WHEN THE SURREAL ATMOSPHERES BLEND WITH POP – Domenico Dell’Osso: the admirable use of oil paints, colored in fantastic allegories
DOMENICO DELL’OSSO 1/4 – He is an Italian artist coming from Puglia, and he lives in Milano, but he has an art gallery in Matera. He is absolutely convinced that any situation as long addressed with humor and fortitude, always is able to lead to a greater awareness of what life is beautiful. DOMENICO DELL’OSSO 2/4 – His original creations, …
Read More »NAKED ARE YOU SO SIMPLE – Poetry, by Pablo Neruda
DESNUDA ERES TAN SIMPLE > Desnuda eres tan simple como una de tus manos, lisa, terrestre, mínima, redonda, transparente, tienes líneas de luna, caminos de manzana, desnuda eres delgada como el trigo desnudo. Desnuda eres azul como la noche en Cuba, tienes enredaderas y estrellas en el pelo, desnuda eres enorme y amarilla como el verano en una iglesia de …
Read More »WHEN THE MUSIC BECOMES POETRY – Lana Del Rey: Born To Die
BORN TO DIE Why? Who me? Why? Feet don’t fail me now. Take me to the finish line. Oh my heart it breaks every step that I take, but I’m hoping at the gates, they’ll tell me that you’re mine. Walking through the city streets, is it by mistake or design? I feel so alone on the Friday nights, can …
Read More »SILENTIUM – Poetry, by Fëdor Ivanovič Tjutčev
SILENTIUM Shut up, hide and hidden their own dreams and feelings. That in the depths of your arise, and go into the sunset, silent, like the stars in the night. They split up, thou, and shut up. It may emerge the heart, ever? Another will ever understand you? Deemed of what you live? Thought expressed is already lie. Peat becomes …
Read More »GRAY MOUNTAIN – Romance, by John Grisham
GRAY MOUNTAIN The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast trackShe’s offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she’d get her old job back. Her new job takes Samantha into the murky …
Read More »ORPHAN TRAIN – Romance, by Christina Baker Kline
ORPHAN TRAIN A captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship. Nearly eighteen, Molly Ayer knows she has one last chance. Vivian Daly has lived a quiet life on the coast of Maine, and in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past. Molly grows to Vivian, the more she discovers parallels to …
Read More »SEPTEMBER 12,1966 – Poetry, by Giuseppe Ungaretti
12 SETTEMBRE 1966 > Sei comparsa al portone in un vestito rosso, per dirmi che sei fuoco che consuma e riaccende. Una spina mi ha punto, delle tue rose rosse, perché io succhiassi al dito, come già tuo, il mio sangue. Percorremmo la strada, che lacera il rigoglio della selvaggia altura, ma già da molto tempo io sapevo che, soffrendo …
Read More »PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, FRENCH PAINTER – Images created from light, through reflections and fascinating nuances
KATARINA VAVROVA’, SLOVAK PAINTER – Not only ladies with a sad expression on her face
WHEN FANTASY MELDS WITH REALITY – Animal, men and wings: the fabulous world of Katarina Vavrová
KATARINA VAVROVA’ 1/4 – Her name is Katarina, Katarina Vavrová, an artist from Slovakia, an artist who likes to express her creativity in all shades ranging from graphic art and painting. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, but it was also a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia, Italy. KATARINA VAVROVA’ 2/4 – …
Read More »SEVEN FAMILIES IN SEVEN CENTURIES – The extraordinary cultural legacy of Považský Castle, Slovakia
Považský Castle, is a ruin of medieval castle on the right side of the river Váh, near Považská Bystrica in Slovaki, and it was one of the most important castles guarding the valley of the river Váh (on the opposite bank of the river Váh, there lies narrowest canyon in Slovakia called Manínska tiesňava, and there is a nice view …
Read More »IN THE SMOKE – Poetry by Eugenio Montale
NEL FUMO > Quante volte t’ho atteso alla stazione nel freddo, nella nebbia. Passeggiavo rosicchiando, comprando giornali innominabili, fumando Giuba poi soppresse dal ministro dei tabacchi, il balordo! Forse un treno sbagliato, un doppione oppure una sottrazione. Scrutavo le carriole dei facchini, se mai ci fosse dentro il tuo bagaglio, e tu dietro, in ritardo. Poi apparivi, ultima. È un …
Read More »THE NIGHTINGALE – Romance, by Kristin Hannah
THE NIGHTINGALE In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When France is …
Read More »SWEET FRIEND, I DO NOT BELIEVE – Poetry by Vladimir Solovyov
SWEET FRIEND, I DO NOT BELIEVE Sweet friend, I do not believe your words, your senses, your eyes, and even to myself. I think only the stars that shine at the top. For a milky path, the stars send me infallible dreams, and in the desert boundless they breed for me heavenly flowers. And in that eternal summer, including those …
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