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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>‘Fear of the white page’, by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0e101a; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><strong><em>Fear may oust people into the dimness of disruption. Let us instead transcend darkness and create room for light to shine. Now is the moment, and the "now" is the stepping stone that allows us to forge ahead, with an abundance of awareness and understanding, and without obtrusive egos. </em></strong></span><strong style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12.16px;"><em> </em></strong></p> <h1><em><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">Art and beauty have the unsuspected force of triggering mental power that gives people courage and confidence to steam ahead. Art and beauty bring to life unfulfilled hope, creative imagination, and bountiful goodwill.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></em></h1> <p style="margin: 0cm;"><strong><em><span style="color: #0e101a;" lang="EN-GB">Through art, we learn to understand ourselves and light up the veiled angles in our minds. It teaches us how to get hold of life and get a sense of the shades in the wild richness of the abundant diversity that stretches through our daily experience. It gives us a foothold in the estranging landscapes we cross during our life journey and helps us figure out the wisdom behind the countless signs and tokens.</span></em></strong><strong style="font-size: 12.16px;"><em><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #0e101a;" lang="FR"> </span></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #0e101a;" lang="EN-GB">Let us not be devastated by the grim wings of fear fluttering in the twisting patches of our minds. By empowering the dynamic force of our brainwaves, we can stir the lame blots to overturn the hinders</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></em><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #0e101a;" lang="EN-GB">of fear and give rise to confidence and creativity.</span></em></strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: " lang="EN-GB"> </span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>Fear may oust people into the dimness of disruption. Let us instead transcend darkness and create room for light to shine. Now is the moment, and the "now" is the stepping stone that allows us to forge ahead, with abundance of awareness and understanding, and without obtrusive egos.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>Roberto Puvia comments this picture and theme:</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>“Fear of the white page” is the effective translation of sentiments into visual symbols.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>There is a search for the immediateness of icons, to represent the complexity of feelings which other languages can rarely encompass.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>Most surprisingly, there is an achievement of straightness and a rigorous definition talking about ambiguity, doubt or contradiction.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>The message, like a light beam across the fog of the human condition, calls our attention to the fragment, to help us to explore the universe.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>The detail is chosen as the starting point of the possible knowledge, deepening our perception and conscience.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>The first pieces of a puzzle, we have to assemble, are presented to the beholder.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>The moment is frozen as a password to disclose eternity.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>The choice of the technical parameters further materializes the philosophical approach of the "essence": the flatness of the perspective, the geometrical shapes, the narrow chromatic range, the use of material elements such as sand and metal files somehow recalling the Art of ancient Egypt, an art based on the language of icons and symbols, to explore and explain the mystery.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>It is not a limit that is faced, but a precise choice that is made.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>In ‘Fear of the white page’ there is a clear perception of a material representation of the immaterial and the inexplicable. The terror of the new, the panic of the beginning, the ‘Horror vacui’ affects each man’s endeavor.</em></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>The fear of the white page, which is the fear of acting and -at the same time- is the fear of the guilty absence of our action.</em></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: " lang="EN-US"><strong><em>The white page is the effective symbol of the fear we have to bear for a living; it is the portrait of the unbearable loudness of living.</em></strong></span></p> <p><em><strong>Phenomenon: Fear of starting and creating</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point Lampshade and white paper</strong></em></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p>

Fear of the white page
<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em><strong><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">“Global village” </span></strong></em><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10pt;"></span></span></span></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt;"><em><strong><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The world is a teasing village beset with people playing cat and mouse all the time</span></span></strong></em><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>

Global village
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #333333;"> <p><em><strong>"Je plantes mes piquets" by </strong></em><a title="en:Erik Pevernagie" class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 100 x80 cm</strong></em></p> <p><br /><em><strong> Many people experience the need to draw up strict boundaries around their territory. Their limits are clearly demarcated: to a certain point and not farther.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>They feel threatened and want to show that limits cannot be trespassed on, so easily. By doing so, they believe they can avoid possible permanent quarrels and everlasting discussions.</strong></em></p> <p><br /><em><strong>Phenomenon: Privacy - Demarcation of territory</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point of the picture: Character dividing space.</strong></em></p> </span> <p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" class="ecxmsonormal"> </p> </span> <p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" class="ecxmsonormal"> </p> </span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" class="ecxmsonormal"> </p>

