Tristan Tzara was a Romanian avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film director, he was known best for being one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement.
Gustav Klimt, Hope, 1908 Those like me hand out dreams, even at the cost of being left dreamless… Those like me give away their soul, because a soul is like a drop of water in the desert. Those like me stretch out a hand and help you get up, while running the risk of falling …
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Summer offering, 1911 I was born in spring the twentyone not knowing that to be born insane, to open the turfs a tempest could unchain. And thus gentle Proserpina sees rain fall upon the grasses, upon the large gentle grains and always weeps at night. Perhaps it is her prayer. (Transl. by Ercole …
Alda Merini – Sono nata il ventuno a primavera / I was born in spring the twentyone Read More »
Arnold Böcklin, Triton and Nereid, 1875 I met wonders in you love wonders so new they looked like shells where I could smell the sea and simple empty beaches I got lost in that love as in a storm but I kept my heart very still because I knew so well that it loved an …
Alda Merini – Ho conosciuto in te le meraviglie / I met wonders in you Read More »
Giovanni Segantini, Vanity, 1897 No one brushes my hair as well as the wind. Nessuno mi pettina bene come il vento. Go back to album – Alda Merini
Amedeo Modigliani, Victoria, 1916 I wait for you and every day I die down little by little and I have forgotten your face. They ask me if my despair is the same as your absence no, it is something more: it’s an immovable death gesture I can’t give you as a gift. (Transl. by Claudia …
Alda Merini – Ti aspetto e ogni giorno / I wait for you and every day Read More »
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