Sunday, April 22, 2012

events | 4.22.12 Earth Day 2012


Another year and another Earth Day.

This year celebration in NYC happens in a rainy gray day: an April day which does not feel like a spring day, after an early blooming and unseasonably warm weather. Just thinking loud...

Today events:

Sun Rises    @  06:06 EDT
Sun Sets      @  19:43 EDT

Solar Noon  @  12:54 EDT



Occupy Wall Street, Worldwide

More information on Earth Day 


Friday, April 20, 2012

Fairs NYC | SOFA at Armory Park Avenue

 

My first walkabout in NYC coming back from Rome, crossing Central Park to visit SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art).



Tuesday, April 17, 2012

camminando | Roma, 16 Aprile: Ruins at Sunset


I am walking through stones with thousands years to narrate, wondering from sacred and profane spaces, churches, fountains, effigies, haute couture.
Ruins emerge, next to Romanic and Renaissance churces, in the intoxicating beauty of the Roman setting sun.

















Walk total length: 11km

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Events | Book Presentation: Form Geometry Structure



La spirale del nautilus illustra la copertina di “Form, Geometry, Structure| from nature to design” il libro campeggia nell’espositore della Giordano Bruno, biblioteca del circuito di Roma Capitale; mentre sullo schermo della sala delle conferenze scorrono suggestive proiezioni; un pubblico selezionato segue attentamente Daniela Bertol che presenta il suo più recente lavoro.
Ne segue un dibattito che approfondisce i contenuti dell’opera e coinvolge molti ambiti: dall’architettura del Rinascimento, alla biologia del mondo animale e vegetale; dal software grafico evoluto, ai mezzi di comunicazione innovativi. Si confrontano punti di vista, si esaminano possibilità di impiego del lavoro della Bertol per orientare le più giovani generazioni. Nascono ipotesi di collaborazione.
Dobbiamo tutti ringraziare l’architetto Bertol per gli spunti di interesse che ci offre e per l’esempio di operosità che rappresenta.

Paolo Martegani
Roma 13 Aprile 2012




Thursday, April 12, 2012

camminando | Ischia, Earth, Water and Sky: Climb to the Top



Monte Epomeo crowns Ischia: a recognizable visible sign of the complex geomorphology of the island visible from far away throughout the bay and even from the city of Naples. Today I climbed  3km to reach the peak of the 788 mountain from the town of Serrara Fontana; the climb accounts a combination of steep roads and foot  paths, often carved in the soft volcanic rock. Almost at the top of the mountain a small church carved in rock announces the breathtaking views to be enjoyed (if you are not afraid of heights) from a few hundreds meter ahead...















practice | Morning Prayer at Sunrise

My daily practice (or morning prayer) began this morning at sunrise, on the beach, when the sun was rising from the ocean framed by l'isola di Vivara and il Castello Aragonese.