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homage

Posted on March 29, 2008 @ 7:16 pm by massimo | Filed under: blog, books, fun, people, wordpress

corto maltese hugo pratt aynaku

 Venetian Hugo Pratt is my favourite comic book creator .Due to his rather mixed family ancestry and his nomadic life, Pratt had learned snippets of things like kabbalism and lots of history. Many of his stories are placed in real historical eras and deal with real events.
As a student I had the chance to meet Hugo Pratt in early 80’ in Venice, but never met his best known character (adventuring during the early 20th century), the laconic sea captain called Corto Maltese who realised he had no fate line on his palm and therefore carved his own with a razor, determining that his fate was his to choose!

Illustration Friday’s topic is: homage

turmoil in Tibet

Posted on March 15, 2008 @ 7:13 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world, china, news, wordpress

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In 1959 China annexed theocratic and remote Tibet.
The Dalai Lama,winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, fled to India amid the 1959 rebellion and he is routinely vilified by the Chinese Government.
In recent decades, China has methodically begun exploiting the region’s timber and mineral wealth; Beijing continues to rule the small Himalayan state with a heavy hand, enforcing strict controls on religious institutions.
Since March 14, 2008 protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet are turning violent, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing through the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa.

Illustration Friday’s topic is: heavy

gardens

Posted on March 8, 2008 @ 5:00 pm by massimo | Filed under: blog, fun, travel, ukiyo-e, wordpress

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Modern Singapore is a city of concrete, glass, freeways and shopping centres.This city state is one of the Asia’s four “dragons”- the Asian economic boom coutries. The fact that so many western expats live and work in Singapore, lies exactly in its thriving economy, altough the place itself is really nothing special and the main interest for the population is usually (and simply) taking rest from the hustle bustle of everyday life as soon as possible. As an architect I have been frantically working in Singapore for several months and got damn bored in the week ends. On these occasions the best thing that ever happened to me, was visiting the city’s parks; among them is the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a botanical institution, a tourist attraction, a popular place with photographers, with its unique collection of orchids and a beautiful lotus lake…
While sitting and contemplating by the lake, Japanese poet Yugen’s haiku ironically resounded in my mind:
“Ah! If one could but make a clear and flowing river of this stagnant lotus lake!”

Illustration Friday’s topic is: garden