Miriam Arena

Ode to Surreal(istic) Elephants

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaJune 11, 2020

Life out there is the primary means of inspiration for any good writer. And today life tells me "Ode to Surreal(istic) Elephants" This article represents how inspiration always comes from the things we see and hear from the world around us. It all started with the horrible news of the killing of the pregnant elephant,…

THE TERRIBLE TWO. Viruses and Art – FOURTH PART

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaJune 1, 2020

Last chapter of this journey, Viruses and Art The Terrible Two It must to be only one article, as I have read many these days, on the same topic: "diseases and art", "the virus and the paintings", "the pandemic in the history of art" etc … But I pride myself on being able to do…

Viruses and Art – How and why sickness has been represented. THIRD PART

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaMay 10, 2020

The penultimate appointment of this journey between drawings and bacteria, between Viruses and Art. As always, with the manner of The Blue Drop. With a drop of ink and a drop of color. Writing that speaks of art, art that speaks of life. In the last time of Viruses and Art, we have seen…

#WHATYOUMISS

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaMay 2, 2020

Let's participate to the contest #whatyoumiss on our social Instagram FCB e Twitter and tell us what do you miss more! It starts Monday 4th until Tuesday 5th May. It was not born as an article. Only as an initiative on social media. #whatyoumiss . What you're missing…. At the temple there is a poem…

Viruses and Art – How and why sickness has been represented. SECOND PART

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaApril 19, 2020

Welcome back my dearest lover of actual speeches Let's resume our journey in the double track of viruses and art, second part. Always in the style of The Blue Drop, with the drop of ink and color. Last time we saw how disease was a means of admonishing religion, affirming and confirming the value…

Alighiero Boetti, the first hashtagger

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaApril 16, 2020

Have you ever thought how the idea of modern hashtags, so indispensable for today's communication, came to mind? Sure! And in any case art has little to do with it. However, if we were to tell about a common thread linking history of communication to the history of art, it could be called: Alighiero Boetti,…

Open mouth! When the Jelousy surpasses Venus in Bronzino’s masterpiece

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaMarch 24, 2020

These are complicated days for everyone. Days of patience, of waiting, of hope, of anger, of expectation, of boredom. Days when you have to dabble in other activities. Who reads (I hope this blog too), who writes, who sees films, who has transferred life online. These are days when news is also heard about the…

Virus and Art – How and why sickness has been represented. FIRST PART

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaMarch 18, 2020

Ops, I did it again! Instead of taking care of pure art, giving voice to the characters of my stories who love to go out, of writing some nice psycho-curious pieces, I'm still here. I let myself be dragged by the topic that fills everyone's voices and eyes. But, you know, we must write about…

Nocturnal Indigo – Y.Z.Kami at Gagosian Gallery Rome

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaMarch 18, 2020

In a few days will end at the Gagosian Gallery in Rome, an exhibition that deserves to be told for the special atmosphere it leaves. In these days of interruption and stasis, when it is clear that it will not be possible to go and visit it, I follow the advice of other museums and…

“To Her- Homage to Ulay 2020”

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaMarch 15, 2020

March 2nd, 2020. The art world echoes with mourning bells. On the horizon, a character who appeared in the books died; magazines have written about him, movie were made on, students have studied him. Even I found the photos of his expressions while shouting or standing without clothes against the door jamb, between the pages…

The unsustainable “levity” of reactance

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaMarch 13, 2020

This article will not about art. It will be like a short psychological essay dotted here and there with artistic images. Why, do you say? Because from my little pulpit of psychological degree, I am fascinating by what is happening at this moment in the world, especially in Italy. The blog regards also psychological…

From the waves..

Art Therapies, Senza categoriaDecember 16, 2019

There are many anecdotes about how artistic tendencies were born. By my side, I hope to tell many here... But I find particularly suitable inaugurating this new blog adventure with one of this. We must consider anecdotes as good, since sometimes their truthfulness is equal to a legend. But who does not find the legends…

Ode to Surreal(istic) Elephants

THE TERRIBLE TWO. Viruses and Art – FOURTH PART

Viruses and Art – How and why sickness has been represented. THIRD PART

#WHATYOUMISS

Viruses and Art – How and why sickness has been represented. SECOND PART

Alighiero Boetti, the first hashtagger

Open mouth! When the Jelousy surpasses Venus in Bronzino’s masterpiece

Virus and Art – How and why sickness has been represented. FIRST PART

Nocturnal Indigo – Y.Z.Kami at Gagosian Gallery Rome

“To Her- Homage to Ulay 2020”

The unsustainable “levity” of reactance

From the waves..

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