Thursday 28 February 2013

It's getting later all the Time
Stopping Time in Vienna's Josefstadt


Tempus Fugit
The crevice

through which
time flees
can be ameliorated,

even mended,
through the healing powers

of thoughts
put to paper

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"Si sta facendo sempre più tardi"
is one of my favorite books by the Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi. Alas, I was not even thinking of Tabucchi while I wrote the title of this post, but reflecting on how everything stays in flux, the season, the day, life, how it is getting later all the time, indeed.


Photographed on a late Sunday afternoon
in October 2010 at Il Tempo, 8th District
Images and Text © by Merisi
R e p o s t

15 comments:

  1. Loverly...
    Looks so inviting...
    Everyone is talking about THAT book!

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  2. Paris Breakfasts:
    Carol,
    Tabucchi passed away last week.
    Would you have any links regarding the book?

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  3. My post today was kind of on the same thing. Life moving on, time passing.

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  4. Lovely.. and such vibrant colours.

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  5. I thought it was the beer he was drinking that provided healing! lol!

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  6. Charles,
    carpe diem.

    Hilary,
    thank you! :-)

    Simon,
    I'd say it certainly did no harm. ;-)
    Whenever I walk by the Aussie pub here, I think of you and if they keep the beer in the freezer! xxx

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  7. Charles,
    carpe diem.

    Hilary,
    thank you! :-)

    Simon,
    I'd say it certainly did no harm. ;-)
    Whenever I walk by the Aussie pub here, I think of you and if they keep the beer in the freezer! xxx

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  8. Beautiful lighting. How wonderful it must be to be surrounded by so many cafes. I will have to inquire about the book at the library.

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  9. Wow! Love the big clock and the bold colours!

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  11. Tempus Fugit
    The crevice
    through which
    time flees
    can be ameliorated,
    even mended,
    through the healing powers
    of thoughts
    put to paper

    I wrote those words more than three years ago.
    Only today, rereading old letters, from friends now lost forever, can I truly understand the meaning.

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  12. Love all the RED
    Anything to do with Josefh Hoffman?
    So graphic a post...

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    1. Not that I know of, Carol. Merci xxx

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  13. It's interesting to think about ... where would one want to stop time, if one could? Wonder how that would work? Is the bookl you discuss in translation?

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  14. The place looks really cool and so do these shots!

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