Tag Archives: Italo Calvino

Turin like a Dream

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Symbol Reader

“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears,” wrote Italo Calvino in Invisible Cities. Though Turin is not the first Italian city I have fallen in love with, what I experienced there had not happened to me before. I … Continue reading →

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Above and Below

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Full Moon in Venice, via https://www.behance.net/gallery/Full-Moon-in-Venice/11204365 “Andria was built so artfully that its every street follows a planet’s orbit, and the buildings and the places of community life repeat the order of the constellations and the position of the most luminous … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotations | Tagged city, correspondences, Invisible Cities Andria, Italo Calvino, literature, symbolism, symbols | 16 Comments

The Sage Travels All Day Yet Never Leaves His Inner Treasure

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Symbol Reader

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing. Marcel Proust During my recent travels I had the opportunity to visit a planetarium in the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun, Poland. I was compelled to … Continue reading →

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Venice Is a Fish

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Venice is a city that completely took me by surprise. I had not expected to be so utterly charmed and swept off my feet. I like to think of myself as an non-touristy person, but in Venice I did not … Continue reading →