Martin Rico y Ortega, San Lorenzo River with the Campanile of San Giorgio dei greci, Venice, c. 1900 Why be ashamed? When one has done time,if they let one out, it’s because like everybody elsewho belongs to the streets, one has been in prison. From morning till evening we wander the avenueswhether it’s raining or …
Theo van Rysselberghe, The Violinist, 1903 We’ll hear in tired stillness the distant music of our overwhelming youth, which arched over itself a long time ago and smiled as befuddled by too much sweetness and tremble. It will be like hearing on a street during the divine night unwreathed notes ascending – as slow as …
Cesare Pavese – Ascolteremo nella calma stanca / We’ll hear in tired stillness Read More »
Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-1762), A girl wearing pearl drop earrings and a black lace choker She wasn’t foolish. She knew what she wanted. But she wanted the impossible. E non era una stupida, sapeva quel che voleva. Solamente voleva delle cose impossibili. Do you know a different English translation? Please contact me, this is a …
Cesare Pavese – She wasn’t foolish / E non era una stupida Read More »
Paul Klee, Fish magic, 1925 Un piccolo pesce rosso s’aggira stanco nel cristallo limpido, sospeso a mezz’ acqua, coi grandi occhi stupiti. La mia anima ora è un abisso dell’oceano dove tutte le scosse più profonde tacitamente muoiono. Nel gran gelido amaro paiono e passano paurosamente fosforescenti brividi. La mia anima è un abisso tutto …
Andrew Wyeth, Helga by the window, 1981 Lo ripete anche l’aria che quel giorno non torna. La finestra deserta s’imbeve di freddo e di cielo. Non serve riaprire la gola all’antico respiro, come chi si ritrova sbigottito ma vivo. È finita la notte dei rimpianti e dei sogni. Ma quel giorno non torna. Torna a …
Jules Bastien-Lepage, At harvest time, 1880 These hard hills that have made my body, and stir it with so many memories, opened to me the wonder of this woman, who does not know I live her and cannot understand her. I met her one evening: a lighter speck under the ambiguous stars, in the haze …
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