William Blake, Cerberus, c. 1827 I wander between extortion and punches, firingmy half-empty and sinful soul,and my forsaken crucifixion aloneknows who I am: spy and blackmailerwho hates his fellowmen. I don’t find peace in this wretched fightagainst my ruin and its destruction.God! I just wait for death.I’m unaware of the events of history. I only knowthe …
Vittore Carpaccio, St. George Killing the Dragon, c. 1507 Stop! You will never hit a bull’s eye. That beast you’re pursuing — you’re already inside it. (Transl. by Z. Rogow) Fermi! Tanto non farete mai centro. La Bestia che cercate voi, voi ci siete dentro. Go back to album – G. Caproni
Jan Mandyn, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, c. 1550 It isn’t me who shouts, it’s the world that rumbles beware, beware, ’cause Satan’s gone crazy, flatten yourself to the bottom of clear springs, smooth yourself out like a sheet of glass, hide behind the light of diamonds, among bugs under rocks, oh, hide yourself in …
Attila Jozsef – It Isn’t Me Who Shouts/Non Io Grido Read More »
Evelyn De Morgan, Aurora triumphans, 1878 When in darkness you’ll brim with a crash in a waterfall of blood — I will cruise with a red sail across hideous silences till craters of promised light. (Transl. by Alessandra Bava) Quando dal mio buio traboccherai di schianto in una cascata di sangue — navigherò con una …
Witold Pruszkowski, Falling star, 1884 Sailing as a shadow in a dozing day, unknowingly I identify myself as disposed on an altarpiece among many to be eaten by whoever. I believe hell is enlightened by those strange lights themselves. They want to feed on my pain because theirs, perhaps, never falls asleep. (Transl. by D. …
Alda Merini – Veleggio come un’ombra / Sailing as a shadow Read More »
Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1819 My ship, full of oblivion, sails on a bitter sea, at winter’s midnight, between Scylla and Charybdis: at the helm sits that Lord, or rather my enemy. At each oar there’s a cruel eager thought, that scorns the tempest and its end: the sail’s torn by an …
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