Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.
Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities Continue reading Point Of View: Tristan Barlow’s Rome – Past, Present & Future
Colosseum, Rome
Coming together in the early morning hours for a macchiato to talk about the days agenda, when only street carts and pigeons linger in the cobble-stoned streets, makes every job I’ve ever had look mediocre in comparison. Rome in truth is a working city, capable of balancing its ancient heritage while still allowing for modern life to exist seamlessly around it. As an artist, every minute spent in Rome places you in a state of euphoria, from the hustle and bustle of every day life, to observing living history all around you. Continue reading Point Of View: Amber Sander – Teaching Assistant & Ex-Student
Vista di Roma dal Gianicolo
The Janiculum (Gianicolo). Nine-thirty in the morning in front of the panoramic lane which overlooks the unsettling city. With its warm colours of painted stucco and brick buildings, baked-clay roof tiles in both the Portuguese and Roman styles, white facades made from marble shipped down from Carrara or yellowish travertine ones, bluish-grey domes and different shades of green coming from the Platanus trees along the Tibur or other species of plants speckled about the larger avenues or squares. Continue reading Point Of View: Anthony Lombardi, Teaching Assistant