tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016510789306208693.post1310771507732983214..comments2023-10-15T09:39:01.906+02:00Comments on On Familiar Things: Pieter de HoochHermann Wundrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409802079503426677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016510789306208693.post-30691702947460057542012-03-09T04:29:24.994+01:002012-03-09T04:29:24.994+01:00Indeed, I have been revisiting his paintings ferve...Indeed, I have been revisiting his paintings fervently — I looked at nothing else on the train home — since becoming reacquainted with those early, haunting, charming pictures. But I must warn you: consuming too many stroopwaffels gives one a different odd sensation altogether!Jan Peetershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692242013252009637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016510789306208693.post-75218527649986381032012-03-09T03:50:21.824+01:002012-03-09T03:50:21.824+01:00Jan - de Hooch, without fail, raises the hairs on ...Jan - de Hooch, without fail, raises the hairs on my neck. I have never had the fortune of shaking the feeling from my first viewing of his Couple with Parrot. The perspective is chilling, placing the viewer in the shadows, watching quietly, breathlessly from another room. The sensation, of myself being watched, is just too much! Especially after having enjoyed a stack of stroopwaffels with my afternoon tea.Hermann Wundrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878717084061217717noreply@blogger.com