Etna Aetnaea (2025) Ink drawing by Maurizio Puglisi Translator Etna or Aetnaea is a woman In one of the many legends of Etna (or as it was called in ancient times “Aitna”) it is told that Etna was actually the daughter of Uranus and Gea; she kept the giant Enceladus, whom we talked about in the previous story, hidden under her. The tradition that identifies Etna with the feminine sphere is still common. The rich soil of Etna, in fact, is easily associated with the idea of motherhood, abundance and fertility. Furthermore, to the question “...
Autumn Song (2023) Ink drawing by Maurizio Puglisi “ Autumn Song” by Paul Verlaine When a sighing begins In the violins Of the autumn -song, My heart is drowned In the slow sound Languorous and long Pale as with pain, Breath fails me when The hours toll deep. My thoughts recover The days that are over, And I weep. And I go Where the winds know, Broken and brief, To and fro, As the winds blow A dead leaf . “Chanson d’automne” by Paul Verlaine, from Poèmes saturniens (1866)