Following one’s heart and dreams can be a blessing or a violent insanity that shreds the soul, the choice is yours, dreamer… Soundtrack: Jack Savoretti “No one’s aware” (click here to listen) So three weeks ago I finally set foot on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Took me only
Let’s go a bit lighter today, shall we? After my last slightly macabre post I thought I’d give you a reprieve from my dark and moody side by taking you for a walk in Cannaregio, the northernmost of Venezia’s sestieri. A simple walk. No fantasy twists or darkness, I promise.
She was standing in the room flooded with light that felt as corrosive as acid. Breathing was difficult. And yet even the acid light couldn’t burn out the truth that lied naked in front of her. The deed had been done. It’s consequences irreversible. The pallor whiteness had taken over
I sit here fighting the most ridiculous feeling in the world that just refuses to let go of me. Why am I still thinking about some guy I glimpsed for no more than few minutes, if that much, on some campo in Venezia and photographed just because he looked so
Ritornerai, ritornerai da me [Marco Mengoni “Ricordera l’amore”] Basically this was what Venezia was whispering in my ear all the time since March, her voice sweet as honey, soft as a velvet rope. I knew that I would return, I always do, but I wasn’t certain it would happen again
soundtrack: Faith No More “Evidence” (click here to listen)
What’s on the menu tonight? A breathtaking view. How about that? soundtrack: Darren Hayes “Creepin’ Up On You” (click here to listen) Ive stayed away from Giudecca for years. Not intentionally, mind you. It just so happened that (almost) every single time I got distracted by other places. Besides its
You think Burano is a mad mess of colors? I assure you, its not. Everything is in perfect colorful harmony there. Even people dress accordingly, which is an absolutely beautiful thing…
Palazzo Grassi stole my heart in 2014 with the installation “The Illusion of Light”. And this year its tempting me again with Damien Hirst’s “Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable”. It knows I like my art fantastical and whimsical (and the more so the better)…
Soundtrack: Thomas Bergersen “Homecoming” (click here to listen)
Quadri della vita 
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