Journal
Welcome! Here you will find a variety of essays and articles. Although many of my writings focus upon my experiences in Italia, I also find inspiration in Renaissance Naturalism, Pythagorean Number Theory, Alchemy, and the works of Romantic poets such as Blake.
Le Due Cecche
Pari, Grossetto Italia
Le Due Cecche
martedì, 21 gennaio 2025
After posting my third piece of art focusing on Le Due Cecche, some of you may be wondering about my fascination with the architecture of this structure within my little medieval village. Like many of the pictures that I paint, however, these pieces go beyond the formal structure and into what they represent on a very human level. For Le Due Cecche is much more than a simple building, or even a restaurant Le Due Cecche represents the social center at the heart of Pari.
domenica, 8 ottobre 2023
Bagnaia, Viterbo Italia
Bagnaia - I
mercoledì, 15 gennaio 2025
Some of you familiar with Pari, may also be familiar with Bagnaia, or the Bagnaia near Pari. However, this Bagnaia, is not that Bagnaia, but the Bagnaia that is a a frazione of Viterbo, in Lazio. Bagnaia was the first place that I landed in Italia. Thanks to a friend from high school who had an opening, I had planned to spend a month in Bagnaia before heading back to Stati Uniti. Plans have a way of changing, however, especially if one is open to the ever-shifting nature of the Universe and its intimations.
sabato, 14 ottobre 2023
Pari, Grossetto Italia
La Mia Prima Mattina a Pari
martedì, 14 gennaio 2025
I can’t really remember how well I slept during my first night in Pari. I do know, however, that I woke up with that same curious sense of excitement that had permeated me when I was younger on both Christmas and my birthday. I was here! The very place that had seemed so very out of reach a few months ago. Heck, even a few weeks ago, I had no idea that I would be able to stay in Pari, yet here I was. Even though I wished to explore every nook and cranny of the village, there was one place in particular that I just knew I had to visit — the Palazzo.
venerdì, 13 ottobre 2023
Pari, Grossetto Italia
La Mia Prima Notte a Pari
lunedì, 13 gennaio 2025
I had made my way up from Viterbo by taking the train to Siena, and then grabbed the Autolinee Toscana 51G bus to Pari di Casale Svincolo, about 6km from the medieval village of Pari. Although it was my first time visiting Pari, I had become familiar with it through the online offerings of the Pari Center. I had even helped organize the first formal Gentle Action Gathering for June of that year (2023). Through an unexpected series of events (my passport took longer than expected), I had missed the very conference that I had put my heart and soul into planning. I was completely heartbroken at the time, and wondered whether I would ever get to Pari.
martedì, 8 gennaio 2024
Worcester, Massachusetts Stati Uniti
Un Anno Fa
giovedì, 9 gennaio 2025
Yesterday marked exactly one year since I set foot back in the United States after my first trip to Italy. Although I had initially planned to be in Italia for only about a month, as Fate would have it, I was able to extend my stay for almost three months — with a short jaunt to London and Dublin to boot. For those of you considering whether to travel for an extended period, even in a country that isn't fully-fluent in English, I can tell you that this trip changed my life in ways that I could never have imagined beforehand.