My zibaldone: Everyday life as a Prompt
How to recognise what is worth putting down on the page Quite a few of my readers seem a little afraid to let themselves go in a zibaldone. And I understand — it is hard not to be swayed by the endless tips on social media about Getting Things Done (GTD), or to resist the Continue reading
My Zibaldone: A Journey Through My Reading Nooks
A few ideas on how to start your own zibaldone I wrote in a previous blog post on how to keep a zibaldone. I hadn’t expected so much interest! From the reactions, I sense there are doubts about how to start one, and what the difference is with a commonplace book. “Do you just throw Continue reading
The barber’s minutes
His beret was perched at ten past seven. In reality, it was half past two. The sign on the wall clearly stated that olive drop-offs started at 2 p.m. Continue reading
Interview about sketching on location
While I was on a sketching trip in Mallorca, I got a surprise call from a journalist at a Belgian national newspaper. The reason? A recent episode of the television program Gloria Mundi, in which presenter Gloria Monserez sketches scenes while travelling with a guest in their homeland, focusing on the art of sketching on Continue reading
The oldest house in Oppède-le-Vieux
Oppède-le-Vieux, our residency of the past twenty years, is perched on a rocky outcrop in the Luberon region of Provence. It’s known for its medieval architecture, rich history, and lush vegetation. The silence and desolation evoke a sense of timelessness. The name says it all, ‘vieux’ (old in French), and I often pondered what the Continue reading
A Double-chambered Vessel
It was during the time I had just begun my first lessons in graphic techniques at the academy. My greatest source of inspiration were the drawings I had made during a long stay in Mexico. (More about that in this blog post: Mexico, my plein air sketch roots.) The archaeological sites of Tula and Teotihuacan Continue reading
About Me
World citizen with a notebook in hand to write, sketch and tell stories with all senses present.
This blog is a zibaldone in itself — part notebook, part stage, where fragments turn into text, images, and sometimes motion. More about me.
Recent Posts
- My zibaldone: Everyday life as a Prompt
- My Zibaldone: A Journey Through My Reading Nooks
- The barber’s minutes
- Interview about sketching on location
- The oldest house in Oppède-le-Vieux
- A Double-chambered Vessel
- Thinking through making
- Coup d’État
- Mexico 1986, my plein air sketch roots
- A commissioned travel journal
