# italo calvino (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover italo calvino. Page: Feed: --- ## [Harlem Labs: Survival and Ambition](https://www.c41magazine.com/harlem-labs-survival-and-ambition/) _2026-08-17 · Andrea Esposito · C41 Magazine_ Harlem has always been more than a neighborhood; it is a living, breathing inheritance. From the electrifying heights of the Harlem Renaissance to the contemporary street corners that dictate global fashion and art, it remains a sanctuary where culture is forged, tested, and passed down. Drawing inspiration from the iconic narrative of The Wiz, a \[…\] ## [Forbici](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/forbice/) _2026-08-13 · Antonio La Monica · (untitled)_ Nel poco spazio verde che circonda la mia casa di villeggiatura – a sua volta circondata da case e altre case ancora – si ostina a crescere ogni specie vegetale, infestante o presunta ornamentale. Oltre a due pini fastidiosamente rachitici, regna un’edera ostinata, sconfina dai vicini un ibiscus stitico e, soprattutto, troneggia invadente una buganvillea appuntita e presuntuosa. Con le forbici da… ## [Il solito “taglia e cuci”](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/il-solito-taglia-e-cuci/) _2026-08-13 · Giuseppe Scuderi · (untitled)_ Alzi la mano chi non ha mai adoperato il “taglia e cuci”! Per dirla in modo più cool, il gossip. In ogni epoca la gente si ritrova, parla (o sparla), ricama sulle informazioni acquisite possibilmente aggiungendo anche dettagli scabrosi per far diventare la conversazione ancora più interessante. Dalle nostre parti questo è il “curtigghiu”. Parola che originariamente indicava il cortile poi è… ## [La forbice di Guccini: quando l’ironia diventa una lama](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/la-forbice-di-guccini-quando-lironia-diventa-una-lama/) _2026-08-13 · Celestina Iannì · (untitled)_ «Io dico addio a tutte le vostre cazzate infinite». Se dovessimo scegliere una sola frase per salutare Francesco Guccini, forse potremmo partire proprio da qui. Non da una frase solenne, non da una celebrazione, non da una di quelle formule che si riservano ai grandi scomparsi. Guccini avrebbe sicuramente preferito una buona dose di ironia. E magari avrebbe sorriso davanti alla nostra necessità di… ## [Un posto all’inferno](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/un-posto-allinferno/) _2026-08-13 · Gianni Failla · (untitled)_ La strada verso il sud era in discesa, lo era sempre del resto. Durante e la sua famiglia ci avevano viaggiato veloci, sulle ali dell’entusiasmo per i giorni a venire: duemila e passa chilometri di autostrada bollente, interrotta ogni tanto dal miraggio di un autogrill. Era sempre tutto bello, pure i cessi della stazione di servizio; tutto facile, persino la coda al bar; tutto buono, senza… ## [La forbice creatrice di Pierre Gauthier](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/la-forbice-creatrice-di-pierre-gauthier/) _2026-08-13 · Celestina Iannì · (untitled)_ Dall’alta moda ai collage tridimensionali: Pierre Gauthier ha cambiato materia, ma non il suo modo di creare Belga, originario della Vallonia, dopo gli studi alla scuola di moda Bischoffsheim di Bruxelles Pierre Gauthier ha aperto il suo atelier, dedicandosi per oltre venticinque anni alla sartoria su misura. Abiti sontuosi, ricami, pizzi, pietre, cappelli, una passione dichiarata per il gusto… ## [Giuseppe Bonaviri, tra sartorie siciliane e «la stradalunga» della fantasticheria](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/giuseppe-bonaviri-tra-sartorie-siciliane-e-la-stradalunga-della-fantasticheria/) _2026-08-13 · Petula Brafa · (untitled)_ Un affabulatore «di matrice mediterranea, anzi siciliana», si definiva Giuseppe Bonaviri (1924-2009), ripercorrendo nelle conversazioni di Sicilia isola cosmo (Longo Angelo Editore, 1998) e nel documentario Bonaviri ritratto (2007) l’ispirazione primigenia dell’estesa produzione letteraria, a partire dai natali a Mineo, «Parnaso siculo». Sin dall’inizio del Novecento, infatti, quell’area etnea era… ## [Guccini sull’Orient Express](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/guccini-sullorient-express/) _2026-08-13 · Vincenzo La Monica · (untitled)_ Ora che Atropo, l’Inesorabile, ha reciso il filo della vita di Francesco Guccini, ogni suo ascoltatore sfoglia il proprio album di fotografie mentali, associa ricordi a canzoni, misura quanto quella voce inconfondibile abbia contribuito a plasmare la propria identità, il proprio sguardo sul mondo. Ma si può raccontare Guccini anche attraverso i suoi simboli. Ho scelto il treno e tutta l’area… ## [Le forbici di Gianna nella Firenze del boom economico](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/le-forbici-di-gianna-nella-firenze-del-boom-economico/) _2026-08-13 · Gina Massari · (untitled)_ Le piccole storie scrivono la grande storia. Anni cinquanta del secolo scorso. In via de’ Tornabuoni a Firenze passeggiano Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe e Greta Garbo. Le dive acquistano scarpe Ferragamo create sulla misura dei loro piedi a Palazzo Spini Feroni; le modiste adattano su quei corpi da rivista i bozzetti di Gucci. Firenze è uno splendore: i primi cocktail Negroni ai tavolini dei… ## [Un pomeriggio con Scarlett (e quel taglio alle tende di Tara)](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/un-pomeriggio-con-scarlett-e-quel-taglio-alle-tende-di-tara/) _2026-08-13 · Petula Brafa · (untitled)_ Un ombrellone giallo domina la scenografia alle spalle dei relatori, come un cappello sulle ventitré, mentre una schiera di creme solari, occhialini da nuoto e da sole, una palla e altri giochi da spiaggia contendono il tavolo alle bottigliette d’acqua. Città vuota non è solo un successo musicale di Mina: all’emergenza commerciale d’agosto, la libreria romana di via Tara ha ovviato con un evento… ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gtywwClojpsB) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [La forbice e il Caterpillar. Intervista a Massimo Cirri.](https://www.operaincerta.it/OIWP/2026/08/14/la-forbice-e-il-caterpillar-intervista-a-massimo-cirri/) _2026-08-13 · Gaudenzia Flaccavento · (untitled)_ Massimo Cirri è uno psicologo, giornalista, autore di libri e da quasi 30 anni conduttore della trasmissione radiofonica Caterpillar , uno dei titoli identitari di Radio 2. L’ho conosciuto personalmente nel corso della sua partecipazione alla manifestazione “A tutto volume” e ho apprezzato la sua apertura, la sua ironia e la sua sagacia. Come molti dei suoi fedelissimi ascoltatori ho appreso con… ## [Gazing Through Chaos: Italo Calvino, seashells, and a conversation with Charles Negre](https://www.c41magazine.com/gazing-through-chaos-italo-calvino-seashells-and-a-conversation-with-charles-negre/) _2026-08-12 · Marta Valdegrani · C41 Magazine_ Certain sensibilities are necessary not only for what they reveal about the era in which they belong, but because their influence extends far beyond their physical presence in the world. In this sense, Italo Calvino was a forerunner of something that is now glaringly obvious: we are increasingly unable to find points of reference within \[…\] ## [Video of The Week: Why Do It?](https://www.c41magazine.com/video-of-the-week-why-do-it/) _2026-08-11 · Andrea Esposito · C41 Magazine_ The film originated as David Fiene’s idea, born when he pointed a camera and asked a question that proved surprisingly difficult to answer properly throughout the entire shoot. Over the years, many explanations had been offered for why someone would choose to rise early to run, endure leg kicks that leave them unable to walk \[…\] ## [The Shifting Shapes of Self: Social Roles and Adaptability](https://www.c41magazine.com/the-shifting-shapes-of-self-social-roles-and-adaptability/) _2026-08-10 · Andrea Esposito · C41 Magazine_ In modern society, identity is rarely a fixed or singular entity. Instead, we exist in a state of constant metamorphosis, continually reshaping ourselves to navigate the complex social roles we inhabit. We shift effortlessly—and sometimes painfully—between the professional, the familial, the vulnerable, and the rebellious. The Shifting Shapes of Self is a conceptual photographic series \[…\] ## [Im Halbschatten: Echoes of a Forgotten Dress](https://www.c41magazine.com/im-halbschatten-echoes-of-a-forgotten-dress/) _2026-08-06 · Andrea Esposito · C41 Magazine_ By engaging with the history of the Jewish fashion industry in Germany and its systematic, forced Aryanization during National Socialism, the project examines what remains hidden or forgotten, yet continues to be passed down subconsciously through generations. The original dress carries the physical traces of these political transformations, visible in its pattern, fabric, and construction. \[…\] ## [Things Learned and Unlearned: A Conversation with 25KG’s Konstantin Grcic](https://www.c41magazine.com/things-learned-and-unlearned-a-conversation-with-25kgs-konstantin-grcic/) _2026-08-04 · Daria Miricola · C41 Magazine_ Ontologically, the “thing” is an elusive category—so broad and expansive that it seems to belong more to the realm of ideas than to that of material reality. Yet we live in a culture obsessed with naming, classifying, and pigeonholing every object into a specific function, stabilising its charge and disarming its potential. With 25KG, his \[…\] ## [Kolios: emptiness and Negative Space](https://www.c41magazine.com/kolios-emptiness-and-negative-space/) _2026-07-30 · Andrea Esposito · C41 Magazine_ KOILOS—derived from the ancient Greek word κοῖλος, meaning hollow, concave, or cavity—serves as the foundational concept for a fashion story photographed by Marcello Ferri and styled and art-directed by Mariia Khrebtova. Rooted in a minimal visual language, the project pivots away from loud, performative expressions of femininity, choosing instead to explore softness, silence, and sculptural \[…\] ## [Furore Grand Hotel: The Horizon Has No Edge](https://www.c41magazine.com/furore-grand-hotel-the-horizon-has-no-edge/) _2026-07-29 · Sebastian Cabrices · C41 Magazine_ There is a moment on the road to Furore when the Amalfi Coast ceases to resemble geography and begins to feel like vertigo. The road coils above the Tyrrhenian Sea, villages appear improbably fastened to cliffs, and the water below seems less like something one might swim in than a vast blue atmosphere. By the \[…\] ## [South of Florida: The Boys of Eternal June](https://www.c41magazine.com/109300-2/) _2026-07-29 · Andrea Esposito · C41 Magazine_ You know the type before you know his name: two big fish in each hand, a well-earned look of pride, sun-kissed skin, golden hair, a boat idling at the dock, and a beautiful girlfriend. The type of boy who reliably appears along the South Florida coast. In certain places, it’s always June. It’s always summertime. \[…\] ## [Il Monastero: Ischia’s Grand Œuvre](https://www.c41magazine.com/il-monastero-ischias-grand-oeuvre/) _2026-07-29 · Sebastian Cabrices · C41 Magazine_ The first glimpse arrives before the island does. From the ferry, as Ischia draws nearer in the afternoon, the Castello Aragonese appears to rise directly from the Mediterranean: a mass of stone crowned by pale buildings, suspended between the blue of the water and the blue of the sky. At that hour, the sun falls \[…\] ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nU8JgzZPczVD) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [An update from the Summer of Love](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/an-update-from-the-summer-of-love) _2026-07-27 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ Checking in with my dedicated subscribers after a season of living in the world ## [What’s Mine to Do Here](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/whats-mine-to-do-here) _2026-06-30 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ Justin Taylor on awakening through others, building organizations from the seed, and meeting collapse from where you stand ## [Side by Side with Jaron Lanier at Brown](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/side-by-side-with-jaron-lanier-at) _2026-06-05 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ On Jaron Lanier at Brown, and what it took to know it was Jaron Lanier at Brown ## [Celebrating 30 Years of Life](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/celebrating-30-years-of-life) _2026-03-17 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ In less than a week, I will be 30 years young. And in honor of my transition into a new decade, here are a few poems I've been working on. ## [Nowhere to go but through](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/nowhere-to-go-but-through) _2026-01-24 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ I have nothing to say and I'm saying it - John Cage ## [The Case for Trauma-Informed Media](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/the-case-for-trauma-informed-media) _2025-12-08 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ A Book Review of Thomas Hübl's book, Attuned ## [Italo Calvino Predicted AI: Cybernetics, Ghosts, and Digital Sovereignty](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/italo-calvino-predicted-ai-cybernetics) _2025-11-30 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ Part I: Lecture by Italo Calvino (Read by Isaac Rubinstein) ## [Letting go of outcomes](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/letting-go-of-outcomes) _2025-11-16 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ In running, and in life ## [The Genesis Design Challenge](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/the-genesis-design-challenge) _2025-11-11 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ Making the Invisible Value Visible [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/178434301/51569489ac30881130e9e628a0a26f24.mp3) ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TtK4GNtQ1XSb) _2025-11-11 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Turning off the tap to tune in](https://isaacrubinstein.substack.com/p/turning-off-the-tap-to-tune-in) _2025-11-01 · Isaac Rubinstein · Stillness In Activity_ How I got sucked in, and spit out of, our attention economy