How Dare I Be So Beautiful?

We watch in reverence, as Narcissus is turned to a flower

(Expo Milan 2015, Morocco Pavillion)

[Photo taken in Aug 2015]

I've been waiting here for so long
And all this time has passed me by
It doesn't seem to matter now 
You stand there with your fixed expression
Casting doubt on all I have to say.

 Why don't you touch me, touch me...
Now!
[From Genesis To Revelation]

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At every stone under my steps I heard a sound

Green stones that mind wraps its skin in this haunt [C. Coolidge]

(Expo Milan 2015, Japan Pavillion)

[Photo taken in July 2015]

The man who loves, he struggles
In a salt lake dried by the sun,
And he doesn't pray, but dance,
Silent presence that shaken,
No known music can explain us,
Because a sound is a hope,
But this man denies and clinging in vain
To a thought love. He drowns.
[Maz Gazzè]

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A Song at Expo (somehow)

I've got no charm

(Expo Milan 2015, Korea Pavillion)

[Photo taken in August 2015]

Tonight I've consumed much more than I can hold,
Oh, this is very clear to you.
And you can tell I have never really loved.
You can tell, by the way, I sleep all day.
[Moz]

Half in hell, half on earth - Persephone

Just another false alarm: the doubt of the dream

("Persephone C", aka The Woman Carrot, by Luigi Serafini - Expo Milan 2015)

[Photo taken in August 2015]

In Serafini's nursery there are leaves-cloud sprinkling flowers, leaves-web catching insects. Trees uproot themselves and walk, to go to the shore where they sail flapping its roots as boat propellers.

[From Italo Calvino "Collection of Sand"]     

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A Poem at Expo (somehow)

Per trovarti, mio lungo amante, devo cercarti tra le braccia di un’altra o in cima ad Archimede [A. Merini]

(Expo Milan 2015, UK Pavillion)

[Photo taken in August 2015]

To find you, my longed-lover,
I have to find you in the arms of another heart
Or on top of this mechanical hive.

She used to love me a lot

There's more to life than books, you know. But not much more. [Moz]

(I may restart from where I left...)

[Photo taken in December 2015]

[...] I sat down beside her and she smiled
She said where have you been it's been awhile
She was glad to see me
I could almost read her thoughts
She used to love me a lot [...]
[J. Cash]

But I panicked as she turned to walk away

As she went out the door I heard her say

Yes I'm in need of something

Like an excuse to see this shot

But I used to love you a lot

The man who is staring at his dreams

Anniversary

(Ascolta il passo breve delle cose)

[Photo taken in April 2015]

It should be something amazing to have the chance to look at our own dreams.
Anytime we like, like a photo album...