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
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
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
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
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



