Maurizio De Vita

Night in the Soul

March 20, 2015

Light is a constant "variable" in visual arts. I know: it sounds strange… Constant because it is the light to make visual arts possible. No light, no sight. Variabile because it is what it is, it changes constantly. When you happen to have some studio experience, with light so in control, you learn to appreciate the splendid serendipity o...

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Before the moon turns new…

March 18, 2015

Male Shag, Scottish Islands. I shall see the beauty, before this moon turns new. Twice I'll watch her get shape, at first on the lagoon in front of me and then rosy on the painter's sheet. If I'll be cautious, I'll respect the silence, as too many words have been spent like these. And a lot, like these ones, in vain. Yet, I already know,...

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Curtain calls

March 16, 2015

I am reading this book and, although I already have a good knowledge of the wildlife visual arts (both static and video), I am struck. Once again it seems appropriate to ask to myself some questions… Are we educating people and, above all, the young generations to look for sensationalism (which apparently is very human, but very Nature-unlike)?...

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Circles in the Water

March 16, 2015

Along the lake banks the laughing wind touches the water. The stone you threw sinks fast, melting with each other the ripples it moved flow afar. The leaves wave on them, creatures come to explore their secrets. You know for sure the shape of what you threw, about the waves it gave birth to you just can't say. Which was, then, your g...

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People

March 14, 2015

There are people who lightly dance through the life, just brushing the dust with the tip of their toes. Not a single speck will ever alter their fingers graceful profile. Nothing will stain the transparent tone of their soft skin. Their weightless smile reveals pearly teeth. There are people who plow their trail through the rocks, dust is the...

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