I’m an Italian guy with a passion for art, literature, and culture. I study German in England (it does make sense, I swear) and in my spare time I like to write and to take photos. I really appreciate art per se and that is the main reason why I started this blog. Plus, I have lately felt the compulsion to write and divulge.
I love German and everything that’s to do with its history, its culture, its philosophy, its literature. I love English too, which is one of the reasons why I study in England. I also studied French for several years and I had the opportunity to study its wonderful literature. I also find Italian, the language in which I usually write, an extremely fascinating language.
I think that writing and photography are two of the ways in which I can express myself by projecting outside of me what is the most intimate part of my personality. This blog originates from the hope of stimulating people and of conveying my passions and interests.
This blog’s name, Golconda, on the one hand harks back to René Magritte’s 1953 painting representing bourgeois men raining down – an image which I find interesting in that it highlights the loss of individuality which Capitalism and modern society have brought about. On the other hand, it also recalls Golconda, a city which used to be an important economic and cultural centre in the Middle Ages but which started falling apart from 16th/17th century onwards. At the times it was renowned especially because of its diamond mines, which were synonymous with great wealth and prestige for the Europeans of the time.
This blog therefore arises from the necessity of exploiting the incredible quantity of material that is present in what Goethe called Weltliteratur (world literature) because I think that it is precisely in these wealthy ruins that we can hope to reconstruct ourselves in an age in which people rain down in the exact same way. Culture may not be edible, but at least it can help us grow and improve ourselves. This blog wants to be the practical demonstration of this.
I love German and everything that’s to do with its history, its culture, its philosophy, its literature. I love English too, which is one of the reasons why I study in England. I also studied French for several years and I had the opportunity to study its wonderful literature. I also find Italian, the language in which I usually write, an extremely fascinating language.
I think that writing and photography are two of the ways in which I can express myself by projecting outside of me what is the most intimate part of my personality. This blog originates from the hope of stimulating people and of conveying my passions and interests.
This blog’s name, Golconda, on the one hand harks back to René Magritte’s 1953 painting representing bourgeois men raining down – an image which I find interesting in that it highlights the loss of individuality which Capitalism and modern society have brought about. On the other hand, it also recalls Golconda, a city which used to be an important economic and cultural centre in the Middle Ages but which started falling apart from 16th/17th century onwards. At the times it was renowned especially because of its diamond mines, which were synonymous with great wealth and prestige for the Europeans of the time.
This blog therefore arises from the necessity of exploiting the incredible quantity of material that is present in what Goethe called Weltliteratur (world literature) because I think that it is precisely in these wealthy ruins that we can hope to reconstruct ourselves in an age in which people rain down in the exact same way. Culture may not be edible, but at least it can help us grow and improve ourselves. This blog wants to be the practical demonstration of this.
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