estimated reading time: 3 minutes On San Servolo island, spring is the most wonderful time of the year. The calm water mirrors the clear sky and the daylight lasts until dinner time. Flowers of all kind blossom around and daisies reappear on the fresh grass after winter, in which all kind of small animals and insects spread around. As it happens every year, the huge … Continua a leggere The Wisteria Bush and the Bee
tempo di lettura: 8 minuti Sviluppato nell’ambito del corso “Nature” (offerto dalla Ca’Foscari Summer School) in cui si è portata avanti una riflessione sul rapporto tra uomo e natura nella storia dell’etica occidentale, sotto la guida della Prof.ssa Joy E. Chaplin. The aim of this dialogue is that of showing two different conceptions of man’s happiness in relation to society and nature. The Ancient Greek … Continua a leggere Human nature: political man and free individual
tempo di lettura: 5 minuti “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” This Greek proverb is the ending quote of the Freespace manifesto, released in June 2017 by Yvonne Farell and Shella Mcnamara, directors of the Architecture Department for the 2018 edition of the Venice biennale. The manifesto represented a guideline both for the … Continua a leggere Another generosity, a new hope
Two large hands emerging from Grand Canal, right in front of Ca’ Sagredo: an artwork by Lorenzo Quinn, an Italian artist, for the Venice Art Biennale 2017, and unveiled on May 13 last year. These giant hands present us with the idea of power: a force that can destroy but, at the same time, create and sustain, as the artist himself declared. The work of … Continua a leggere Lorenzo Quinn’s Hands: the meaning of willpower
16 dicembre 1943, Ospedale psichiatrico femminile di San Clemente Mi hanno portato con la barca questa mattina dall’ospedale; nebbia e pioggia, la barca ballava sulla laguna agitata. Ho visto i diavoli venire a prendermi tra le onde, i fulmini, i lampi. Nessuno mi crede, mi tengono ferma, legata alla barca. La barca non sta mai ferma. La Signora infermiera parla di me con il barcaiolo, … Continua a leggere NO MAN IS AN ISLAND – La parola “matto” sta scritta dentro e fuori ci sono i pazzi.
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