Antique blog with a sentimental value, from the times when we branched out on the internet armed with anonymousness and our passions, no interest in making it a day job.
Nato come
To drown a rose in tempi di anonimato in rete, esterofilia e manifesti programmatici, questo archivio resta un inventario di cose lette sentite viste pensate che attira insperato traffico da google su argomenti balzani, e che ogni tanto, in modo un po’ horror, tende a rianimarsi.
(Se trovate i commenti chiusi, sentiamoci sull'
X twitter o su
bluesky.)
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Varianti 
il fitzwilliam di cambridge, gli anni ottanta, l’inghilterra, la mia adolescenza, holland park… tutti insieme mi tornano in mente e questi manifesti degli anni venti riprodotti in cartolina che comprai a londra: “the student travels underground” e “the film-lover travels underground” – prometto di inviarteli. in questi ultimi giorni respiro aria degli anni venti, inghilterra, i bloomsberries… carrington… sugar keines… ci sarà questa eco un po’ retrò nel mio contributo per lunedì!
La ragazza col guanto mi fa venire in mente questo quadro di Edgar Degas, forse per la luce decadente, forse per la tristezza (o meglio, mestizia) negli occhi della protagonista…