The cultural artefact in the Provençal landscape
Drawing is that rare thing that gives you a chance of very close identification with something, or somebody, who is not you. A quote by John Berger that stays with me … Continue reading
Jean-Paul Clébert’s house
Unfortunately less known and hard to find in translation, but for me, Jean-Paul Clébert is right up there with Giono and Bosco. Especially when you know that Guy Debord (Situationists) based his ‘dérive’ on the writing of Clébert. Continue reading
From Oppède-le-Vieux to Sénanque with a travel journal
At a chance meeting, a story pops up. Not just a funny anecdote or forgotten legend, but a historical event spanning many centuries and featuring well-known sites. Reason enough to re-explore my familiar surroundings with a sketchbook and to look for traces of this history. Continue reading
Urban sketching and deep mapping
Deep mapping & sketchnotes coming together in one project. Two short video’s to explain the idea. I believe that both practices complement each other quite nice. Continue reading
How I came to know ‘Le Geste’. (French mark making)
Sleight of hand, perfect moves, how should we call what the French describe as ‘Le Geste’ ? Continue reading
On keeping a zibaldone
A zibaldone is an Italian vernacular commonplace book. The word means a heap of things or miscellany in Italian. A commonplace book can be described as a register of continuous learning. 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
