Parmigianino, Diana and Actaeon (fresco in Fontanellato), c. 1524 Perhaps youth is just this, never-ending love of senses with no regrets, perhaps inspiration is just a bewildered scream. Yet, all boys laugh and masturbate within the pillars of law. I lean my forehead against the frosty railing of the gate. My night listens to every …
Sandro Penna – Forse la giovinezza / Perhaps youth Read More »
Plinio Nomellini, The fireflies, 1898 If I sadly walk behind that breath of hills, into a warm and dark night, it may be a daydreaming youth laying on the grass. Everybody is lonely, but still gazes at the usual stars with different hearts. (Transl. by D. Foglia) Se desolato io cammino dietro quel soffio di …
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Ivan Kramskoj, Moonlight, 1880 I was there, on the early day living beyond the fir trees, I walked over enlightened fields and mountains, I crossed dead lakes – and captive weaves murmured to me a secret song – I passed through white banks, calling the sleeping gentians by their names – under the snow I …
Claude Monet, Blue water lilies, 1919 I also have no roots tying up my life to earth; I also spring up from the bottom of a lake full of tears. (Transl. by D. Foglia) Anch’io non ho radici che leghino la mia vita – alla terra – anch’io cresco dal fondo di un lago colmo …
Philip Wilson Steer, Young woman on the beach, 1889 Don’t you say I’m losing the meaning and the time of my life, if in the sand I seek out the sun and the tears of the worlds, if I fling my greatest soul into things and I believe in staggering spells… (Transl. by D. Foglia) …
Troy Brooks, The Shallows, 2015 Tristezza di queste mie mani troppo pesanti per non aprire piaghe, troppo leggere per lasciare un’impronta – tristezza di questa mia bocca che dice le stesse parole tue – altre cose intendendo – e questo è il modo della più disperata lontananza. Do you know this poem in English? Please …
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