Have you ever observed the clouds, on a sunny day while, lying on the grass (or in a strawberry field, as the very good musical group MODA’ would say), the mind hovers lightly over the deepest blue?
Sometimes it will happen to you, as it is said happened to the great Michelangelo who, observing the sky, was inspired by the clouds for his Last Judgment, or as the author of the poem I am about to reveal you, father painter artist sensitive man and curious about life and its beauty. Let’s find out then this delicate composition.
“A CLOUD” by Gentile Polo
Have you ever observed a cloud,
from below … with the nose up
when you dilate your eyes
to a part of the sky?
She moves and twirls
with such fluency
which always looks different:
at first there is not,
in the clear sky,
and a moment later it already exists
moving amorphously
in the wind direction,
running swells,
it stretches, widens,
it curls and takes off,
fills his sack
and sometimes empties it,
promises and downloads, sometimes
bringing some relief,
sometimes creating discomfort
important for what comes up,
it is incorporated
and keeps changing its tones:
from a snowy white
fading into a thousand colors.
Unusual light
for those who look at her,
that crosses this unstable body
filtering between the eye and the sun
images never repeated
of shapes and colors,
until the last moment.
For a moment, I stop and reflect,
I perceive … and I wonder:
Is this how we are?
We live our moment,
of these transformations
continuous,
along a road
dictated by a powerful air,
experiencing what happens to us,
looking for what we can,
just enough
to continue this game,
firm, yes, to our principle,
but also aware
that we need others.
And things are different
that we can therefore do,
realizing according to our thoughts
and adapting things around
what we need,
to show us to life
until the last moment.
(From “Pensieri… una strada in salita”, Gentile Polo (2017), Aletti Editore of Altre Sembianze S.r.L., pp. 41-42).
http://www.alettieditore.it/emersi/2017/Polo.html
https://www.lafeltrinelli.it/libri/gentile-polo/pensieri-una-strada-salita/9788859147442
https://www.ibs.it/pensieri-strada-in-salita-libro-gentile-polo/e/9788859147442
https://www.amazon.it/Pensieri-strada-salita-Gentile-Polo/dp/8859147441
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/pensieri-strada-salita-polo-gentile/libro/9788859147442
(Lucia Martorelli – Gentile Polo Art Studio)