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Antonio Forte
Aug 19, 20246 min read
La musica di montagna
Mountain music . As soon as we opened the car doors, we were engulfed by the smell of wild mint. We were setting out for a long trek in...
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Antonio Forte
Aug 11, 20245 min read
Il Molise non esiste.*
[Caption: Moonrise in Molise .] There are no clocks at the Museum . Time is not a valid currency here. Unlike the places most of us come...
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Antonio Forte
Jul 31, 20246 min read
Lots of pots.
After spending two weeks as an artist-in-residence at the Art Center Padula, I made my way to London, England for a brief interlude to...
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Antonio Forte
Jul 25, 20245 min read
The Lucani(ans)
I tiptoed gingerly around the garden, taking care to dodge the fallen figs from the tree outside the kitchen. Every couple of steps I...
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Antonio Forte
Jul 10, 20245 min read
Working remotely.
A couple days of rain brought the temperature down a little to where it was comfortable to be out and about, moving around the town...
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Antonio Forte
Jul 4, 20246 min read
Piano, piano.
After departing from Battipaglia on the afternoon bus, and an hour or two driving through the Campanian countryside, in and out of...
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Antonio Forte
Jul 1, 20245 min read
Continua un'altra avventura...
Another adventure continues. [After eight months of neglecting this blog, I finally have the time and space--mentally, emotionally, and...
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Antonio Forte
Oct 28, 20234 min read
A Musical Offering
A short poem about waves or phantasms: ~~~ Dear Kind Reader, Today I turn thirty-four years old. In the English language the verb to turn...
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Antonio Forte
Oct 21, 20236 min read
L'Argilla Sotto i Piedi.
Clay under feet. (And between toes). The site of Lago di Castel San Vincenzo (Lake of Castle Saint Vincent) is an enchanting one: the...
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Antonio Forte
Sep 10, 20233 min read
I Suoni delle Pietre.
The sounds of the stones. In an effort to hear what the many hours of tracing and puzzling would glean, without the presence of actual...
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Antonio Forte
Sep 4, 20233 min read
Pietre di più. Note di più.
More stones. More notes. While thinking about the time I spent at Pietrabbondante, staring at the stones found in the walls there, I...
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Antonio Forte
Aug 22, 20233 min read
Perdere e rinnovarsi
Losing and renewing. The main purpose of my being in Italy is to be in residence at the Museum of Loss and Renewal in a little place...
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Antonio Forte
Aug 17, 20233 min read
Pietrabbondante
Lots of rocks. Well, an abundance of. Pietra meaning rock or stone, and abbondante meaning abundance. Italian is quite a melodious...
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Antonio Forte
Aug 13, 20235 min read
Una caccia al tesoro
A hunt to the treasure (an Italian "scavenger hunt"). The day after the Zampogna festival I made my way to a neighboring Molise village,...
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Antonio Forte
Aug 5, 20234 min read
Orsi? Meglio in Natura!
Bears? Better in Nature! Yes, there are bears that inhabit the Molise mountains, although I have yet to encounter one on my daily hikes....
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Antonio Forte
Aug 2, 20233 min read
Tante vite in pochi giorni
So many lifetimes in a few days. After watching the sunset over Nova Scotia, and the sunrise over Ireland, I landed in Italy. Once at the...
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Antonio Forte
Jul 25, 20231 min read
Prima di partenza
Before departure. This is my first blog post. On Friday I will be traveling to Italy for one month. I will be an artist in residence at...
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