"If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning". - Vincent van Gogh

Well, I made it. Feel overawed.

#Salzburg Cathedral. Mozart was baptised here the day after he was born. The original baptismal font still stands inside. He later worked here as court organist.

St Peter's Cemetery in #Salzburg. Mozart's older sister Nannerl - herself an accomplished musician - shares this crypt with Johann Michael Haydn (the younger brother of Joseph Haydn and a close friend of the Mozart family).

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

The charge of the Polish Hussars at the Siege of Vienna in 1683 was the largest cavalry charge in history. I am painting this epic moment one painstaking detail at a time. This is exactly what I do - bring history to life in fine art.

And finally, I went to pay my respects at the graves of Mozart's father & wife in St Sebastian's Cemetery in central #Salzburg. The great man himself is buried somewhere in a common grave (a standard plot for middle-class citizens at the time) in Sankt Marxer Friedhof in Vienna.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK said his cameos began when he filled in for a missing extra, then became a superstition and running joke, and finally a necessity because audiences expected to spot him.

Polen blijft stijgen. Haalt Japan en Spanje in.

#lechanteurdujour Le 13 mars 2010, Jean Ferrat nous quittait à 79 ans.

"Silences are part of the conversation. Silence is another way for words to live, and there are things that cannot be said in any other way." Mia Couto

Polish small towns with a main square and a church are designed for humane living. Here is Myślenice, in Malopolska.

Ik hoop dat Duitsland en Europa kunnen herstellen van de absolute ramp, de nachtmerrie die Angela Merkel heet. Jezelf beschadigen vanwege een raar schuldgevoel om het verleden dat je zelf niet hebt meegemaakt. Ik zou zeggen: 50/50 of het nog te redden is.

A very good 🇨🇭 morning indeed

Vienna 1913

Hoogste en laagste belasting per liter benzine in de EU (via AD.nl)