tempo o mancanza di...

Quando una come me vive tre o quattro vite parallele, arriva il momento in cui queste confluiscono in una sorta di nodo spaziotemporale che non consente piena respirazione. Ecco, sono in uno di questi momenti che amo chiamare di apnea. Too much to do, too little time. Spero di uscirne presto.

comunicazione di servizio?

Non sarò in (questa) zona per alcuni giorni, causa esame di dottorato. Do not freak out. I will be back. A meno che non decida di fuggire in Messico, cosa che sta sempre appollaiata in the back of my mind. Sta lì, ferma, qualche volta manda segnali blu di fumo creativo, nella maggior parte dei casi se ne sta zittina al posto suo a ragionare su possibili vite in quella landa affatto desolata. Me voy. Besos.

the ancestress

Inspired by one of Barbara Morgan's photographs which portrays Jane Dudley as the Ancestress in Martha Graham's Letter to the World.

Ispirato ad una foto di Barbara Morgan che ritrae Jane Dudley nel ruolo dell'Antentata in Letter to the World di Martha Graham.

london

London is coming, London I am coming.

I am leaving for my annual PhD exam in a few days, I will go back to my ‘home’.

London is a kind of ‘home’ to me. It has been kind and cruel, it has taught me a lot. I will count again the rats running in the Piccadilly line tracks, waiting for a train that will come packed with people. I will go to my University which is immersed in a beautiful and almost romantic landscape. I will go to my two favourite libraries (Senate House and Laban) to check out books and journals. I will walk around, tasting the rain and smelling the air. I will eat my dear soups, I love English soups, 'leek and potato', 'carrot and coriander' are only two of the flavours you can have. I will meet a couple of friends. The London I love is probably just an imaginary homeland (term borrowed from Salman Rushdie), a place that only exists in my mind. Well, that’s ok, I can deal with that. Sometimes imaginary places are necessary to keep you going.

obama

Change we can.
Can we?
Yes, we can.
Are you sure?
Yes, I am.
Fine. I trust you.
Do you really?
Well, yes, I think so.
Thanks.
No problem.
Let's make a toast.
For what?
For change.
Ah, yes, for change.

pacdrawing 2

living a part-time life

I am a part-time student.
I am a part-time scholar.
I am a part-time critic.
I am a part-time reader.
I am a part-time writer.
I am a part-time drawer.
I am a part-time blogger.
I am a part-time friend.
I am a part-time daughter.
I am a part-time sister.
I was a part-time professor.
I was a part-time teacher.
I was a part-time shop-assistant.
I was a part-time cleaner.
I am a part-time worker.
I taste everything but get the flavour of almost nothing!