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remember 0

Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep,
And shall my soul that lies within your hand
Remember nothing, as the blowing sand
Forgets the palm where long blue shadows creep
When winds along the darkened desert sweep?
Or would it still remember, tho’ it spanned
A thousand heavens, while the planets fanned
The vacant ether with their voices deep?
Soul of my [...]

opal 0

He’s always amazed at how quickly the smell disappears and this time of year, it’s no bother as trade is slow – and there’s no wind to speak of. Wild dogs take care of most of it – just got to watch that they don’t remove the bones. Just before they finish, he takes careful [...]

remember tonight… 0

Remember tonight… for it is the beginning of always.

Images: Photographer: © Giorgio Codazzi, model: Colby Jamar, style: Lorenzo Candioto, make up: Stefania Gazzi.
Quote: Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321)

the dancer 0

On a cold Sunday morning in January, I awoke to the sound of wind and leaves rustling at my window. When I got up, the sting of the cold air made me shiver when it seeped into my flat. As I shaved, I saw my face in the mirror; twenty-five years old and full of [...]

if you forget me 0

I want you to know one thing.
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours [...]

a divine image 0

Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And secrecy the human dress.

The human dress is forged iron,
The human form a fiery forge,
The human face a furnace seal’d,
The human heart its hungry gorge.

Paintings: © Alexandra Eldridge, 2009, Courtesy of the artist. Alexandra Eldridge is an artist with an inborn appetite for [...]