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Samuel on Italian Television (RAI – Community)
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being invited to Rome to appear on an episode of ‘Community – L’altra Italia’.
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Winter in Valdazze
Valdazze is a ‘frazione’ (hamlet) of Pieve Santo Stefano, Arezzo. The town was created in the 1970s to house famous Italian singers, but soon fell into disuse… Now there are very few inhabitants, but it still stands as a beautiful Tuscan escape. A little cold for me to live there in Winter, I think, but nice to visit with a camera.
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Thoughts: On Pop (and other types of) Music
The pop music industry is like deciding that the most popular form of poetry should be hallmark cards, and then asking the world’s best poets to write them…
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Thoughts: Flirtation
Most days, my flirtation for you is as my aspiration for all things beautiful…
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Poem: All Those Words
A poem about art, poetry and life in a new place thinly disguised as a poem about snow.
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In studio: “Let’s call it a sneak peek…”
I’m not very good at staying quiet about things, so let’s keep this between us, okay?
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News: Competition Finalist + Exhibition
Hey guys, I’m not known for blogging casually, so let’s:
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Premio Pieve Saverio Tutino 2014 (Festival)
Photos from the four day festival of Premio Pieve Saverio Tutino 2014 (30th Anniversary) – September 18-21.
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Premio Pieve Saverio Tutino 2014 (Exhibitions)
Il Piccolo Museo del Diario e le mostre di Premio Pieve Saverio Tutino 2014.
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Blog: A Simple Thought About Art
The artistic process, for me, is like the foreigner who arrives and points out something obvious you’ve been doing your whole life and never questioned – and from that moment on, you can’t help but notice it.
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Live bass solo with Italian jazz drummer Massimo Manzi.
A few months ago, I played the Jazz No-Strano festival in Umbria (Italy) with Pieve Jazz Big Band, and had the fortune to play alongside Massimo Manzi, a wonderful Italian jazz drummer.
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Premio Pieve Saverio Tutino 2014 (Behind the Scenes)
Behind the Scenes photography of the team for Premio Pieve working hard to create the 30th anniversary of the prize in Pieve Santo Stefano (AR), Toscana.
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Film: ‘Mica una cosa piccola’
Those of you that have been following my Tuscan journey in these past few years will have seen that I have formed a strong connection to one particular place, at the bottom of the Tiber valley.
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Behind the Scenes: ‘Solo un’ombra’
I’ve just wrapped up a short film (just over 5 minutes) with a wonderful Italian actress from Torino, Silvia Lorenzo. What that means is that I have this immediate urge to post it, to show it, to have it seen. But as this film was created specifically for certain film festivals and courses, we’re keeping it secret for a little while longer.
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Photography: Paolo Antonio Toci (Artist)
“Thought, rather fuzzily, about something I want to add to my recent letter to you. It’s this business about the school: school of painting, school of poetry, school of music, school of writing… What Slotkin said was this: no man who achieved greatness in the arts operated by himself; he was top man in a group of like-minded individuals.”
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