In 1995 I visited Husum, a small town near the German – Danish borders, on my way to Neukirchen, where Emil Nolde’s studio and house is, today a museum of the Nolde foundation.
I posted an article on my visit and showed some of the photos I have taken.
A visitor to the blog, liked the photos so much that he decided to use them in a video clip he was preparing, featuring music of the Greek Group Super Nova. Here is the result of his efforts.
The music reflects perfectly the mood of the place, the darkness and calmness of the North seascape.
I am in travelling mood today and I dug out some memories from a visit to Emil Nolde’s hometown, Neukirchen, in Germany. On my way there (60 km south from Neukirchen) I decided to spend the night by the sea in the outskirts of a town named Husum. This is the hometown of Theodor Storm, a 19th century poet and novelist. The area is very near the border of Germany with Denmark, and I drove from Hamburg to the north.
Birds over the Sea
I arrived early in the afternoon. The day was cloudy and hazy. It was early spring, so the day was not quite long.
Emil Nolde was a painter in the first half of the 20th century, and his seascapes are of the most beautiful and powerful I have seen. This may be the reason I wanted to see the sea that he was looking at from his hometwown.
The beach was very quite. There were no people around.
Crossing lines
Wind turbines
Cabins
The cabins were empty shells, gaping open mouths standing still.
After a rainfall that lasted for one hour, the sky started lightening up.
Lighter light
And then a few rays of sunlight emerged.
Sailing boat
A cyclist
A cyclist in the middle of the fields.
P.S. I will write about the painter Emil Nolde in another post.
P.S.2 All the photos in this post are taken facing west, except the last one, which is facing to the north.