Je plante mes piquets
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="ecxdetail-box-desc"><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>"Lost dreams", by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27%27%27Erik_Pevernagie%27%27%27" title="w:'''Erik Pevernagie'''"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm.  x</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: #F8F9FA;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">When we dare to think differently and decide to expand our thinking, we instill fresh energy in our drained mindset. By infusing new life into our neural web, we create inner space in our journey to self-knowledge and deeper insight. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: #F8F9FA;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">If we can recognize that we can find the highlights of our destiny in the spell of a happy moment, we needn't worry all the time about the hurly-burly of the future. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: #F8F9FA;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Lost dreams are images or emotions that have been haunting our imagination and disappeared out of fear or despair for not coming true. Panic, lack of confidence, confusion, frustration, obliterate impressions and beliefs. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: #F8F9FA;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">When the time has come to confront the hard truth, we may have to rewire our brains to ensure the healing from subversive mental barbs of aching incidents. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: #F8F9FA;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Childhood hopes and 'dreams' often remain unfulfilled and peaceful dreams turn into episodes of upsetting sequels.</span></strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; background: #F8F9FA;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US"><em>However, wishful thinking and voluntary daydreaming can sometimes make dreams come true. Through 'conscious dreaming,' unrealistic projects, improbable ventures, and unfeasible missions can be achieved. At times, dreams can be an inspiration. </em></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></p> <p><em><strong>''Phenomenon:'' Dreaming, lost dreams, daydreaming, wishful thinking'</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong><br /></strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point: Woman holding head''</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"><em><strong><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">.</span></span></strong></em><span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>

Lost dreams
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <p><em><strong>"Blind date" , by </strong></em><a title="en:Erik Pevernagie" class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas,(80 cm x 100cm)</strong></em></p> <p><br /><em><strong> Taking part in blind date meetings claims some mental detective work: is the partner looking to pursue a relationship or is he into playing the field, is he through a breakup or is he looking only for a fling.</strong></em></p> <p><a title="Blind dating (page does not exist)" class="new" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blind_dating&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Blind dating</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong> is not always a glorious enterprise and its path is often sown with many misunderstandings and disappointments. It is often a last straw. It can be experienced as a stage of embarrassing moments, sometimes decorated with thought bubbles like " Rather boring", "poor background", "be beautiful but keep quiet?" and communication language is often restricted to desperate small talk. </strong><a title="Pythagoras" class="mw-redirect" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><strong>Pythagoras</strong></span></span></a><strong> would say then : "Silence is better than unmeaning words."</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Psychologist Edward A. Dreyfus ( Someone Right for You) stresses " compatibility " as a key element for blind dating. "Often, friends or family will just fix up two people because they're both young and single, without really taking into account whether they're compatible " "In order to be successfully matched up on a blind date, you have to take steps that will ensure you're only going out with people who actually have potential."</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>A social experiment like "Married at First Sight” is extremer than blind date sessions. It follows singles yearning for a life-long partnership as they agree to a provocative proposal: getting legally married to a complete stranger the moment they first meet. A sexologist, a sociologist and a spiritual advisor create the perfect couples, based on scientific matchmaking. After several weeks together, each couple must make a decision: do they remain together or decide to divorce.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Phenomenon: Dating, relationship</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point: Person hiding face</strong></em></p> </span> <p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" class="ecxmsonormal"> </p> </span> <p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" class="ecxmsonormal"> </p> </span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" class="ecxmsonormal"> </p>

Blind date
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></span></span></p> <p><em><strong>"Going back to yesterday" , by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas,, 100 x 80 cm.</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>When the past gets its teeth into our daily life, it may get to grips with the present reality and adjust our timeline.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>By recognizing ourselves in light of our history, we become aware of what we are.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>As it has the quality to transmit skills and knowledge, our personal history is a brilliant coach teaching us how to act and play along with the meanders of life. While it inhabits our living, it comes to be our fellow traveler shielding us from slippery slopes, and sometimes from ourselves.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Once we get to know where and why the skeletons of the past are buried, we can start wading across our muddled memories into the open plains of a new horizon.</strong></em></p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Little girls have a distinctive flair. They are used to their doll's decision when it says, "no, no, no." Little girls can come to conclusions and decide for themselves. Carroll suggests in Alice's "Adventures in Wonderland": "It's no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then."</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Phenomenon: Inflexibility in little girls’ mind</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point of the picture: Little Girl</strong></em></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p> <p> </p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.2pt; vertical-align: top;" align="center"> </p>

