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, Â 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 →