
Mermaids in Milan
I know, I know, it’s hot.And if you’re still in Milan — maybe marooned here because of a project that just couldn’t wait or simply because life sucks or because, on the contrary, you enjoy the empty city just as I do — I’ve got
"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."
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
I know, I know, it’s hot.And if you’re still in Milan — maybe marooned here because of a project that just couldn’t wait or simply because life sucks or because, on the contrary, you enjoy the empty city just as I do — I’ve got
During this summer break, I started reading a charming little book I bought in Venice at the remarkable venue Libreria Acqua Alta (High Waters Bookshop): it’s a small volume whose title roughly translates to Mysteries of the Lagoon and Tales of Witches, by one Alberto
Remember Edogawa Ranpo? The Japanese author of horror and thrilller who gave us the strange and haunting Panorama Island. After reading the graphic novel, I read the novel last summer, and apparently it became tradition that I read Japanese horror when I’m on the traditional
I know, I know, it’s hot.And if you’re still in Milan — maybe marooned here because of a project that just couldn’t wait or simply because life sucks or because, on the contrary, you enjoy the empty city just as I do — I’ve got
During this summer break, I started reading a charming little book I bought in Venice at the remarkable venue Libreria Acqua Alta (High Waters Bookshop): it’s a small volume whose title roughly translates to Mysteries of the Lagoon and Tales of Witches, by one Alberto
Remember Edogawa Ranpo? The Japanese author of horror and thrilller who gave us the strange and haunting Panorama Island. After reading the graphic novel, I read the novel last summer, and apparently it became tradition that I read Japanese horror when I’m on the traditional
5 Comments
heraclitus
Posted at 11:00h, 09 Junesempre grazie di regalarci queste splendide visioni.
fumoffufumo
Posted at 11:48h, 09 Juneti piace molto l’arte vero? io ultimamente l’ho lasciata un pò da parte…ma conto di ritornarci! riguardo ad orgoglio e pregiudizio…se vuoi saperne di più guarda il dvd originale, ci sono molte curiosità interessanti sul film…
venturo
Posted at 13:15h, 09 JuneFortuna che qualcuno ogni tanto ci ricorda queste opere…
Ciao
babilonia61
Posted at 17:38h, 09 June…quando colori, chiaroscuri, sentimenti si mescolano armonicamente…
Bella scelta, complimenti.
Felicità
Rino, amante dell’arte.
Shelidon
Posted at 09:41h, 10 JuneSono felice che Waterhouse riscuota sempre i vostri consensi: ho postato l’immagine più che altro per celebrare un momento di vita quotidiana (vedi categoria del post), ma adoro il modo in cui Waterhouse ha reso i capelli della driade, che si staccano dall’albero, il suo passo mentre esce dal cavo del tronco, il suo sguardo verso il basso sul satiro che sta suonando, uno sguardo a metà tra il sorpreso e il compiaciuto, ma sempre con una delicata noncuranza di fondo. Meraviglioso.