Above the Clouds (1974)

• that Germans can only breathe freely above the clouds, not on earth, not on the wet asphalt.

• Or a cleverly and poetically drawn miniature, in which the great is reflected in the small, and the powerful words freedom, fear and worry come into their own in a feather-light way.

When I was between 25 and 27 years old, I worked as a steward at the airline Sabena.
While I was serving coffee or champagne, I often looked out of the aeroplane windows, enjoying the cloud landscapes and dreaming of freedom.
So I spilled half a bottle of Cola over the suit of the Spanish ambassador.
Fortunately, His Excellency found me good-looking and young.

Pieter Van Kerckhoven