Monday, October 03, 2005


The Colors of fall in Anvers. Posted by Picasa Work Freedom! Well, despite the unfortunate association brought to mind by these words I do find the statue appealing. I wonder what the drifter taking a late afternoon nap on the steps of the city hall has to say about that. A stark contradiction between his interpretation of freedom, the hard labor of free dockworkers the statue stands for and the hint to modern day slavery one can see in the stance of the character enshrined in the monument. You cannot but ponder on the relationship between work and personal choice. Neither extreme is appealing but then again some of us do not like to choose.

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