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Dylan Thomas – Discopre i suoi nervi il mio eroe / My hero bares his nerves

Tanzio da Varallo, David and Goliath, c. 1625 My hero bares his nerves along my wrist That rules from wrist to shoulder, Unpacks the head that, like a sleepy ghost, Leans on my mortal ruler, The proud spine spurning turn and twist. And these poor nerves so wired to the skull Ache on the lovelorn …

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Vladimir Jankélévitch

Carl Anderson, Mendelssohn composing Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, 1918 L’uomo, sopraffatto dall’ignoto inumano, dall’oscura tenebra degli estremi, cerca la familiarità delle cose miste, dei luoghi intermedi dove regnano il linguaggio e il sogno. Perchè la vita non è vivibile che nella regione impura e temperata dell’intermedio. Do you know this quote in English? Please contact me …

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Giuseppe Conte – Non c’è terra / There is no land

Ferdinand Hodler, Silence of the Evening, 1914 There is no land. There is no return. Just follow ending roads. Travel. Start over, don’t give up. You can talk to me again, you know it. Go as long as you’ll find  your truth, the substance that you’re looking for, that burst out of emptiness and forgetfulness. …

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