The Excellence of Neapolitan Gloves
The history of gloves begins mythologically with the invention of the Graces: summoned by Venus, who had injured her hands, they sewed bandages around her fingers. They existed in Egypt, and in the Odyssey, Laertes uses them to work in the fields, which the Romans borrowed from barbarian peoples. In the Middle Ages, a glove […]
The contemporary “Grand Tour”
In the silence of these country roads, where the sun slows down in its descent behind the hills, I find myself reflecting on the journey. Not the journey of kilometers traveled, or places visited, but that intimate journey, a path into the depths of the soul that often takes place without taking a step. The […]
The Chambers of Wonders: Journey into Enchantment and Mystery
Man and his insatiable desire for wonder: a story that spans millennia, painting a palette of emotions and curiosity. Since ancient times, humanity has succumbed to the attraction of collecting objects, sometimes for survival, other times to chase that unique emotion that only the inexplicable can bestow. Here lies the essence of the Wunderkammer, the […]
Suon suarè
It is not uncommon for, without warning, in a crowded street, at an airport, or in a shopping place, the gazes of two strangers to intersect, giving rise to a sense of familiarity and potential, which often translates into an irresistible urge to approach or start a conversation. However, this fleeting perception dissipates almost instantly, […]
SUMMERTIME
It was a cloche hat, delicately crafted from hemp knit, with a grosgrain ribbon and a matching flower. It spoke of warm and distant places, where skilled hands had turned it into a work of art, only to surrender it and place it in that faraway window, on an anonymous street in a city of […]
Peppeniello and Me
“My existence has always been an oxymoronic symphony, a dance of unresolved contradictions. If I were to pause and gaze with the curiosity of an amused observer, I would discover the manifold facets of my life. I would begin by reflecting on the image of Peppeniello, a son of a wayward family afflicted by poverty. […]
Otium Life style
«O Meliboee, deus nobis haec otia fecit»“O Meliboeus, a god has granted us this leisure.”Virgile, Bucolics There are stories of mathematical models, romantically imprecise, that tell of an observable Universe in which there are roughly two trillion galaxies. Without being too precise, if we perform a simple, but by no means trivial calculation, we arrive […]
Naples Impermanence
In the intricate weave of human understanding, it is common for us to turn to an external viewpoint in order to gain a critical perspective. This, so to speak, allows us to examine ourselves more closely, to scrutinize even from behind, where our gaze alone cannot reach. This approach proves particularly useful in exploring national […]
My Invisibles
No, in the sense that I used to have a job in Naples too, normal work of my own, like everyone, I was working there. No! I left just like that, to travel, to broaden my horizons. Massimo Troisi And so, just as the motion of the sea doesn’t take into consideration the waves it […]
The soul of objects
“Objects have the ability to plant themselves in the soul and then tell the soul what to do” wrote Bruce Chatwin. The writer of The Songlines was inviting us to get rid of objects. Yet, he sought them out, collected them, sold them and then departed, backpack slung over his shoulder, for distant lands. What is the […]
