SOLEDAD FERNANDEZ 1/4 – She was born in Madrid, and she studied at José Gutiérrez Valle’s atelier (Sevillian Schoo), at the Circle of Fine Arts in Madrid. Looking her paintings, you can feel something of magic. Only a woman’s mind is capable of imagining the nuances of female delicacy, with colors that have names: feelings and emotions. SOLEDAD FERNANDEZ 2/4 …
Read More »A PLEASURABLE TASTE OF SPAIN – Paella and Madrileno cocido Andalusian gaspacho, pulpo a la Gallega and Asturian fabada
There are several dishes that are worth a try when you are in Spain, but narrowing the circle – depending on the region where you are – some of those flavors will be essential. Visiting Spain, you can feel this smells and flavors, looking for “The Meeting Benches way”: a perfectly proportioned man, created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the …
Read More »THE PIANIST – Novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
The atmosphere of a country, and that of a nation, is also made of its language. Only by reading, you can “feel” what the eyes do not see. Visiting Spain, you can read this novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán: The Pianist. This is “The Meeting Benches way”: a perfectly proportioned man, created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of …
Read More »CONTEMPORARY SPANISH POETRY – Jesús Díaz Armas
The atmosphere of a country, and that of a nation, is also made of its language. Only by reading, you can “feel” what the eyes do not see. Visiting Spain, you can read this book by Jesús Díaz Armas: Deltedio. This is “The Meeting Benches way”: a perfectly proportioned man, created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human …
Read More »ANTONIO LIGABUE (1899/1965), ITALIAN PAINTER – Walking aimlessly in life and colors
THE CREATIVE DIVERSITY – Antonio Ligabue, the drawing skills and love for the animals, between madness and a thousand trades
ANTONIO LIGABUE 1/4 – his strange destiny, to be born in one day in December, in a nation that is not his, from an unknown father. The man who, later, will walk aimlessly on the Italian banks of the River Po, still does not know the mental hospital, and even self-harm. An artistic genius, capable of transforming nightmares into enchanted …
Read More »WATERS AND LANDS – Alley, poetry by Salvatore Quasimodo
ALLEY To me sometimes call your voice, and I know that skies and waters, to me they wake up in a network of sun that unravels, on your walls that were at night, a swinging lamp, the workshops late, full of wind and sadness. Another time: a frame beating in the courtyard, and you could hear the night crying, of …
Read More »THE LOST ARMY – Novel of Valerio Massimo Manfredi
THE LOST ARMY > Through the eyes of Abira, women become the protagonists of the great History. This you will find out by reading this historical novel, along with ages adventures of a remote time. Ten thousand Greek mercenaries and a long march (through dangers and adventures), along with the desire to return home. Xenophon, wrote his “Anabasis”, Valerio Massimo …
Read More »ITALIAN MEAL STRUCTURE – Breakfast, lunch and dinner? No. You need to know also the special mid-afternoon snacks, your next “merenda”
Italy is a landscaped cocktail, but also gastronomic, ie an explosion of tastes, flavors and fragrances, that is an incredible variety of recipes, different for each region. Following the suggestion of proposed trip in our Meetinb Benches way (an geometrical way of the mind, could live with the simplicity of the sides of a charming square, but inside anche andhear …
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