Patrick lives and works in Brussels, Belgium, his day job dedicated to protecting the environment, his spare time to writing fiction, poetry and art reviews. He grew up in Germany, Australia, Japan and England, and studied Physics and Philosophy in the UK, French language and civilization in France and Mexican literature of the 20th century in Mexico. His short stories have appeared in Coffin Bell, Night Picnic Press, Beyond Words, The Brussels Review, and in 101 Words. His poetry collection, Urban Enigmas, will come out as a chapbook in 2025, produced by Dipity Press.
Unmistakable, unmissable Chiharu Shiota, with her spiderweb of red threads rising from boats, connecting people, with her black strings enveloping a piano and dresses, indeed makes […]
Oceans fill our myths and literature with dreams of adventure, discovery, and fearsome sea monsters. Today’s reality is more of over-fished oceans, polluted with plastic, evidence […]
Anyone who has been to the Baie de Somme in Picardie, France, will remember the astonishing sunsets, different every night. They will also remember the tidal […]
No trip to London is arguably complete without a visit to the National Portrait Gallery and its Portrait Award, relaunched the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024. This is the […]
In these complex times of international conflict, a contemplative visit to Prague Cemetery helps. No, not the novel by Umberto Eco, and no, not the famous Jewish […]
Nicolas de Staël is another in a long line of emigrant artists who left Russia in the last two centuries, enriching the welcoming country. Like Mark […]
Amedeo Modigliani’s portraits defined an era through their style – their elongated faces, necks and bodies inspired by and borrowing from African masks (like Pablo Picasso) […]
On Friday, the 20th of October, Something Beautiful, the festival of visual art and poetry, opened in LaVallée in Molenbeek with the unforgettable chorale Equinox de […]
Far too often we seek out individual genius, laud their unique creations, forgetting the long line of artistic ancestors who helped create what is too narrowly […]