Journal
Places, people and ways of living and working with attention. Two articles a week and a note on Saturdays. The Journal began under the name AlbaFiore.
Places · Away from work · In the Margin
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The Season of Increase
In autumn a tree does not lose its leaves: it lets them go, after taking back what they held of value, beside a bud…
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The Words We Rehearse
The words we hold back at work do not vanish: they come home with us and land on the people we love. When calm…
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The Wrong Clock
A clock need not be right, only known. That is true of the oven after the clocks go back, and just as true of…
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Dawn Is in No Hurry
On the shore of a lake in late October, the day arrives without a precise moment and shows the world in an order: shapes…
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Made of Glass
In a conversation of three, you can be present and, at the same time, outside. We do not become transparent because we are worth…
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Exposure Time
Everything that matters has its own exposure time. Roberto Donetta’s glass plates and a round house in the Blenio valley show what remains when…
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The Houses That Close
Lugano grows dark early, and the houses gather themselves in. Closing a day well, at work and in life, is not time lost: we…
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The Tin Box
A tin box on a stone wall, and no one there to guard it. At work as on a country road, trust is how…
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What the Hands Remember
From seed to cloth, flax passes through months of waiting that no one can skip. A demonstration under the arcades of Lugano, and what…
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What Cannot Be Grown
Those who hunt for porcini are not only looking for a mushroom, but for a state of complete attention. The same attention that makes…
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The Forest That Bears Fruit
A chestnut grove is not a wild wood: it is the work of generations who never saw its harvest. From Ticino’s bread tree to…
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The Second Beginning
Lake Lugano at the end of summer, and the causeway that crosses it. From the fresh start effect to the study showing that holiday…