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Collection of images and literary suggestions
"I am Darrel Standing. Very soon they will come to get me to hang me. In the meantime, in these pages I will express my opinion by writing about different times and places."
from the incipit of The Tramp of the Stars by Jack London
N E W S
This page is the site's compass, a collection of the latest articles published in chronological order from all sections, to navigate through the latest news.
Jan 23
Home sweet home
"Decorating your home means writing your own story. Every piece of furniture has the enchantment of its own dream. Those without inner harmony can neither decorate nor write."
Jan 04
Old directions
While strolling the streets of Parma,mainly to test out my new Meike 50mm f/0.95 lens, I was drawn to this elegant bicycle with a beautiful colorful umbrella in its basket, parked right under an old sign painted on the wall—a sign I'd honestly never noticed, despite having passed by here hundreds of times.
Jan 02
The mask that we are
We know how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.
Dec 07
Memories as old as a rock
A return to what has always been... because the path to knowledge is a change of direction, a process of cleansing and subtraction, rather than a process of accumulation. A rediscovery and a rediscovery of oneself to reach the essence, an inner cleansing that symbolically begins also with the exterior, with clothing, roles, and personalities, a...
Among the many ways to travel, the one through suggestion is one of the most fascinating, and you don't have to go far, at least not physically...
Oct 28
Imaginary journeys
"THE 1930s ON THE STEAM TRAIN" - September 13, 2025 - Primolano VI - Italy
Mar 22
The Golden Wheel
In this extraordinary card we see the Sun represented and one of its supreme manifestations, that is, ourselves, since the human being is a creature of the Sun, it is an emanation of it, in particular its essence, that is, the soul, the divine essence.
Feb 22
The Francigena way
A suggestive stretch of the Via Francigena in winter dress, between Cassio and Berceto.
Jan 17
Moon or not Moon?
The magnetic charm of "our" satellite: a double-edged sword?
Jan 14
Search within yourself
If out there all the certainties and all the truths collapse miserably and inexorably, the only certainty and the only truth remain ourselves. Out there are only bewitching words and deceptions, tricks and pitfalls, little shows, flattery and poisoned apples.
Jan 13
Face to face with yourself
A small stream between Romagna and Tuscany, wild enough to give you an adventure in the labyrinth of yourself
Jan 13
Peace & Love
Nestled in the valley like a sliver of paradise that survived a remote past
Jan 13
A frontier land in Romagna
An unusual limbo where natural borders and human borders overlap without conflict
The best adjective to describe the sensations of this place is "space"
It can be done... or instructions on how to reverse the direction of travel of a locomotive !
Transport your mind to magical places
Sep 19
The summer pools
In these first rainy days of early September, summer, with its vivid colors, its intense lights and the scorching sun, already seem like a distant memory, yet it was just yesterday. Not even the time to sort out the shots taken in August, and we are already catapulted into autumn, time runs as they say, and the landscape runs with it....
Sep 19
The world to come
The only revolution possible is to change oneself
Sep 19
Breath
"... it is evident that there is nothing to know, but only experiences to be had, fruits to be savored, bodies to be enjoyed, spirits to be perceived, lives to be loved. It is the dizzying understanding that life is an infinite process of self-generation. No Creator, but only the simple and interminable pulsation of a breath whose metamorphic...
Sep 19
Digital and film
Envy and nostalgia at the restaurant and considerations on technological progress.
Sep 19
The beautiful woman's leap
AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE TESTANELLO AND RIO DEL BASTARDO STREAMERS
Jul 04
When nature breaks in
DON'T BE DECEIVED, THE TRUTH IS WITHIN US!
Apr 07
Wonderful part of me
A tribute to my river with the words of the poet Carlo Luigi Folcia
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