Sleepover rediscoveries
Can I blame the moon or daylight savings or something because my rhythm is completely out of whack. Wide awake till late, gone for a few...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 19, 20231 min read
Sundaydreaming
Late morning musings Patti Smith shirt Book of Days Sunshine balcony Bare feet Black coffee Grateful Dead Dreaming of New York in The...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 28, 20212 min read
Dying rich
I recently read a book about the life of Alexander McQueen. When the writer talks about the fashion designers death (he comitted suicide...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 27, 20202 min read
Synchronicity
Do you believe in coincidences? Or do you see the signs and realise it’s synchronicity? Things feel like they are meant to be, like they...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 6, 20192 min read
Back in Bangkok
And just like that, I'm back in Bangkok. A place that will forever be filled with memories of love, shabby hostel rooms, lots of...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 1, 20191 min read
Where summer never ends
Last night I saw Helado Negro performing his sweet tunes pouring them like warm oil in my ears I closed my eyes without thinking I was...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 10, 20192 min read
Early morning magic
Is it the lack of structure in my life or can I still blame the jetlag? I’ve been rising early, seeing all hours of the morning, catching...
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Joke De Roeck
May 12, 20192 min read
All the yous
Have you been feeding all your different yous? I often struggle with the diversity of characters that make me who I am. Nearly too many...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 23, 20191 min read
Soothe my soul
I want to dance ceaselessly barefooted and poured with wine from a bottomless glass I want to move to Poppy Ajudha’s voice sway away...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 9, 20182 min read
Impulsivity
Today I bring an ode to impulsivity. The act, without the thought of what the result might be. As long as everything is fun and no one...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 12, 20182 min read
The poet
Today a stranger wrote a poem for me. I was strolling around the neighbourhood, where a huge flea market was flooding the streets with...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 17, 20182 min read
Tank it up
Two weeks ago I saw a concert that moved my heart outside of my body. Music, poetry, theatre doing things to me I couldn’t quite handle....
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 21, 20162 min read
My guardian angel Lydia
While working in a big soap factory, I had happy days and useless ones. You're at home writing, walking in the park, doing yoga, meeting...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 6, 20163 min read
New Beginnings
When you work for a gazillion dollar company as a seasonal employee, you might walk into the warehouse one day and before you have time...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 3, 20161 min read
Les gens que j'aime
I'm back where it all started four years ago. On the edge of Australian dreams and reality. One last week of Brussels itching my skin...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 3, 20151 min read
Dance dance otherwise we are lost
Pina spoke the words I so longed to hear. Like stillness craving movement for centuries. Now the time has come to set the body free....
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