GREETINGS for the NEW AGE of AQUARIUS, etc...

Greetings and good wishes for all.

Even though we are confined, we still are free to think.

Happy Solstice, opening the New Age of Aquarius and all the rest!

"See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping his life away. To hell with that."

Granger to Montag in Ray Bradbury's 'Farenheit 451', 1953

Original artwork: acrylic on canvas

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WHEN MILANO STOOD STILL

When the outbreak struck and containment measures were strictly adopted, some cruisers, including the Naviglio Princess, got caught in the lockdown with their heavy load of thousands of merry passengers. In order to keep the party going and entertain the unwilling prisoners, the ship has to keep her boilers on, spewing noxious fumes in the now crystal clear air.
The populace is now asking the regional government and city council to take bold steps to stop this environmental disaster. 
Scientists say that fine particles greatly increase the risk to get infected by Covid-19.

No smoking!
No Diesel!
No Great ships in Darsena (Milan harbour)!
More bikes on the streets!

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IN THE CAGE - Fridays for Future

 

There's no better way to appreciate freedom than being deprived of it. 
Our freedom though, comes with an environmental cost which we have been trying to remove from our conscience for far too long. We are the only polluting species on this planet and we are still pretending it is not so.
THIS IS TIME FOR CHANGE!
To begin with, let's all start riding our bikes to go to work.
Happy Friday for Future!

Original painting: In the cage - Acrylic and oil on canvas 72x90cm
This painting is on display at Tian Mu Square in Taichung, Taiwan

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COVID-19? POSITIVE ANTIVIRUS MUSIC!

Covid-19: under house arrest, too? 

Listen to some good and POSITIVE ANTIVIRUS MUSIC!

Acrylic on paper and a bit of digital stuff.
This is a detail of a 1987 vinyl record cover I designed for a compilation of emerging bands from Milano, including 'Round Glasses', the band I used to play drums in in those past glorious days. The album whose title sounded like: "Hungry for fame" was never released, but it was nevertheless legendary.

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COVID-19: STAYING HOME WITH KIDS

We have to stay home. Kids have to stay home with us. These are very tough times for those who live in small nests, ehm houses. Creativity helps to a point, singing is fine. Rock may help, too, but what about neighbours?
Tough times indeed...
Happy antivirus day!

Original painting: Springtime responsibilities
Acrylic and oil on canvas 20x20cm

Birds: Taiwanese Red Oriole,台灣朱鸝

This paintin is on display at 一諾藝術 Inno Art Gallery in Zhubei, Taiwan. Prints are available on demand

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COVID-19 - MILANO's LOCKDOWN - DUOMO

The City of Milan is in a lockdown except for all necessary services. Therefore also all our religious stations have been closed with their activities suspended until futher notice.
Nature has taken this chance to do what it's supposed to do: reclaim what's been taken away.
When all this crisis will be over there's so much rethinking to be done about our society and economy. Luckily there are many brilliant proposals being made online these days, in spite of all those whose main activity is trolling destructively against anybody. Let's be positive and think about what we can do to help one another to change the structure of the whole system which, no need to say, is corrupted to the bone (Go Fridays for Future, go!).
Happy day!

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NAVIGLIO GRANDE AT 8:00 am

A cold and eerie morning on Naviglio Grande.
Not a soul around.
Just a sleeping swan right under this bridge in the still waters that have not started flowing again. Spring is yet to come here. 

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TITINA the CAT's ADVICE

Be careful, be patient and get ready to start again.
MEOW!

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