Moved by a very special carpet.
Being in Amsterdam very often nowadays, there are things to discover. Sometimes there is suddenly an unexpected surprise you come across. On a sunny Sundaymorning a few weeks ago I went to the "Amsterdam museum" , which tells the history of Amsterdam. The museum also offers one free attraction which is called: "de Schuttersgallerij". It is a narrow lane in-between two buildings of the museum covered with a glass roof. On the walls big paintings: the so called Schutters-stukken. 17th cenury paintings similar to a painting as "De Nachtwacht" It is always a joy to walk that lane and I hadn't been there for ages. I went in and first had a look on the walls to see the paintings. But than my eyes caught a huge carpet on the floor. A patchwork of different fragments with different details. All kind of different fragments from 80x84 cm and with a width of 3,2 meters by 40 meters length. Titled: "A celebration of diversity". ...