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And so here lies a second painting, in ink and watercolour, of the view from the rear balcony of my old apartment in the Oud-Zuid neighbourhood of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

While the first looked down from the balcony toward two sheds, showing their roofs and yards in autumn with the patternation of fallen leaves<\/a>, this watercolour shows a perspective across the complex of apartments. I always appreciated the view sitting out on this balcony because \u2013 while enclosed \u2013 the distance and design was sufficient so that you could be aware of the presence of bodies on other balconies, but rarely noticed anything egregious in their expressions or behaviours. In short, you were well secluded \u2013 and the situation reminded me a little of Rear Window<\/em>, though to the cinema\u2019s potential loss, I never suffered while living there a broken leg.<\/p>\n

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