🇬🇧 What inspires me: Noi siamo tempesta

In October I received a book called “Noi siamo tempesta” (We are storms) by Italian writer Michela Murgia as a gift. Although it took me a while to start reading the book, it was a smooth and fast read. The content is very good. That’s what I’m going to talk about today.

I’m Nycka Nunes, a visual artist who has been fascinated by fashion and various forms of art since I was a child. In this blog I talk about my work, what inspires me and a little bit about my lifestyle as part of what inspires me. To sponsor content, read the “Maecenasship” page and watch your brand reach more than seventeen thousand unique followers and millions of people per year.

I read the book in its original language (Italian). The work contains several short, more or less fictitious stories of real situations where the union between different people brought about a grand result. After the more or less fictitious narrative comes an explanation of the event. My favorite story tells, in a light-hearted way, the challenges faced by artist Maria Lai in creating the work “Legarsi alla montagna” (bond with the mountain), showing the difficulties the artist had in uniting the people of the small town where she was born to create the work.

This story caught my attention not only because it is about art, but also because it shows the difficulties in relationships that exist even among family members and close people when everyone just wants to be right, as if life were a multiple-choice test where there is only one right answer for each question. Life requires flexibility and the book shows that respect and using differences between people to build something relevant is very important. Each person has their own value.

The story of the Naples zoo also enchanted me and made me curious to visit the place.

I don't know if it is available in other languages. For those who can read Italian, I recommend it. If you don't speak Italian and find it in other languages ​​that you are fluent in, it is also worth reading (I prefer to read in the original language whenever possible, but if that is not possible... reading is never bad).

My artwork “Bonds and knots” deals with a similar theme and you can purchase it here.

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Nycka Nunes