The first plate of my Carnet de Voyage on Japanese Moleskine dedited to 2011 trip in China.
Lot of work to do now, really few time for painting and working on this Carnet which will be very hot and sur, as according to the experiences made in beloved China.
On my Digital Journal I’ve just finished to upload and prepare the galleries and albums of the hundreds of pictures I’ve taken in the trip of this summer in China, from Beijing to Henan, backing to Beijing via Shanxi.
I’m just working on my China 2011 Carnet de Voyage painting, patchworking and writing about the feelings of the travel, that’s were I’ll put myself inside, with the lot of changes, as only any trip to China can do!
The song which I use to listen since I was back is DT Stylee by John & Roy, and perfectly describes by music and lyrics some feelings I gently got from someone of our travel crew, so just quote!
Hitting downtown today, I see you and try to say hey
But you’re tripping over yourself and you’re looking in poor health
You’re a long way from home and you’re standing there all alone
With a half full bottle beside
From the day you’re trying to hide
I admit, this is bothering me as I feel positive energy
But your negative vibe’s taken hold of my mind, body, and soul
I don’t mean no disrespect, I just see all this neglect
And it’s making me feel sad
What’s the life that you have had?
I know this lifestyle is not your first choice
And I know what you’re saying to me is not your only voice
And I know you understand something, that this ain’t no way to be living
I hope one day that you will rise
Out the dark and clear your eyes
See the life you are abusing
Make it good and start again
Find yourself a place to cal home
Somewhere where you’re not alone
Somewhere where you feel good about yourself
Where happiness is your source of wealth
Here’s some hundreds of pictures I’ve taken during the summer of 2011 trip to China, mainly developed in Beijing (04 – 12/08) Henan (12 – 23/08) and Shanxi (23 and 24/08)
Pictures are gathered in 3 main albums here listed below, which in turns are sorted in smaller galleries.
I’ll write about this trip in my 中国 2001 – Carnet de Voyage which I began to paint directly in situ and about it I’m still working on. Here’s the best place to write and express about the feelings of such trip!
Beijing 04/08 – 12/08/2011
Henan 12/08 – 24/08/2011
Shanxi 23/08 – 24/08/2011
羞龍
盖娅是在听光的 – Gaia en ecutent les lumières
盖娅是在听光的 – Gaia en ecutent les lumières ; pastel à l’huile Sennelier sur papier, 80 x 60 cm.
Seguendo i vari links mentre spulciavo video di Taolu, ho trovato il sito di Mark Moran – www.wushuzilla.com, ed ho notato
dei titoli assolutamente interessanti.
Ho deciso quindi di tradurli dall’Inglese, perchè mi piaceva farlo e perchè quando traduco qualcosa ne assimilo molto di più
i contenuti; poi credo che quello che lui scrive sia molto molto importante, e mi trovo perfettamente daccordo con le sue
opinioni e con la sua analisi molto precisa dell’allenamento del Wushu e dei vari fattori che complessivamente ne
orchestrano lo svolgimento.
C’è anche un secondo testo di Mark che ho tradotto, molto molto bello e davvero importante, che riguada invece la perdita
degli stimoli nell’allenamento del Wushu: “
How
to Maintain Your Motivation for Training?” e cioè Come
mantenere la tua motivazione per l’allenamento?
Non insisterò sulla mia incompetenza di fronte ai testi che ho da commentare. […] Vi prego però
di essere estremamente indulgenti nei miei riguardi. Emmanuel Lévinas, 1977 “Du Sacré au Saint – Cinq nouvelles lectures talmudiques”
ho sentito molto spesso (sia da altre persone che nel mio cervello) la domanda:
“ma perchè gli atleti cinesi di Wushu sono così pazzescamente bravi???”
risposta veloce?
Deux études et un troisièm: such title I was inspired by Peter Russell “Four Snowmen and a Fifth“, where the 4 could be seen as the whole humanity ad the fifth as God.
Etude 3: 可爱的 – Keaide – Claudia à Lijiang
Etudes 1 et 2: Gaia
Dedico questa pagina di Carnet al bellissimo momento vissuto a Milano, in occasione della presentazione del nuovo libro di Stefano sul Giappone, edito dalla De Agostini.
Milano 2010
Dedicated to 3 of my ex-students in Brozzi neighborhood, when I worked in Duca d’Aosta primary school as Wushu teacher. Once people going stop looking at foreigner communities as social emergency, believing in them as richness, thus may we could find some treasure in each other…
Elisa, coincidences – Heart 2009
Hidden everywhere around us
they’ll be sending us their signals
Up to a word, up to a reaction
within our choices they are…
…they are…
Little coincidences inside every story
Shining through the spirits
Little coincidences bigger then fame and glory
Carrying all the secrets…
Streaming one after the other
in a constant revolution
Shaping the twists and turns of the future
Within our voices they are…
…they are…
Little coincidences inside every story
Shining through the spirits
Little coincidences bigger then fame and glory
Carrying all the secrets…
it feels so strange and though so good…
it’s not about us at all…
it’s something we just can’t control…
it’s a higher… higher law… a higher Law…
Little coincidences inside every story
Shining through the spirits
Little coincidences bigger then fame and glory
Carrying all the secrets…
Little coincidences inside every story
Shining through the spirits
Little coincidences bigger then fame and glory
Carrying all the secrets…
Con molto piacere pubblico il breve articolo dedicato alla storia della spada cinese, pubblicato sul numero di Novembre di “Editoriale l’Atleta”.
书剑同源
Due pagine di carnet dedicate a due piante speciali: la Salsapariglia ed il Plumbago.
Plumbago – Plumbago auriculata
L’erbario è un compendio che descrive il regno vegetale. Nel medioevo si trattava di una particolare categoria di libri che raccoglievano brevi descrizioni spesso a carattere medico, descrivevano le virtù delle piante.
Si chiama erbario anche una collezione di piante o di parti di piante essiccate e pressate accuratamente, individuate e classificate scientificamente, utilizzata per studi botanici.
