Gustave Moreau, The sirens, 1876 What voice comes with the sound of the waves That is not the voice of the sea? It’s the voice of someone who speaks to us, But that, if we listen, hushes, For listening has occurred. And only if, half asleep, Without knowing we hear, we hear, She tells us …
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Progress of Love. Love letter (Detail), c. 1770 Almost anonymous you smile and the sun gilds your hair. Why is it that, to be happy, We cannot know we are? Quasi anonima sorridi e il sole indora i tuoi capelli. Perché per essere felici è necessario non saperlo? Go back to album …
Kazimir Malevich, Girl with a Comb in Her Hair, 1933 Mouth of scarlet rice with white teeth in the middle, my heart throbs, throbs, but it throbs because it is afraid. Bocca di riso scarlatto con denti bianchi nel mezzo, il mio cuore batte, batte, ma batte perchè ha paura. Do you know a different …
Philippe de Champaigne, Triple portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu, c. 1642 I always live in the present. I don’t know the future and no longer have the past. The former oppresses me as the possibility of everything, the latter as the reality of nothing. Vivo sempre nel presente. Non conosco il futuro. Non ho più …
Fernando Pessoa – I always live in the present (from The Book of Disquiet) Read More »
Jacques-Louis David,Cupid and Psyche, 1817 They say: They forget. They don’t say: They said. They do: It’s done. They don’t do: It’s the same. Why waiting? Everything is dreaming. Dicono? Dimenticano. Non dicono? Hanno detto. Fanno? È fatale. Non fanno? È uguale. Perché aspettare? Tutto è sognare. Do you know a different English translation? …
Francis Picabia, Hera, 1929 The poet is a pretender, who pretends so completely he even pretends to pain the pain he really feels. Il poeta è un fingitore finge così completamente che arriva a fingere che è dolore il dolore che davvero sente. Go back to album – F. Pessoa
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