Academy of crazies

George called Socrates was a doctor with specialization on psychological disturbs and other pathologies; he repeated that we are other gender of crazies, because we think that we live in normal health condition; his colleagues laughed with these judgments, and he known it but he laughed to them; therefore he was also a passion reader of philosophy, and he red on much books that in Europe very much cultural club were called academy; therefore he checked much town with this name and just he red again what he known perfectly, therefore that name academy is from ancient Greek, and other academies were born during ancient past in Greek land, and after  Italian Renaissance and other academies in Europe. George decided that he founded a academy, but very particular, academy of crazies; every member can say what he want, and give every question; therefore during a briefing with other members he told with a member and he asked: “After your death do you want that people will remember you?”, and Albert, this name of member: “Yes I want that everybody remember me”, and George: “Does somebody has known you remember you now?” and Albert: “I don’t know” and George: “You want that everybody remember you but now very little persons know that you live, and other don’t know it? They not will remember you, because they don’t know that you live” and Albert: “For it I want that everybody remember me, because all know that I have been present”, and George: “It’s right, but you must be known now, so that all remember you after”, and Albert: “Yes”, and George: “Do you have never known Napoleon?”, and Albert: “Yes certainly!”, but do you: “Do you have never been know on person Napoleon?”, and George: “But you remember and you studied Napoleon”, and Albert: “Yes”, and George: “Therefore we will be remember for our worked”, and Albert: “Certainly!”, and George turned to other member of academy and: “Sorry, do you remember Napoleon?”, and this member: “Not, who is?”, and George: “Thank you”, and he was continuing: “May he didn’t red same your books, but it is strange, also very important and historical personality somebody doesn’t know, and certainly Napoleon is more important than you”, and Albert: “If he didn’t red history book is normal that he doesn’t knows Napoleon”, and George: “Aristoteles didn’t know Napoleon, and Aristoteles has red”, and Albert: “But Aristoteles born much before than Napoleon, then is impossible that he known Napoleon”, and George: “Yes but Napoleon didn’t know Aristoteles”, and Albert: “Then?”, and George: “Therefore to be known is momentary, because after everybody will don’t remember you, never; we are at a moment and we live at moment, after all forget us”, and Albert: “Then?”, and George: “Therefore is better that nobody knows than somebody don’t will remember us, because after some moment we are disappeared”. Then Albert said: “You have made very great thing because you have found this academy, because you and other present are crazy”, and George: “Yes, certainly!”   

Alessandro Lusana

Freedom and indipendence

(To my Delia so that of love she hear arduous sentences )

Arthur was a professor of a course of philosophy a model other student, a Socrates today’s, very intelligent and sagacious; he sees all with different eyes, he considered that we could see everything with an interpretation and with other think, this is with other look; in fact he asked always his friends, very little, because he has fame of complicated person and very bother, but he not was so but willing think alone, therefore he give questions to everybody, students, professors, janitors, custodians, principals and others, and he asked always same question: “What is freedom and independence?”, all refused answer and they gone away, somebody stopped him but after he answered: “Not difference”, but Arthur was unsatisfied, this trays were until when somebody, a girl student asked to Arthur: “What’s difference?”, and Arthur answered: “I don’t know!”, and student: “You know it, and you must explain it now!”, Arthur was astonished by this ask, and he said: “Freedom is possibility make what you want, to follow your will, your aspiration, your dreams”, and girl: “Yes, very well, and independence?”, and Arthur: “Everybody thinks that is same thing, but really they are very different”, and girl: “Why?”, and Arthur: “Because independence not is”, and girl: “Why?”, and Arthur: “Freedom is possibility that we have make something, but independence is impossible, because we have a dependence always!”, and girl: “Why?”, Arthur then: “We depend both material and immaterial thing”, and girl: “What are these?”, and Arthur: “We think that we are independent when we have a gain”, and girl: “Certainly!”, and Arthur: “On contrary not!”, and girl: “Why?”, and Arthur: “Because we depend by somebody, at work we depend by employer, at school we depend by teacher or professor, our vote is by teacher or professor, our life depends by job and gain, therefore we have two dependences, one job and second gain”, and girl: “These are material dependences”, and Arthur: “Yes”, and girl: “What are immaterial?” and Arthur: “Immaterial are those things that we don’t see but they are present between our life, those rules not written we respect, this is conventions or conformism, we don’t see it but this is present, and it is very great, but in conformity with told of Musil: “The monument is so big but nobody sees it; we don’t consider that follow convention is useless”, and girl: “But we can follow our spirit and will” and Arthur: “Yes, but our will and spirit are conditioned by convention, then it depends by convention, and we don’t say something because is very contrary use, then conventions, therefore we don’t say and make something because not are used; then we depend by use, but…”, and girl: “But?”, and Arthur: “Convention depends by us!”, and girl: “Why?”, and Arthur: “Because we make convention, and it survives until we will, because when we change convention this falls, when we change habit, convention falls, therefore we depend by conventions e conventions depend by us; therefore nobody is independent, above all who says that he is so”. Arthur then asked girl: “What’s your name?” and girl: “Philosophy as first name and last name Logic, and today I have learned what is human gender, thank you”, and she disappeared like was appeared.

