A Day at the Beach
Recently a majority of us in the program went to Cecina on the Mediterranean to spend some time cooling off and heating up in the sun. After a short bus ride we made it...
Recently a majority of us in the program went to Cecina on the Mediterranean to spend some time cooling off and heating up in the sun. After a short bus ride we made it...
Recently, we all spent an afternoon learning about and preparing food with Guilia and Marco. We were divided into shopping groups to go out and find ingredients in what Guilia calls “Italian shopping”, buying...
Rome is the kind of city where you can walk in any direction and find political centers, significant contemporary culture, and as much history as you could desire. We were lucky enough to spend...
This past Monday I found myself in Vicenza, waiting for a train, scared that I was on the wrong platform. With five days of travel and a lot less sleep than I preferred behind...
It is mid-April 2019 and I have just returned to the United States from two-weeks in Volterra where I was privileged to participate in my third reality capture workshop there. The Volterra-Detroit Foundation Reality...
Chemiurgia: Born in America, defines a branch of industry that applies chemistry to deal with the preparation of products exclusively from raw materials and natural resources, using only renewable resources without damaging the environment....
Laocoon: A sculpture with extreme expression. A structure with three figures that have a semblance of fear, suffering, and death. The story of Laocoon, the mere soul of the sculpture expresses its story on its...
Perseus and Medusa What emotionless expression remains as a stain on the head without a body, in the hands, of Perseus instead At his feet, a corpse, of a monster once loved or known...
Romulus and Remus: The Twins who, according to local legend, were the founders of Rome and Sienna. Romulus: Rome. The twins with the she-wolf mother. This image, the twins suckling on the she-wolf mother,...
Alabaster: a translucent form of gypsum or calcite. There is a strong bond between a student and a teacher. Especially when you both understand each other without speaking a word of the...