Literature

Che spettacolo!

What nicer reading opportunity than in the library of the University of Durham? I love this place: head down, book, journal or magazine; head up, the Cathedral.

It reminds me of another wonderful reading situation: 4th floor of the library of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, with a book by Leopardi coming from the Italian Literature shelves: head up, Via della Faggiola through the window, where the poet himself lived.

Sorry, I had no camera cellphone back then, in Pisa!

In a lens, ghosting refers to the formation of light artefacts due to reflections of the source of light. This book, “The Ghost stories of M.R. James”, published by Edward Arnold, is therefore the perfect companion.

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Good night.

On a technical note, I can hardly think of anything more difficult than photographing in candlelight only – if the true aspect of the flame itself wants to be reproduced.

Alcuni anni fa la Scuola Normale di Pisa ospitò una lettura integrale di Dante. Ora è il turno del Regno Unito:
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New Forest, Hampshire, England

I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life…to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. ~Henry David Thoreau

Andai nei boschi per vivere con saggezza, vivere con profondità e succhiare tutto il midollo della vita, per sbaragliare tutto ciò che non era vita e non scoprire, in punto di morte, che non ero vissuto. (John Keating tratto da Walden, vita nei boschi di Henry David Thoreau)