Category: italy
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From Rome to Home, with a Touch of Ghibli
As I write this, I’m still at the airport, fresh off the flight from Rome and not quite sure what time I’ll make it home tonight. It’s been a long few days, and I wanted to catch this moment before it slips away. On a lighter note—and with apologies to Miyazaki—I’ve been playing with some…
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The Spiral of Faith and Power~
This morning, against all reasonable judgment, I decided to visit Vatican City. The lines were, as promised, endless. Still, I felt I couldn’t be in Rome and not set foot in the Sistine Chapel—a space where so much human history has unfolded. What overwhelmed me wasn’t just the art or the architecture, but the sheer…
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Letting the City Speak~
This morning in Rome, as the city began to stretch awake, I wandered with no agenda. I walked with open eyes, letting the city show me what it wanted me to see. I passed layers of history, columns standing tall among buzzing vespas, and alleyways that echoed with the footsteps of millions before me. But…
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First light in Rome ~
A few hours ago, I arrived in Rome. It’s my first time in the eternal city, and as with all firsts, there’s a kind of electric fuzziness in the air. Everything feels both vivid and dreamlike. I was welcomed into the city with a warm, animated conversation with my taxi driver, who spoke with his…
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The Frequency of Places
I took this photo early this morning, just after waking up in Venice. The city was quiet, still holding on to the hush of night, and the air felt soft and heavy with dreams. Now, as I sit back in my home in Düsseldorf, Germany, that morning feels like it happened in another lifetime. Venice…
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Venice after Dark
There is a hush that falls over Venice when night takes over. The crowds retreat indoors, the echoing laughter and footsteps fade, and the city begins to exhale. Tonight, as I walked through its quiet, meandering alleyways and over softly lit bridges, I was met with a version of Venice that felt more like a…
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Vieni e Vedi – Come and See
I’m writing today’s post a little early because later this evening I’ll be at the opening of our group exhibition here in Venice. There’s a buzz in the air, a quiet tension mixed with excitement, and somehow the rainy weather has only made it more cinematic. As I wandered through the city this morning, I…
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Venice: A City That Defies Time and Logic
There’s something surreal about arriving in Venice. The moment you step onto its stone pathways, surrounded by canals instead of streets, you know you’ve entered a place that defies the ordinary. No cars, only boats and gondolas gliding across the water, bridges connecting impossibly winding alleys, and buildings that lean into one another like old…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 80/365
If we were robots, designed to be born, to live a span of life and then die, then life would have been a straight line of non-events. But life is not like that and being human is so much more complex that straight lines are overtaken by curves. I often thought About how when you…