A PLACE FOR SIDEWAYS TRAINS OF THOUGHT
I was listening to an interesting podcast called 99 percent invisible. I got distracted at some point and lost the thread, but a few minutes later my mind was reeled in again when I heard the words "the distance a shout carries in the city". The voice continued to read what seemed to be a... Continue Reading →
A city where nothing is ever at the same angle I love Naples and the Neapolitan language. Walking around Naples in May 2017, I came across this street where nothing appeared to be at the same angle. It seemed to me to depict, not just physically, one of the characteristics of Naples which make it... Continue Reading →
(Listen to the poem here) Up on the Janiculum, Garibaldi is riding into town. He isn't getting very far, but then he's seated on a marble horse and on his cap there rides another rider. It is a pigeon. Down in the city, which he'll never reach more statues stand and sit, some- angels -... Continue Reading →