Every morning, the first glance I throw out of my window meets a kind of sun. It does not matter if it is cloudy, rainy or foggy.. this sun always shines. Under this sun many other signs and advertisements keep their place in front and above my window. But this sun in particular, reminds me of the big eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg in the commercial panel mentioned in F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s novel, The Great Gatsby.
“I spoke to her,” he muttered, after a long silence. “I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God. I took her to the window.”— with an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it ——” and I said ‘God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me, but you can’t fool God!’”
Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night.
“God sees everything,” repeated Wilson.
“That’s an advertisement,” Michaelis assured him. Something made him turn away from the window and look back into the room. But Wilson stood there a long time, his face close to the window pane, nodding into the twilight.
While looking for the
right set for his film Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (The
Gospel According to St Matthew,
1964), Pier Paolo Pasolini embarks on a journey throughout
Italy and, driven by restless curiosity and a deep passion, he gives
life to Comizi d'amore (Love Meetings).
Equipped only with his
microphone, Pasolini explores the most diverse social environments,
traveling the Peninsula from north to south, and asking for Italians'
opinions about sexuality, love, eroticism: farmers, workers,
students, housewives, actors, writers, nobody is spared. He thereby
provides us with a photography of the Country at the beginning of the
1960s (it was 1963, the film-documentary will be released in 1965).
Today I post the pics of a
restoring morning with my musician friend Galeb. Few days ago, due to
several and complicated reasons, we met in Regensburg, a
suggestive Bavarian town.
We had a walk, a coffee, a chat and a few jokes.. Then once again, we said good bye...
Who knows when will the
next meeting be!
Lukily any of us can keep track of his adventures by
listening his ...
The Republic of Kalmykia is the only
country in Europe whose main religion is Buddhism in its Tibetan way, due to
ancient migration of peoples from the East. It is part of the Russian Federation and it is located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. Its
culture and traditions are still in vigour today and they conserve typical
aspects of central Asia folklore. Among those, there is a particular method of
singing through which it is possible to express multiple sounds simultaneously. Okna
Tsahan Zam is an interpreter of this Art.
I thank my friend Andrea for letting me know the
following video belonging to Tim Cope Journeys Channel.
