Marc Chagall, Over the town, 1918 Take life lightly, for lightness is not superficiality, but a gliding over things from above, without letting things weigh on your heart. Prendete la vita con leggerezza, che leggerezza non è superficialità, ma planare sulle cose dall’alto, non avere macigni sul cuore. Go back to album – I. Calvino
Raphael (Raffaello), Ezekiel’s Vision, c. 1518 The thought pursues me through this dreary town where the wind sweeps down from the high plateau and where a diving chimney swift can cut the slender thread of mountains far away. So soon come forty years of restlessness, of tedium, of unexpected joy, quick as a gust of …
Mario Luzi – Nell’imminenza dei quarant’anni / On Approaching Forty Read More »
Odilon Redon, The Fall Of Icarus, 1876 O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life,but exhaust the limits of the possible. Alla vita immortale, anima cara,non ambire, ma esaurisciil campo del fattibile. Go back to album – Greek and Roman
Quint Buchholz, Man on a Rope, 1985 The occasion was comely. I wanted to shoot, too. I aimed high. A star or the eye – the iciness – of God? (Transl. by D. Foglia) L’occasione era bella. Volli sparare anch’io. Puntai in alto. Una stella o l’occhio (il gelo) di Dio? This is a personal …
Edward Burne-Jones, Night, 1870 Vast night tremble, sky high fragrance! I hear blue stars whispering words to me, not spoken by a human voice, but by a bright gem. On dreamy cliffs and shady brambles life lies silently faraway, in so much light of heaven, beloved light, endless fleeing life. (Transl. by D. Foglia) Vasto …
Sibilla Aleramo – Imminente Sera / Upcoming evening Read More »
Francesco Albani, Adonis led by cupids to Venus (Detail), 1633 Perhaps life is really such as you find it in younger days: an eternal breath seeking from sky to sky who knows what height. (Transl. by P. Robinson) Forse la vita è davvero quale la scopri nei giorni giovani: un soffio eterno che cerca di …
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