SoFiA's World

6 September 2010

Mad Girl's Love Song

Which star is mine, 1975, Jan Saudek

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)"

Sylvia Plath

21 August 2010

Welcome to Bologna

There is no place like home, but there are some places that remind you of home and living there is easy and pleasant and makes you feel exactly like home, which might be strange if you have got used to not living at home. Confusing?

This is how confused I felt my first days in Bologna. It's Italy, Mediterranean, just five steps away from Greece, sounds and smells like home. So here I am, back where people are on the streets and laugh and shout and talk to you and joke around and make you feel totally relaxed and comfortable.But I was used to living in Bratislava, remember? Where it snowed non-stop, people were locked in their homes or half drunk in the bars and you hardly met someone outside (it was winter and cold, they had a point).

So my first days here, this mixture of familiarity and strangeness made me appreciate even more my new life: every single moment made me feel more and more that I'm back home -whether that was due to the people or the weather or the food- without losing nothing from the zest of the new. However, it was the people I met, who gave Bologna a place in my heart. They showed me around, lent me their homes, taught me the first words, helped me communicate and introduced me around. Bologna offered me the warmest welcome and will always remind me of the kindness of strangers and that we can still count on it.

(Ok, I am living here the last 4 months and I should have written this a long time ago, but better late than never.)

20 August 2010

Mila's Daydreams

Aren't these photos beautiful? Honestly, it's been a long time since something impressed me that much. I suppose this is what can happen if you combine creativity, inspiration and some free time.