"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

Voglio vederti danzare

…come le zingare del deserto
con candelabri in testa
o come le balinesi nei giorni di festa
…come i Dervisches Tourners
che girano sulle spine dorsali
o al suono di cavigliere del Katakali
 

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Spooktober 27 – The Black Monk (2)

Chapter 3 After supper, when the visitors had gone, he went to his room and lay down on the sofa: he wanted to think about the monk. But a minute later Tanya came in. “Here, Andryusha; read father’s articles,” she said, giving him a bundle

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Spooktober 26 – The Black Monk (1)

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian physician, short-story writer and playwright, and I’m not particularly fond of him, though he’s widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of modern short fiction and who am I to argue? His work is celebrated for its psychological

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Beauty and Ugliness: an exhibition

A few pictures from the recently closed exhibition on Beauty and Ugliness as an aesthetic paradigma in which what’s ideal and what’s grotesque melt together as sides of the same coin. The exhibition featured works by Brueghel (lent from the other exhibition at Palazzo Reale),

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7 Comments
  • contenebbia
    Posted at 13:57h, 31 July Reply

    Ti adoro, quasi quanto questa canzone di battiato, a cui son terribilmente legato! Che bell’omaggio, degno del tuo innato senso del Bello!

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 14:30h, 31 July Reply

    Conte, mi fate arrossire.

    Anch’io adoro quella canzone, con quella sua capacità di evocare immagini affascinanti che spesso ha Battiato…

  • coaloalab
    Posted at 14:38h, 31 July Reply

    Non vi lascio soli!

  • heraclitus
    Posted at 06:51h, 01 August Reply

    sarebbe un ottimo spettacolo.

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 11:46h, 01 August Reply

    @ Robert: mi dispiacerebbe il contrario!

    @ Heraclitus: credo anch’io

  • utente anonimo
    Posted at 15:34h, 01 August Reply

    Battiato è diventato uno degli artisti preferiti della mia dolce metà, che in Italia ha fatto incetta dei suoi dischi… E complimenti per la splendida immagine!

    Raffaella dagli USA

    P.S. Sto per finire HP 7… A presto i miei commenti!

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 16:36h, 01 August Reply

    Carissima, sono veramente ansiosa di conoscere i tuoi commenti!

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