“Dissero all’ulivo… al fico… alla vite: Regna su di noi. Rispose loro l’ulivo… il fico… la vite: Rinunzierò… e andrò ad agitarmi?!” (cfr Gdc cap 8 e 9). Quanto radicamento dalla esatta consapevolezza di ciò che siamo?! Quanto radicamento nella consapevolezza che Dio mi è➡️
Christmas Tree / Wings by Salvador Dalí. Series: Hoechst Ibérica Christmas Postcard Series (First Card). Date: 1958. Technique: Watercolor and ink on paper (printed as a postcard). Collection: The original drawings were exhibited at the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation for a long time; it was auctioned in Paris in 2019.
the Pegasus of Corinth often comes with a tiny Ϙ next to it. that sign is koppa, an archaic Greek letter that later fell out of the alphabet but lived on as Corinth’s badge and as the numeral 90. so for centuries a mythic horse quietly kept a dead letter in daily circulation across the Mediterranean..
Pair of wings from a Graeco‑Roman statuette. Date: c. 2nd century BC–2nd century AD. Medium: cast bronze with engraved feathering. Collection: The Met.
Lapis Lazuli and Gold Rhyton, c. 5th century BC — A gorgeous ceremonial vessel shaped like an ibex, used for libations or festive drinking in the royal courts of ancient Persia.
Collection: Abegg-Stiftung
The Augsburg Ring with a Sundial in the Form of a Hedgehog (1580) is a miniature marvel of Renaissance craftsmanship, made of gold, enamel, and diamonds.
Silver stater of Knossos (Cnossus), Crete, c. 425–360 BC; obverse: Minotaur in a kneeling–running stance to the right, head facing; reverse: a square labyrinth in gammadion form with five pellets arranged rosette‑wise at the center and four incuse corner squares.
“Bee Bottle” (Flacon aux Abeilles) by Guerlain, design 1853; clear glass perfume bottle with gilt bees and festoon ornament, made for Eau de Cologne Impériale and manufactured by Pochet du Courval.
Oggi vi parlo di un capolavoro della letteratura francese che intreccia amore, desiderio e introspezione.
"La gatta" di Colette segue la storia di Alain e della sua gatta Saha, simbolo di un legame profondo e misterioso, in un racconto che esplora le sfumature dell’animo umano con eleganza e poesia. Attraverso Saha, Colette esplora il conflitto tra natura e cultura, tra desiderio e dovere, offrendo una riflessione profonda sulla complessità dei legami umani e sulla ricerca di autenticità in un mondo dominato da convenzioni.