I Fiori dell'Oblio e della Fortezza

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Part 1 " I Fiori dell'Oblio - Oblivion Flowers"

Acrylic on wood , cm. 63 x 106 - 2022

Odissea, canto IX

... E chi d’essi gustava quel frutto piú dolce del miele,
piú non voleva tornare, recar non voleva il messaggio;
ma rimanere lí volea coi Lotòfagi, e loto
perennemente gustare, né darsi pensier del ritorno.... (Trad. Romagnoli)

...which was so delicious that those who ate of it left off caring about home, and did not even want to go back and say what had happened to them, but were for staying and munching lotus with the Lotus-eaters without thinkong further of their return; nevertheless...