Let July be July

Ancient Roman city beneath street level, hidden just below modern-day life in Verona, close to Porta Leoni, Italy. 1st century BC.

"If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere." – Vincent van Gogh

Sylvie, by Prosper d’Epinay (1836-1914)

A Roman sunset that feels like a painting

Plate with Eros, Hellenistic, ca. 340–320 BC, Ascoli Satriano Painter (active ca. 340–320 BC), Terracotta; red figure ,Italy, Apulia (Place of Origin). Collection: The Walters Art Museum.

#WednesdayWisdom 💚 "Go out in the woods, go out. If you don't go out in the woods nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin" ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés

It is disheartening to see today that the strength of international law and humanitarian law no longer seems binding, replaced by the presumed right to overpower others. This is unworthy and shameful for humanity and for the leaders of nations.

How can we believe, after centuries of history, that acts of war bring peace and do not turn against those who wage them? How can we hope to lay the foundations of tomorrow without cohesion and a shared vision inspired by the common good?

The bronze 'Chimera of Arezzo' is one of the finest examples of Etruscan sculpture and is dated to c 400 BCE. It once belonged to Cosimo I de' Medici. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence. 📷 Carole Raddato

Esprimo la mia vicinanza alla martoriata Ucraina, ai bambini, ai giovani, agli anziani e, in modo particolare, alle famiglie che piangono i propri cari. Condivido il vostro dolore per i prigionieri e le vittime di questa guerra insensata.

In terra summus rex est hoc tempore Nummus In the earth nowadays the greatest king is Coin Carmina burana, 11

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A view of Palermo by night, by Albert König (1881–1944)

With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love.