Headline & Editorial
Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Fatto in casa ≠ home made
Magazine -> #20 Home MadeIn Italy and the rest of the Mediterranean, the expression “fatto in casa” is paying the price of a very recent history that the older generations have not forgotten: the post-war economic hardship that continued up until the 1960s, which dictated that “home made” equated to not being able to buy the product ready-made elsewhere. “Home...
continue..The contrary art
Magazine -> #22 KaizenWhat meaning do you give to the word kaizen? Is there any link between your artistic work and this concept? Kaizen means improvement, but as an artist I don’t pay much heed to this word, because of its industrial connotations. In this context, the word kaizen can be explained in terms of a succession of small changes, designed to simplify and i...
continue..The intention doesn’t matter
Magazine -> #21 Senti-mentallyIn front a cup of coffee. For me, the expression of emotion is never calculated. I’ll wager that emotion is always there if the work is motivated by pleasure and desire. Since I often have too many ideas or desires, I usually start each project with endless lists, which I then cut into little strips and arrange in order of preference to make ...
continue..The way of the brush
Magazine -> #22 KaizenTo improve one’s work by getting rid of what is unneeded through constant and repetitive exercise. This seems to be the key to a calligrapher’s success, but very often deciding what to leave is anything but easy. What has your experience as a student of calligraphy and as an artist and respectively as a writer been in this respect? Linda: As a...
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