last to the alps taking walks with august as well as myrthe reaching quite some mountain tops and also from there observing clouds with in the end quite many naked women figures"
CLOUDS: MONTH #154
"still in the mountains digging with my own hands the foundation for the project cathedral and checking the occasional clouds in the sky registering their shapes also later completely dismantling the small gallery i built for my doctorate thesis in the upper floor of the barn also getting to observe clouds in the many trips i took to dispose of the broken bricks seeing a strange combination of figures"
CLOUDS: MONTH #155
"spending a last period in venice observing clouds there and then focusing on the digging of my ark foundation observing some occasional early afternoon clouds populating an otherwise crystal clear sky and then also traveling twice to check a used tractor up north in a remote trentino valley observing several clouds in my journey and memorizing in my head the shape while driving"
CLOUDS: MONTH #156
"spending many days outdoor back in the netherlands following myrthe to meet her friends like in harleem and just roaming around by myself observing the big dutch clouds in the sky also back in our village walking up and down the river"
CLOUDS: MONTH #157
"a period with a lot of rain in our dutch village and the autumn now setting in indefinitely observing also clouds in the few decent days especially biking down south to den bosch but also walking with myrthe on the dunes in the north of holland finding quite some interesting clouds there to detect
CLOUDS: MONTH #158
"still traveling quite much at first observing clouds while in schio presenting my ark idea to the authorities and then observing quite some clouds traveling through the swiss alps back to the netherlands and then even making it to sweden spending quite some time there walking around with august and alone observing some interesting cloud shapes"
CLOUDS: MONTH #159
"observing clouds while in the netherlands moving around the country before flying to italy and keeping in the alps working up in the field where i want to build my ark and seeing the clouds passing by despite the winter being too warm and dry with only occasionally some bad weather"
CLOUDS: MONTH #160
"still biking around in the netherlands also taking many walks with myrthe now highly pregnant observing the dutch landscape especially from the dikes with the clouds towering above it also later making it to our alpine retreat for the winter holidays observing clouds there also while working"
CLOUDS: MONTH #161
"with myrthe highly pregnant of our daughter going together for many small walks to the nature mostly in the near of our dutch village and observing several clouds throughout the rather gray winter also taking myrthe to all the checks even in a hospital north of utrecht observing our little daughter through ultrasounds and the recognizing a baby in a cloud just outside the hospital"
CLOUDS: MONTH #162
"still spending a very romantic time with my highly pregnant girlfriend taking small walks in small dutch cities and observing the winter clouds over the fresh and green landscape eventually also attending the birth of my daughter and later with her and her mother at home in bed welcoming many guests but also managing to take walks by the river and observe the clouds there with the weather getting very bright as if my daughter brought also the spring with her birth"
CLOUDS: MONTH #163
"taking my first walks with my newborn daughter with the weather getting quite nice and with occasional clouds in the dutch sky also at times taking lonely walks along the river with the house filled with guests coming to visit little livia and recognizing quite some advanced shapes almost as if the presence of my daughter brought me a whole new level of imagination as it also happened with my son"
CLOUDS: MONTH #164
"after the birth of my sweet little daughter livia walking quite extensively in the dutch landscape also hosting the daughter of our mountain neighbours and taking her around observing the big clouds over the dutch landscape before traveling to italy with myrthe and the little one observing also during the trip less imposing clouds over the more imposing alpine landscape"
CLOUDS: MONTH #165
"spending much time in the alps mostly working to clear up the valley to my art installation observing the passing clouds in the process but also taking small trips with myrthe and our newborn daughter livia visiting relatives down in the plateau seeing many humans but particularly animal figures in the clouds especially with african animals interestingly dominating my subconscious"
CLOUDS: MONTH #166
"fully engaged now with baby livia now that her mother resumed working only after three months giving birth to her and taking great care of her always in the fresh air walking on the dike or in utrecht and observing the clouds in all our excursions together getting her slowly acquainted to me despite trying to either way bringing her regularly to her mother's work to be breastfed and getting many of my clouds reflecting in one way or another the little creature i feel the need to take her of without locking her into a kindergarten"
CLOUDS: MONTH #167
"still spending much time with livia often in utrecht so as she can be breastfed by her mother sent inhumanly back to work after giving birth and later also getting august to fly to us and with him making a very nice holiday in the south of france observing clouds during our walks in the old towns of provence and over the lavender fields especially in the proximity of the windy mount ventoux and in the valleys"
CLOUDS: MONTH #168
"clouds observed at first driving through germany and then while up in the mountains in our little village later also making briefly to the seaside at my mother's often seeing african creatures in the clouds and especially one on top of the other later making back to the mountains observing clouds in our many excursions to the very tops"
CLOUDS: MONTH #169
"making it back to holland and still taking walks with my little daughter also going with her mother especially along the rivers observing there many clouds of alligators and other animals at times combined with humans and at times with machines but also mice and babies certainly related to my little toddler"
CLOUDS: MONTH #170
"doing work in the garden pruning our overgrown walnut tree and observing some interesting clouds also later walking with little livia in the carrier bag down to the river finally also going briefly to italy observing clouds both during my trip there and while in the mountains"
CLOUDS: MONTH #171
"still observing many animals and humans first while in venice and later back in holland taking care of little livia and with her going for walks in the nature finally also spending time in stockholm after being invited there to make a presentation of a friend's work taking the time to take my favorite walks through and around the city and especially by the sea having the time and peace to observe the clouds there"
CLOUDS: MONTH #172
"with the coming of the winter fully taking care of little livia spending much time with her outdoor observing clouds with many animals like the ones i kept on bringing her to see but also angels and occasionally some machines like a motorcycle or a military tank"
CLOUDS: MONTH #173
"after a small holiday in the gray belgium walking with my partner's relatives in the ardenne and observing clouds there still taking care of livia before finally making it to the alps and observing the clouds over our village but also later making it to my native highland observing more clouds there and then back in our mountain village with my partner flying back to holland spending a beautiful time with my little daughter alone under the incredibly blue sky with some occasional clouds having at last to leave the mountains after the stove got congested"
CLOUDS: MONTH #174
"still spending most of my time with little livia back in the netherlands trying to venture outdoors despite the bad weather but keeping up my imagination during this intimate time along this little creatures seeing quite some elaborate compositions flying over me also while taking her across the city of utrecht to our favourite little farm to let her be among the animals there possibly also affecting my imagination"
CLOUDS: MONTH #175
"taking little trips with livia going to den bosch or just to the arboretum or along the river observing clouds with my little girl before venturing on a trip with also her mother and august reaching berlin and there observing several clouds in our excursions both in the underground and trashy south of the city but also outside exploring an old abandoned hospital with graffiti feeling affecting in my watching of the clouds with all the creative work to be seen"
CLOUDS: MONTH #176
"with the coming of the spring taking many walks with my little daughter observing clouds with her always on my side but also walking with her mother checking our new son growing in her belly and with all these children growing boosting my imagination and seeing quite some fantastic creatures and bizarre but powerful compositions in the clouds"
CLOUDS: MONTH #177
"doing quite some editing from my study in holland and also observing the passing clouds there and still taking long walks with little livia going to the city farm on the other side of utrecht observing clouds on the way and particularly while in the open space of the city farm and beside also making it to sweden to be with august and attend his birthday spending quite some time outdoor walking and observing occasional clouds"