El Croquis Blog — Bart Lootsma

Being in Translation Essay by Bart Lootsma Text published in El Croquis 220/221 SANAA [II] 2015 2023 The flowing river never stops,/ and yet the water never stays/ the same.Foam floats upon the pools,/ scattering, re-forming, never lingering long.So it is with man/ and all his dwelling / places here on earth.[…]The place itself / does not change, / nor do the crowds; / even so, of all the many people / I once knew / only one or two remain.They are born into dusk / and die as the day dawns, / like that foam / upon the water.People die...