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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 



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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.


"Whoever places so much value on a stone will always be surrounded by treasures, wherever he goes"

At Roccamurata, in Taro valley, a small stream flows, marked on maps as "Rio del Bastardo", its waters descend from the steep ophiolitic slopes of Groppo di Gorro and form a wild, fascinating and at times difficult to navigate environment.

Siate orgogliosi di essere semplici peccatori, in un mondo di santi fasulli.

I may have passed by this corner of Parma I don't know how many thousands of times, but never had this image struck me as it did today. It is a scene with a very strong symbolic correspondence with the social situation we are experiencing in this particular historical period, which is very slippery and dangerous.

For me, the camera is a sketchbook, a tool of intuition and spontaneity.

Take care of the beauty that you are able to offer to the world, it is important, the Gods look at us and have a long memory... I enthusiastically do my part through photography.

Questa sera ho fatto tardi al lavoro ed ho perso il solito treno delle otto. Oltre ad aver fatto piacevole amicizia con tutti i senzatetto della stazione, sull'ultimo treno semideserto verso casa, ho avuto la compagnia di una viaggiatrice speciale, e mi piace pensare che, forse, avesse un messaggio da consegnare...

A small symbolic labyrinth of stones in Val Taro, which I built some time ago in an old abandoned quarry near Roccamurata.

The sleep of reason generates monsters (Francisco de Goya)

Among the various artists I accidentally came across while surfing the boundless sea of ​​the web, I want to share some images of this French surrealist poet, writer and painter, Philippe Charles Jachet, architect by training, whose landscapes immediately captured me, entering into resonate with my sensitivity.

The beauty of nature and the landscape are always a source of inspiration, contemplation and fullness. Seen live, these landscapes, these lines, these lights, one has the sensation of breathing them, of assimilating them, of amalgamating them with one's spirit, with one's essence, until one becomes part of it, as in a mirror of the soul, of the...

It's a simple and direct question, and I would appreciate an equally simple and direct answer, or rather I would appreciate an honest and clean answer. We are talking about photography, only and exclusively photography, so what is your answer? Yes or no?

They climbed every single edge of grass. They have dissolved and overturned every piece of land. They poured quintals of concrete. They glued over hundreds of tiles. But the inexorable force of Nature sprouts at every season, mercilessly, with tenderness and elegance, showing off a beautiful fiery red dress, not at all discreet, just to make the...

A ship docked in a port is safe, but that's not what ships were built for.


Trekking and hiking are not just high mountain activities or of exotic locations around the world, sometimes even a simple walk around our house can became a small adventure full of discoveries. The landscape is not just a meadow, a tree and a sky above, landscape is also history and stories, art, nature, flowers, insects, chat and emotions....


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