Category Archives: Drawings & Paintings

The Unfolding of Mariano Fortuny

What is a pleat other than a fold.  And what is a fold other than the combination of order and flexibility. Pleats have been around for a long time. They were around in ancient Egypt and continued to be used … Continue reading

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Nazim Hikmet, poet with a cause

I bought a book of his poetry at the train station in Milano just because of a phrase on the dust jacket: You are my enslavement and my freedom. Nazim Hikmet was the first modern poet from Turkey. Born in the … Continue reading

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Vieni, Marcello, vieni!

Federico Fellini was from Rimini but moved to Rome in 1939.  He wanted to be a writer but enrolled in law school to appease his parents.  Of course the war changed everything. Fellini was into making films evolving around politics … Continue reading

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The Cold Case of Wilma Montesi

It was the day before Easter of 1953 when fishermen found a young woman’s body on the beach of Torvaianica  not far from Rome.  Her face was in the sand and her shoes, stockings, garter belt, and skirt were missing. A … Continue reading

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Affirmation No. 6

It’s taken some effort but I’m getting better at floating.  Floating  is a form of suspension, a vacation from stimuli, a conservation of energy. Avicenna was an Islamic Golden Age philosopher. He invented the “floating man experiment”—asking one to imagine … Continue reading

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