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BLOGMETENDAL DCCLXXIII: Talking

“There’s no one to talk to!” That’s the most often repeated sentence by villagers. “Not even at the hairdresser’s,” confirm the women from the villages. The washing lines—those bio-markers—bear witness to this progressive muteness. Here is this washing line with no neighbour washing line who offer a...

16 August, 2026 / 0 Comments
BLOGMETENDAL DCCLXXII: Reuse

Everything can be reused. Washing is a kind of reincarnation and revitalisation. A freezer bag can be used for onions, a shopping bag for clothes pegs, and an item of clothing serves the same purpose – but it keeps on serving, and serving, and serving. Renewed to...

09 August, 2026 / 0 Comments
BLOGMETENDAL DCCLXX: Being Clothes.

Being clothes isn’t easy. It’s very hard on them. They spend most of their time on a hanger—and that’s not even the worst of it! Often they’re buried under other clothes, suffocating them. And we put them on, and take them to all sorts of places...

26 July, 2026 / 0 Comments
BLOGMETENDAL DCCLXXIX: Discretion.

Two different people with something in common: discretion. Both live alone. The one on top is functional, practical, specialised. Socks and towels, for the most part. Well-worn clothes. They are not mixed with outerwear or delicate items. Subdued colours, apart from the white sock… a mismatched one! And...

19 July, 2026 / 0 Comments
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