Wisława Szymborska | I am too close for him

I am too close for him to dream about me.

I’m not flying over him, not fleeing him

under the roots of trees. I am too close.

Not with my voice sings the fish in the net.

Not from my finger rolls the ring.

Laurent Parcelier, 1962 | Romantic Impressionist painter

"Kerdalo" is actually the artistic pseudonym used by Laurent Parcelier.

When signing his contemporary urban impressionist pieces, he frequently drops his last name and uses either just "Kerdalo" or "Laurent Kerdalo".

While his earlier career and classic rural landscapes are widely associated with his full name, his distinct shift toward bustling cityscapes is where the Kerdalo signature shines.

Il simbolismo romantico di Gustave Moreau

Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) è stato un pittore Francese, precursore del Simbolismo e del Surrealismo.

La sua arte si distacca nettamente dal realismo e dall'impressionismo del suo tempo per rifugiarsi in un universo onirico, mistico e fortemente teatrale, popolato da figure mitologiche, bibliche ed allegoriche.

L'opera di Moreau si distingue per una straordinaria fusione di elementi stilistici e tematici:

👉 Mito e Religione: Rivisitò costantemente i grandi miti classici ed i racconti della Bibbia (come le storie di Salomè, Edipo, Orfeo e Prometeo) interpretandoli in chiave psicologica e decadente.

Jeff Rowland | Romantic painter

Jeff Rowland (1964-2018) was a professional British painter celebrated for his highly atmospheric, deeply romantic and rain-soaked oil paintings.

Rowland entered the fine art industry in 1984 having studied art at North Tyneside College.

He had further studied at Newcastle in 2000 where he earned an HND in advertising / illustration.

During this time Jeff Rowland had undertaken many works and also went on to win an award from the NEPA (North East Print Association).

Wisława Szymborska | The railroad station

My nonarrival in the city of N.

took place on the dot.

You'd been alerted

in my unmailed letter.

You were able not to be there

at the agreed-upon time.

Jeff Rowland | Right here waiting for you

Thomas Blackshear, 1955 | Afro-Nouveau painter

Thomas Blackshear is an acclaimed American painter, sculptor and illustrator widely recognized for his dramatic use of lighting, rich emotional depth, and his self-described "Afro-Nouveau" style.

His diverse and influential career spans commercial illustration, collectible design, fine art, and contemporary Western art.

Blackshear is considered to be one of the world's most talented artists because of his versatility, consummate skill, and extraordinary sense of color, style and design.

Blackshear grew up in Atlanta, Georgia where he pursued an interest in art throughout high school.

William Butler Yeats | Non dare mai tutto il tuo cuore / Never give all the heart, 1904

Never give all the heart, for love

Will hardly seem worth thinking of

To passionate women if it seem

Certain, and they never dream

That it fades out from kiss to kiss;

For everything that’s lovely is

But a brief, dreamy, kind delight.

Frida Kahlo | The wounded deer, 1946

Anne Carson - Nobel 2026 | O piccola triste estasi d’amore / O small sad ecstasy of love

Anne Patricia Carson (Toronto, 21 giugno 1950) è una poetessa, saggista, traduttrice e classicista Canadese, insignita del Premio Nobel per la Letteratura 2026.

La diciannovesima donna a vincerlo, su 122 vincitori dal 1901.

È ampiamente considerata una delle voci più originali, audaci ed influenti della letteratura contemporanea globale per la sua capacità di far dialogare il mito classico con la modernità.

Con più di venti libri scritti e tradotti pubblicati fino ad oggi, è stata premiata con le borse di studio Guggenheim e MacArthur, ha vinto il Lannan Literary Award, due Griffin Poetry Prize, il T. S. Eliot Prize, il Premio Principessa delle Asturie, il Governor General's Award per la poesia in lingua inglese ed il Premio PEN/Nabokov, ed è stata nominata membro dell'Ordine del Canada nel 2005 per il suo contributo alla letteratura del Paese.

Anne Patricia Carson