Correggio, Leda and the swan, c. 1532 Il bosco di primavera ha un’anima, una voce. E’ il canto del cuccù, pieno d’aria, che pare soffiato in un flauto. Dietro il richiamo lieve, più che l’eco ingannevole, noi ce ne andiamo illusi. Il castagno è verde tenero, sono stillanti persino le antiche ginestre. Attorno ai tronchi …
Thomas Dewing, Summer, 1890 Light in the forest, music of light, a darting elated and shining melody, shadows’ clamour, halos, tone filters, and caresses, caresses again, turmoil of the flesh, scents to the eyes, colours bite, suck, lips carefully opened, bright and resonant the world springs, the world is a glowing singing thrill, light in …
Sibilla Aleramo – Luce nella selva / Light in the forest Read More »
Henri Camille Danger, The fireflies, 1896 You do not know: there are birch trees raising their roots at night, and you would not believe trees at night walk or become dreams. Think: there is a violin made of love in a tree. Think: a tree sings and laughs. Think: a tree grows up in crevasse …
Henri-Joseph Harpignies, Moonlight, 1889 High on a cliff there’s a twisted pine; intently it listens into the abyss with its trunk curved down like a crossbow. A refuge of nocturnal birds, in the deepest hours of midnight it resounds with the swift fluttering of wings. Even my heart has a nest suspended into the darkness, …
Salvatore Quasimodo – Rifugio d’uccelli notturni/A Refuge of Nocturnal Birds Read More »
Renè Magritte, Forest of Paimpont, 1963 Nel ciel dorato rotano i rondoni. Avessi al cor, come ali, così lena! Pur l’amerei la negra terra infida, sol per la gioia di toccarla appena, fendendo al ciel non senza acute strida. Ora quel cielo sembra che m’irrida, mentre vado così, grondon grondoni. Do you know this poem …
Wassily Kandinsky, Night, 1907 The Cappuccio Wood has a slope of velvet green like a sweet armchair. To fall asleep there in a remote café with a faint light like the light of this moon. Bosco cappuccio ha un declivio di velluto verde come una dolce poltrona. Appisolarmi là solo in un caffé remoto con …
Giuseppe Ungaretti – C’era una volta / Once upon a time Read More »
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