Alessandro Lusana 

Interest and disinterestedness to Cicero

I am not a specialist of ancient culture or Cicero, but I remember very well my course of Latin language during my school years; but somebody, this is my husband, wanted that I write this assay; the First discourse against Catiline usually called to Latin language In Catilinam is a sign of dangerous moment to ancient Rome, and Cicero was used by senators to ovoid that Catiline take power; but it is important that Rome during 64 b.C. lived a moment very precarious, and Catiline was a danger and deeply felt is showed by first words of Cicero: “Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?”, this is: “Till do will you abuse our patience, Catiline?”, naturally we must consider that word patience in Latin language is English to bear, therefore is serious form of our word. But we must consider also that much senators during this time were very next to Cicero, therefore very friends, but after condemn of Catiline these friends disappeared; this is normal to political behaviour, men join somebody when they have need, but after they will disappeared; in fact Cicero after condemn of Catiline was exiled in Cilicia by Caesar, because he was a danger to Caesar, whose Cicero was very opponent; Cicero during his exile written The friendship, book that said a human truly; this is when men need they are next but when they don’t need they are very distant, in fact it is very meaningful that this book is written by Cicero after condemn of Catiline, this is when Cicero made his task, when Cicero has been useful, and we can seen his regret during red; he shows episodes of true friends, and we can think he tough how much senators have had showed friendship to him but after they are disappeared; therefore ancient examples are very opportune to our time.

To my husband

Delia Mariani

                                      

Citizen realism of Canaletto

The realism is a cultural address that we can know among many cultural matters, literature above all Russian, French and Italian, also in painting with Caravaggio, Ribera, Velazquez, Rubens and others, but I want consider an Italian painter, Antonio Canal called Canaletto(1697-1768), Venetian painter, son of a painter, and very famous during 18^th century both in Italy and British, above all to his portrait of city of Venice; towns and other places or camp tower and moments of Venice during 18^th century; but I want consider that the realism of Canaletto is predominant because he presents true human gender to his painting, daily moments and true social classes, that we can recognize to cloth; therefore very much paintings were to English commitments, he reports therefore the life in Venice, moments very holyday Bucintoro goes back to wharf at day of Assumption(Fig.1), but also at day daily Saint Mark place(Fig.2). The realism of Canaletto is permanent and he used this address  during his stay in British, where he worked same concept to painting, human and social realism(Figg.3-4). We must consider that Canaletto worked in Rome with his father to scenery, because his father was scene-designer, therefore he shows real image of a city or other during his job in theatre, therefore he was habited to image of reality. To his drawings(Figg.5-8) he presents towns of Venice in drawing to show it to his commitment, this is what will be image of town; it is normal to painter, but this process to work manifests more that image of town is important therefore it is document of Venice that some tourist has seen. I think that Canaletto have to shows life in Venice to show it to British tourist, in fact much painting were aimed to tourists and Canaletto with some acquaintance as Joseph Smith entrepreneur and collections of book and painting and much influencing on British art merchant; therefore an agent to Canaletto and collection of his painting, therefore painter has showed the life in Venice with his moments and his human characters, may a presentation of human gender to aristocracy, this is motive to realism.

Alessandro Lusana    

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Noumenic reality

Le reality of Diego Stella, he is an Italian painter, today alive, (sometime I consider somebody alive, since Xenophon said “The dialogue of historical is with dead”), Diego Stella anyway is present and his picture is very interesting to his reality, because this isn’t a reality cruel as Caravaggio or Edward Hopper and other but his reality is a mixed between reality and noumenic think, this is between reality and imagine of reality, a reality filtrated trough think, therefore a reality that is clash between true and tough that Diego translates on the canvas; the Naked woman(Fig1) is document true of this interpretation, woman is true to her anatomy, very adherent to reality, but other is imaginary, nothing is entirely abstract or real but all is half, this takes between think and objective, therefore Diego is a half, a “mesos” of Aristoteles, half between visible and thinkable, effectively two reality, because also thinkable is a reality, because we can imagine it therefore this is real, therefore we can become it noumenic.

