Where neuroscience and surrealism collide — During the first outbreak of Covid-19, walking down the streets evoked some kind of familiar, yet extra-terrestrial feeling. I couldn’t quite put the feeling down in words, but I knew it had something to do with cities being empty; buildings looking lonely and isolated. After all, we have built and…

Andy Warhol: the reigning king of POP art, the fluid socialite, and queer lover with a broken heart — About a week ago I was prompted by Sadie Seroxcat to write anything around August. So I thought hard on how to spin the prompt, until I remembered that as human, artists are born in a certain month, thus, I just needed to find the right artist or August. Long…

Science is not “always right”, but the scientific method may still be where our trust should be put. — Last month I took the last of my antidepressants (at least for now), which adds nothing to what I’m going to say next, but I thought it was an interesting anecdote given the topic. It appears that there is insufficient proof — according to a pretty extensive UK study —…

Food, drinks, and sex: these are Enrico Robusti’s favoruite subjects. But what do they say about the society he lives in? — Xing and I moved apartments not long ago, like…last week. After moving appliances, furniture, and clothes, we started to think about what art to put up on the walls. Now, I can’t afford paintings of renowned (even if just in the art world) painters, but one, in particular, popped in…

Fabio Viale’s tattooed sculptured evoke old and new worlds, and draws our mind in… — Did you know that most of the ancient statues we see nowadays in museums and galleries are actually copies? Masterful and often still ancient copies, sure, but it is important to remember this when opening dialogues around sculptures today. Specifically, copies and reinterpretations…

Prints, Philosophy and Present times — As I think of the haunting “El Sueno de la Razon Produce Monstruos”, I think about the innumerable angles one could take to approach any discussion around it. But, I’ll go slightly stream of consciousness, slightly elaborating on some — related — topics as they come. See, this piece is…

Talented painters, tattoos, sculptures, illustrations, and pizza. What more could we ask for? — Fratelli d’ Italia, l’ Italia s…Oh, hey there! Sorry I didn’t expect you to arrive so early, or I was too distracted I lost track of time. As some of you may know I was born and raised (since the age of 6 — long story) in Italy. …

On Carnap, Heidegger, visual art, and the way we can investigate the world through poetry. — Coffee, walks, and more coffee helped me to clear my mind and reach for an old friend. Of course, I’m being cheesy here, using a friend in lieu of something much more abstract (arguably), philosophy. While the large and deep lands of blogs offer very good quality philosophical content, my…

Sex in imperial Japan was more interesting than what we may think — There once was an ancient being who upon encountering another similar to them, spoke: My body, formed though it be formed, has one place which is formed to excess. Therefore, I would like to take that place in my body which is formed to excess and insert it into that…