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• Elettricità Nell’aria

  

  (photo by Rahul)Una settimana fa è scoppiata la lampadina nel bagno. Non semplicemente fulminata, ma esplosa in mille pezzi, schegge taglienti finite nella... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2019 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Il Congiuntivo e' La Coda Di Una Lucertola

  

  Finalmente, dopo tanti anni, ho fatto pace con il congiuntivo. Ho smesso di maledirlo, di combatterlo.Finally, after all these years of speaking Italian, I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2019 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perché Scrivo – La Storia Dell’umanità in Due Capoversi

  

  Cueva de las manos (by Mariano Cecowski, from Wikipedia) Scrivo perché i miei antenati pelosi sono scesi dagli alberi per incamminarsi verso terre ostili che... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2018 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crisi

  

  Vicino a casa mia c’è una spiaggia. A marea alta è una cartolina, un po’ sbiadita, ma quando il mare la denuda è una distesa di fango appiccicoso che ti vernici... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• La Parola è Un Bacio

  

  Foto di Francesco EscalonaPer me, scrivere una parola è come baciare la persona che ami. È la capacità di catturare e racchiudere con la bocca la bellezza del... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Il Mare Di Castellammare / The Sea in Castellammare

  

  The Gulf of Naples from space (ESA/NASA)A sedici anni il mare di Castellammare mi pareva un grande lago, io che di mari conoscevo solo il rabbioso Atlantico,... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2017 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Il Sole Di Napoli / The Sun in Naples

  

  (Foto di Eunice Franchi www.viaggiatore.com)Il sole di Napoli è oro liquido. C’è chi ha, e chi non ha. Il centro storico ne ha poco per difetto di nascita, e... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Quartieri Spagnoli Fine Estate / End of Summer

  

  (Foto di Francesco Escalona, autore di Giallo tufo [Valtrend, 2011])Se stai soffrendo le pene d’amore, non c’è posto migliore dove stare dei Quartieri Spagnoli... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2017 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Irpinia Estate / Summer

  

  È come se il calore si fosse immagazzinato tutta l’estate per fare di quest’ultimo mese una grande uscita di scena. I campi sono assetati, già fieno, eppure il... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Desidero Questo

  quanto ho desiderato tetutto quanto, senza compromessi, senza bugiepoter fermare il mondo con un sussurro.Voglio trovare il luogo dove le nostre bocche si... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Confessions from the Shower

  

  Photo borrowed from https://dengarden.com/I haven’t written lately but I think of you always, especially in the shower. I have conversations with you in my head... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2017 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Caro Roberto

  

  Roberto SavianoCaro Roberto You’re awesome. (Sorry for being overly colloquial, I’m American.) I haven’t even finished reading La paranza dei... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sneak Peak p.78

  

  "Light. A Painting" by South Carolina artist Charlotte Hudson WrenThe village dissolved back into countryside. B drove leisurely. The hills leveled out and the... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2017 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Walk the Walk

  

  Photo by Andrea Haffner (www.andreahaffner.com)When I first realized that I was writing in my head, I was looking down at my shoes gliding over the concrete... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Matters of the Heart

  

  Photo by Daniela BenemeritoThe only way to truly put an end to that dream I was dreaming called The Endless Summer was that good old stingy slap called The... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Call It Balcony Rage

  

  Quartieri Spagnoli, foto by Sergio Siano,taken from Il Corriere del MezzogiornoI confess that some mornings I just want to scream. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2016 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sneak Peak p. 293

  

  It was like being in the midst of a lucid dream. The Quartieri Spagnoli looked different, not at all as I remembered it when I’d left little over a week ago. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Satellites That Pass in the Night

  

  A detail of one of my paintingsAt the end of this blog post, you’ll think I’m superstitious. Or nuts.Alla fine di quest’articolo capirai che sono... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Yelling in Italian Part 2

  

  (con't)I really needed to lighten the mood. “I mean, you don’t want me to yell at you in Italian, do you?” I expected him to find this funny. If I yelled in... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sneak Peek Page 47: a Passage from My Manuscript

  

  A detail of one of my paintingsThat kiss, that kiss. Was this what tasting the forbidden fruit was like? Only one last moment of hesitation, and then the... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 CREATIVITY, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION