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
The opinion
Magazine -> #27 The Culture of ListeningDuring these times of reflection and change caused by the global crisis we are all experiencing, I find the topic of listening to be extremely relevant. My approach is to see what can be learned from it, starting with the basic theories of modern management. I think this is essential, if we are to deal with the current economic situation. For mana...
continue..Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: ability, approval, communicating, company, crisis, customers, economic situation, essential, finance, global, identify, interpret, lifestyles, listen, listening | Leave A Comment »
Blinding the ears
Magazine -> #27 The Culture of ListeningIn front of a cup of coffee with Andrea Bellini The theme of this edition of illywords is “La cultura dell’ascolto” (or “the Culture of Listening”). Did this lead to the idea of choosing “Accecare l’ascolto” (“Blocking the ears”) as the title for the section on theatre and the role of theatrical performance in the modern art...
continue..Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: actor, andrea bellini, artissima, biennal, bourgeois, carmelo bene, creativity, dadaist, ears, entertainer, exhibitions, framework, futuristic, involved, john cage | Leave A Comment »
Look and listen
Magazine -> #25 InnovageYour professional activity appears to be an excellent example of an ongoing exchange and equilibrium between the great experience you’ve acquired over time and a capacity to adapt to modern-day requirements. How have you managed to achieve such a fine balance, that may be summed up in the term Innovage? It’s important to understand the element...
continue..Dec 02, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: art gallery, dialogue, enrico baj, equilibrium, example, fragments, gio, giorgio marconi, innovage, john bock, jonathan monk, jorge pardo, learn, listen, look | Leave A Comment »
The upbeat and downbeat of culinary composition
Magazine -> #24 Self PortraitCreativity is not a continuum. There are times it waxes and times it wanes. One has to learn the art of stopping to look, enjoy and listen, and unravel those hesitant interludes. Like in prosody, when the stressed follows the unstressed, or in music, in that hardly perceptible pause when the downbeat heralds the upbeat. That’s where the essence o...
continue..Sep 18, 2009 | Categories: Authors | Tags: athens, barcelona, castello di rivoli, click, continuum, creativity, culinary, davide scabin, del pescatore, enjoy, essence, experience, florence, france, french cuisine | Leave A Comment »
