No place to fall

No Place To Fall


Well if I had no place to fall
And I needed to
Could I count on you
To lay me down

Steve Earle

Sculpture

In S.Peter, in the dome, I found this great statue from Michelangelo. S.Veronica, in the act of setting the table. You can almost hear her saying:

“Everybody…supper is ready!”

The tablecloth seems to wrap Veronica’s body, who’s nakedness is disguised by her semi-transparent dress. Neverthless, the picture is far from erotic. In those ancient times, sex and food were not supposed to be associated. 

S.Veronica is procuress of restaurants and cafés.

Summer

Always we wait for a better summer to do what we never did.

 

Manuel Vasquez Montalban – Il Premio / Recursive quote

Still Life in Rome

On the floor of the Vatican Museum, you can find a fantastic mosaic. Two birds, a duck and a pawn, are standing next to a basket full of fresh fruit. This is the first example of Still Life in history, a milestone of Art History. No matter how long you stare at it, the image is absolutely still. It does not move. Frozen. Unbelievable what those Romains could do.

 

 

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Here a 2nd Still Life on Mosaic.

Mosaic in Rome

Amazing mosaic in Rome. In the Vatican Museum, hanging on a wall, you can admire this marvelous mosaic that probably was covering one of the pavements of the Caracalla’s Baths.

A herd is offering a lamb to the priest, probably to be offered to a god in a pagan ritual ending in a huge dinner and an orgy. Scenes of the ritual were nowhere to found in the Museum.

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McKenzie and Cobra have been signaled in Rome recently. McKenzie was in his way back from Korea, where he supposedly killed some agents with his own hands. Cobra was returning from his mission in the Vatican. OTF finds Vatican’s propaganda in line with the secret agreements, but it is furious on the rumors of opposition on the OLYMPIA mission.

Part of the conversation has been taped at the OIO restaurant. Here’s the most important extract, which we were not able to decrypt yet:

“Per me pasta co la Pajaja”

“Io me accontento de ‘npo de puntarelle”

The meeting ended in McKenzie’s phantom-mobile, equipped with Air-Land and Air-to-Air missiles; the OTF-mobile responds submissively to all the vocal commands John gives her. Cobra commented:

“A mia non si scugna mancu su ma ‘mbaiu ‘n caccararu!!” (*)

 

(*) My mobile will not move even if I would speak to her in English

Via dei Condotti

Heart of Mode in Rome.


You can have a drink on the high terrace, with a great view of Rome's roofs,



but don't forget to come properly dressed.

Villa Borghese

I did not understand whether the wall at the edge of Villa Borghese was keeping the City outside the Villa or the Villa outside the City.