ladyland III

Sit there, count your fingers.
What else, what else is there to do ?
Oh and I know how you feel,
I know you feel that youre through.
Oh sit there, count,
Ah, count your little fingers,
My unhappy oh little girl, little girl blue, yeah.

Oh sit there, oh count those raindrops
Oh, feel 'em falling down, oh honey all around you.
Honey dont you know it's time,
I feel it's time,
Somebody told you cause you got to know
That all you ever gonna have to count on
Or gonna wanna lean on
Its gonna feel just like those raindrops do
When they're falling down, honey, all around you.
Oh, I know you're unhappy.

Oh sit there, go on, go on
And count your fingers.
I dont know what else, what else
Honey have you got to do.
And I know how you feel,
And I know you aint got no reason to go on
And I know you feel that you must be through.
Oh honey, go on and sit right back down,
I want you to count, oh count your fingers,
Ah my unhappy, my unlucky
And my little, oh, girl blue.
I know you're unhappy,
honey I know,
Baby I know just how you feel.

ladyland II

Ho trascorso lunghi giorni e lunghe notti nel mio studio, alla ricerca di una danza che possa essere l’espressione divina dello spirito umano attraverso il movimento del corpo. sono rimasta per ore in piedi, immobile, con le mani congiunte tra i seni, sul plesso solare.. ero alla ricerca, e finalmente ho scoperto la sorgente centrale di ogni movimento, il cratere della forza motrice, l’unità dalla quale hanno origine i diversi movimenti, lo specchio della visione da cui prende vita la danza. Questa scoperta ha ispirato la teoria che è diventata il fondamento della mia scuola. La danza accademica insegna agli allievi che questa sorgente si trova al centro della schiena, alla base della colonna vertebrale. Da quest’asse, secondo il maestro di ballo, le braccia, le gambe e il tronco devono muoversi liberamente, dando l’effetto di una marionetta articolata. Questo movimento produce un effetto meccanico e artificiale che non è degno dell’anima. Io invece ho cercato quella sorgente dell’espressione spirituale, da cui si sprigiona la forza centrifuga che fluisce nei canali del corpo.

Isadora Duncan, La mia vita.

ladyland

Madonna com'è bella questa donna.

La solitudine è una conchiglia,
dentro è lucida e madreperlacea
fuori inscalfibile.

sogni

Lo scarabeo: legato al dio sole significa rinascita… cioè se la vostra situazione al momento non è delle migliori potrete farcela… ma come lo scarabeo cammina lentamente e correndo molti pericolo dovuti ai suoi nemici… anche voi avrete vittoria solo se saprete resistere e guardare sempre dritto alla vostra meta senza troppo lasciarvi andare dalle faccende esterne che potrebbero turbarvi… in una parola… LAVORO LAVORO DURO LAVORO.

The Egyptians believed that the scarab beetle represented their sun god, Ra. Ra was the Egyptian god who rolled the sun across the sky and buried it each night.

Dung Beetle's Wisdom Includes:

Connection to spherical power

Ability to move heavy objects

Persistence

Reemergence/resurrection

Spontaneous generation

Because of its metamorfosis from grub into winged adult stage, the beetle is associated with change, transformation and resurrection. Its appearance could signify the need for change in order to reach the next stage in one's life. This change need not always proceed at great speed; the beetles metamorphosis takes time, during which it remains immobile within the pupa.

Beetles in dreams are generally seen as a negative symbol. Some say crawling beetles represent doubts in the dreamers heart. According to others, they symbolise nervousness, obtrusive friends who are starting to get on one's nerves, or negative interference in one's life. How the beetle symbol should be interpreted, depends also on the feeling it evokes in the dreamer: masses of crawling black beetles will likely inspire fear, while a beautiful metallic green beetle may be something to admire and wonder about. Decide from the feeling if the symbol is a positive or negative one.





In many cultures frogs are linked to the element in which they reside: water. In myths they figure as bringers of rain or thunder, calling the water down with their croaking. In the Vedas, the croaking of frogs is said to be a thanksgiving to Heaven for the fertilizing Spring rains. In Vietnam the toad was called the 'sky-god's uncle' who told the sky-god when to pour out the water. The person who harmed a toad would be struck by lightning. In the Celtic tradition, each stream and spring had its own spirit, and frogs were considered the messengers of these water spirits. Because of its connection to rain and water, the frog was also associated with the cleansing and healing powers of water. Frog eggs were thought to cure rheumatism, and to cure a sore eye, a person only had to lick it after first licking a frog's eye.
Frogs and toads were considered lunar creatures, and were connected to the underworld.
Frogs were not symbols of death but, on the contrary, of rebirth and renewal, because of its remarkable metamorphosis of egg into tadpole and from tadpole into frog. The Egyptian goddess Heket was depicted as a frog or a frog-headed woman. She was a patron of childbirth and one of the midwives who assisted at the birth of the Sun. But the frog was not always a positive symbol: in Christianity it was a symbol of uncleanliness because it lives in mud, and the bible tells of a plague of frogs in Egypt.

Frogs in shamanism
As in mythology, modern shamanism links the frog to earth and to water and its cleansing, healing and creative powers. Frog medicine can help you to refresh and renew yourself, clear up your emotions, become more sensitive to others, and even to dive deep into your unconscious and maybe carry some truth found there up to the surface. Frogs also teach a connection with the earth and evrything on it, and the ability to see the magic and beauty behind it all. Because of its famous croaking voice, it can also teach how to use your voice to stir emotions.

Dream symbolism
Folk wisdom tells that dreaming of a frog means good fortune, happiness and great friendships. Modern dream interpretation books regard the frog as a symbol of the unconscious, because it lives in water. They also represent transformations because the symbolism of the metamorphosis - and of course because of the famous fairytale of the frog turning into a prince. If a man dreams of a toad, it is said to represent their feminine-motherly aspect which protects and warns against dangers.

As summer goes by

Al mattino
si scioglie la luce
lungo la mia schiena svestita
la annida
in attesa dei miei occhi

Al mattino
la notte
colora in pura luce.

(Monza, 01-09-2007)

Il sole sull'Hudson
disegnava ponti di luce.
Passando
le nuvole
lo tagliavano in fette d'arancia

(New York 7 Agosto 1997)




Addormentandoci
la tua mano
nella mia
è il colibrì della notte
le sue ali
mai stanche
sconfiggono il vento
e i miei incubi

( Per Irene
Castagneto Carducci, 24 Agosto 2007)


Al tuo arrivo
ti bacio
con rosso di cina
e fuochi ardenti
divoro labbra,parole,denti

poi ci resta l'attesa
di un letto e i suoi canti.
(Stansted Airport, Jul 19th 2005)



Tallinn
ha cieli di smalto bizantino
che io guardo con occhi incantati.
A casa,
tu hai un cuore di piombo
che io non scioglierò mai.

(Tallinn, luglio 2003)


Gli hybiscus
sono cuori rossi
spaccati
appesi al vento
sotto il sole
e ballano silenziosi
e da tempo sono oltre il dolore
e da tempo sono oltre il tempo.

(San vito lo capo, luglio 2007)