Little girl before taking a decision
<p><em><strong>"The umbrella" , by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm</strong></em></p> <p><em><br /><strong> </strong></em></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><em>Although life gives us a range of choices, everything is a matter of perception. Where some see the light, others see darkness. Where some feel openness and expectation, others feel fear and danger. Where some are influenced by yin, others are dominated by yen. Where some are guided by trust, others are confined into suspicion.</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><em>Some will prefer to bridge the two opposing elements and will both trust their umbrella and suspect the rain to come.</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><em>When a storm of harassment disturbs our thinking and brings us down to our knees, the umbrella of our imagination can shield us against destructive aggression. It offers shelter and teaches us how to conquer ourselves, train our resilience, and grit our teeth.</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><em>Let us not be afraid of stilling our mind and having mercy with ourselves, and allowing us patience to recover from our dazzling unawareness or the inferno of overwhelming hassle.</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><em>Since life consists of both 'passion' and 'patience, 'endurance' must be honored. We must not ruminate on lost cases and waste precious mental time, creating imaginary scenarios about taking thirsty revenge. Why not choose, instead, to dump barren and gnawing resentments or destructive anger?</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><em>The umbrella is a practical example of "perception." The umbrella may mean protection or a shield against bad weather. Still, for traditional Indians, it is a symbol of wealth and status.</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><em>In ancient Greece, the umbrella was a necessary item for a lady to carry; it was a sign of men's effeminacy. For Freud, it would lead us, together with any elongated objects, to another interpretation: the embodiment of the male member.</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><em>Whereas the umbrella in Hong Kong is a widespread accessory used against the sun and pepper sprays, the bank manager will only lend you an umbrella if it shines.</em></strong></span></p> <p><em><strong>Phenomenon: symbol of protection</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point: person with</strong> </em></p>

Umbrella_and_responsability
<p><strong><em>"Knowing friends in high places" by </em></strong><a title="en:Erik Pevernagie" class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><strong><em>Erik Pevernagie</em></strong></span></span></a><strong><em>, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm</em></strong></p> <p><br /><strong><em> Friendship and corruption could become a dialectic problem.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>When we abstract a building, we can divide it in several floors and add different colours, which allude to different political parties.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>At the top floor human shadows hint at people with influential power.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>An elevator leads to the numerous floors.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>One person in the picture claims to know friends in high places.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>Phenomenon : Corruption</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>Factual starting point: Building, floors, elevator, person</em></strong></p>

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<p><em><strong>"With confidence walking on the catwalk of life " , by </strong></em><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Pevernagie" title="en:Erik Pevernagie"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><em><strong>Erik Pevernagie</strong></em></span></span></a><em><strong>, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm</strong></em></p> <p><span style="color: #202122; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: #f8f9fa;"><em><strong>Let our lives not merely be unbridled “hunting for likes” or a frantic “commotion of swipes.” Many MISthink they can empower their ego to hoist mountains of self-delusion through artificial widgets.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>If we suffer from an unbearable mean world syndrome and fear we will get a comeuppance anytime, let us endeavor to defeat the inner rejections of buoyancy and confidence, liberate our subdued lust for freedom, start to enliven the bleak outlook of our life story, and technicolor the sky of our expectations.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Life is a catwalk and brings us into the limelight of human and social interaction. It teaches us to watch considerately, listen responsively, and feel united with the world.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Let us take the time to find out what people feel and think and listen to their stories. We can lose the narrowness of our preconceptions and the nitpicking manipulations in our brains, making us geared up to view the world openly and confidently.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>While discovering others, we get to know ourselves, find inner peace, and thus acquire poise and self-reliance to face the undisclosed or anonymous.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>Let us reach out to the people and show them an abundance of goodwill. However, we must also identify manipulations as well and uncover maneuvers in the dark.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>When we do not give way to a false self's temptation and the illusions of an inflated reality, we can highlight our deeper self's authenticity and empower the truth of our words and our actions' straightness.</strong></em></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color: #202122; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><em><strong>By learning to 'be '(not the 'fake being') and 'be with others' (the heartfelt being), we can 'be in the world,' face fate with determination, and bend destiny with confidence.</strong></em></span></p> <p><em><strong>Phenomenon: Confidence</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Factual starting point: Woman in progress</strong></em></p>

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