Journal of a Nobody
The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape suffering it. The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space. ~Italo Calvino
Commonplace book of a teacher, poet, and counselor.
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Harry Callahan
Siena, Italy
1968The Piazza del Campo in Siena is anything but congruous. It’s disparity is what makes it so jarring; one is constantly forced to reframe their perspective. Callahan’s print of the almost barren but never lifeless Piazza pays respect to this unique built environment and to the fascinating people that populate it. Though not my favorite Harry Callahan work, I deeply enjoy photographs that convey authenticity in iconic and photogenic locales which have been serialized through day tripper’s snapshots and mass produced postcards.
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