Realtà noumenica

La realtà di Diego Stella, un giovane pittore, ancora vivo(talvolta mi occupo anche di chi ancora respira, ma Senofonte diceva “Il dialogo degli storici è con i morti”), comunque Diego Stella è ancora presente e la sua natura pittorica resta davvero interessante riguardo alla sua realtà, poiché non è una realtà cruenta come quella del Caravaggio ovvero solipsistica di Edward Hopper ovvero altri, ma la sua realtà è mista fra realtà oggettiva e pensiero noumenico, ossia fra realtà e immagine della realtà, ossia una realtà filtrata tramite il pensiero, quindi una realtà che rappresenta uno scontro fra vero e pensato che Diego traduce sulla tela, la Donna nuda(Fig.1) attesta questa interpretazione, la donna è reale e concreta e irretente nella sua anatomia, ma il resto è solo immaginario, quindi nulla è solo astratto ovvero reale ma tutto resta nel mezzo, dove si prende sia il pensiero che l’oggettivo, quindi Diego resta un “mesos” aristotelico, un tramite fra realtà e immaginario, che sono due realtà, perché anche l’immaginario è una realtà dato che noi possiamo pensarlo quindi possiamo renderlo noumenico. 

Alessandro Lusana

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The battle of Steinbeck

This essay is about the romance of John Steinbeck In doubt battle, that I consider a true exemple of American realism, in contest that would be political and ideological, but it is betrayed because author described live, common live of workers with difficulties and poverty, certainly, but ideological question is very marginal, battle of class of workers is alone mentioned some time, nothing is present to a declaration with political intentions; therefore Steinbeck avoids connection with socialism at his time, this is 1936, when certainly socialism was bordered alone in some country, and when economical condition of USA was certainly much precarious, therefore condition of entrepreneurs not was certainly richest; therefore the realism is present to description of human conditions of worker, but Steinbeck, so that his history has sense, he must exaggerate comments and conditions, that certainly could be may in conformity with description of Steinbeck but with much romanticized intent, and finally with very small ideological share; therefore now in Steinbeck follows his realism and description of irrelevant moment of live, that in his romance are part integral his style, that isn’t never thrown to big history or great themes, but contrary he takes always middle and down subject, because he describes with realism that he seen and sees, therefore great question aren’t also in this romance, that from a strike it become a daily description.

Alessandro Lusana             

Anomalous

George entered in office and lighted the light, he seen around strange masks of men with three eyes and two mouths, they seemed cubist painting, George took a paper on the table and red strange characters, strange writes, signs that seem Assyrian very old, strange signs that he red very speed, and after he called his secretary: “Lucy”, and arrived a woman with four hands and snakes on the head, she seemed Medusa, three eyes and a tail; he looked this woman and asked time, and this woman: “Now is half day”, and he seen through window and he seen that dark was very deep, and he answered: “Very good” and she gone out, he took phone and this was silent not rumour or other sign, he begun talk without number and he talked for 35 minutes, and he worked a business very important, after he written on the paper a letter and he used strange signs, a strange language neither European not actual, he called again his secretary and he asked that that letter was send, he called his dog that arrived to call, he has three head like Cerberus, and George given a cookie. Day after George slept in hotel and when he awaked he seen light of day, and he goggle eyes, he got down  by bet, opened window and he seen around and he seen much persons on the road, normal persons, and he called immediately a chambermaid that gone soon and she called orders; he looked chambermaid and much astonish asked time, and she answered: “8:00 AM lord”, and he looked again her and asked breakfast, she gone out and he continued looking around, white wall, bet without cobweb and  holes, he opened very slowly the door and looked passageway and he asked continually himself: “Where do I am now? Here all is strangest”, and he after eaten breakfast he gone out by hotel and he walked on the road and he looked persons with goggle eyes, dog with one head and persons with alone two hands, two eyes and hear. He walked all day and after he gone back to hotel, and he slept all night, day after he opened eyes and he seen dark, opened window and same dark, therefore he calmed and he seen bats and snakes  and women with two or three heads and sex or seven hands, three eyes and other, he entered in office and seen again his habit, therefore called his secretary and asked a drink, she carried it and before gone out she asked: “Excuse me, I have a question”, and George looked her and: “Yes”, and she: “How is the word?”, and he: “Don’t ask, please, don’t ask it! Anomalous, very anomalous!”. 

Alessandro Lusana