January 28
by Jeanne Tremsal
“Moi aussi, je me suis demandé si je ne pouvais pas vendre quelque chose et réussir la vie. Cela fait un moment déjà que je ne suis bon à rien. Je suis âgé de quarante ans…”
“Me too, I asked myself if I could not sell something and succeed in life. It’s been a while since I’m good for nothing. I am forty years old …”
Forty years that’s the age when Marcel Broodthaers decided to become an artist. 12 years later he died, the same date he was born: January 28.
Today is not January 28.
It is October 3, the Day of German Unity.
And this is a Belgian flag but at least it has the right colors.