Rejsedagbog. Bruxelles 1846

This page from Johan Thomas Lundbye's travel journal was composed in Brussels in 1846. The dominant symbol here is not visual, but textual: it's the written word itself, laden with observations and reflections. Consider how writing, like the images we often study, serves as a vessel for memory. Throughout history, writing has appeared on monuments, scrolls, and now, in Lundbye's time, travel journals. Each form dictates how the information is received and remembered. The act of writing, much like creating a visual image, taps into our collective subconscious. The emotional weight of these written observations lies in their immediacy. Lundbye jots down his raw impressions, creating a powerful, intimate connection with us, the readers. He shares what he sees, what he thinks, what he feels. This is the power of symbolic preservation, a cyclical return to experience through art.