True from a distance it appears like a 15th century castle, suggesting a state of decadence and idleness, Civitella Ranieri is in fact a factory. It is a factory of imagination, creativity and concern, in which I myself have been a laborer of words. I would choose...
Surrounded by beauty, history, nature, and stimulating exchange with other Fellows, Civitella offered me an amazing time to reflect and focus. I am looking forward to go home with my memories and experiment. I feel the full anticipation for the new concept and...
“At first, so to speak… we hardly realize the extraordinary events to which we are witness…” he began, rather quietly, and hearing his whisper, everyone immediately stopped speaking, in anticipation of the storms of laughter to come. “The brilliant light of the Sun,”...
At Civitella I found an ideal environment to concentrate on my work: the right kind of isolation and a humane silence, never a gloomy one. I also had the good fortune to live in rooms on the upper floors of the castle with windows looking onto the surrounding park....
The earth is a flying carpetif you lie down and followthe clouds. Where will it gowith you upon it?And shelters stuck below. Cars, caves, hotels and shacksfor the old who if they couldwould become mysticsdignified by agreeing to dieand solitary antics. Each would have...
