https://nolaminolfi.com nola minolfi Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:35:31 +0000 https://nolaminolfi.com en https://nolaminolfi.com/Rock-n-Road Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:35:31 +0000 nola minolfi https://nolaminolfi.com/Rock-n-Road Rock’n’Road <img width="1426" height="950" width_o="1426" height_o="950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e38daaa483966cc836740e36655274ed63854d5f738964a43292b38bd84d2585/rockabilly_18.jpg" data-mid="223521281" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e38daaa483966cc836740e36655274ed63854d5f738964a43292b38bd84d2585/rockabilly_18.jpg" /> Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music and it dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South.As early rock and roll, itself a mixture of several African American styles of music with Western swing and country music, the style that mixed rock and roll with "hillbilly" music became known as Rockabilly. <img width="1685" height="1123" width_o="1685" height_o="1123" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13aba65f146ba2956efbc64592eec52091d63a196772e81b0755b90b8f38085f/rockabilly_04.jpg" data-mid="223521282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13aba65f146ba2956efbc64592eec52091d63a196772e81b0755b90b8f38085f/rockabilly_04.jpg" /> <img width="1685" height="1123" width_o="1685" height_o="1123" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ede34ae093ca1a71ed74f745cfd7c88827a257014fe2aa80e3c5d2e39360ca20/rockabilly_03.jpg" data-mid="223539454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ede34ae093ca1a71ed74f745cfd7c88827a257014fe2aa80e3c5d2e39360ca20/rockabilly_03.jpg" /> <img width="1310" height="874" width_o="1310" height_o="874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7a2d80aa7001b94bbbb6e86d4be98cb18af386e9e03e216c3b29cfe6ac253a9/rockabilly_02.jpg" data-mid="223520111" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5f04f5a34e85f19492a31c733b326a4424e64d74427930cd680992fc6bb380f/rockabilly_06.jpg" data-mid="223539455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5f04f5a34e85f19492a31c733b326a4424e64d74427930cd680992fc6bb380f/rockabilly_06.jpg" /> <img width="1310" height="874" width_o="1310" height_o="874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3fa52f62a3f17e410bcb5005737caeca5c8bc39e3a87b6f9b079e0704918995/rockabilly_05.jpg" data-mid="223521280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3fa52f62a3f17e410bcb5005737caeca5c8bc39e3a87b6f9b079e0704918995/rockabilly_05.jpg" /> <img width="1310" height="874" width_o="1310" height_o="874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e384aa798d3cbb5851e6d92e20ec535b1a0c6e395c92e089ddc77bbb5e11901f/rockabilly_07.jpg" data-mid="223520100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e384aa798d3cbb5851e6d92e20ec535b1a0c6e395c92e089ddc77bbb5e11901f/rockabilly_07.jpg" /> <img width="1310" height="874" width_o="1310" height_o="874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08232b90f40f4e3e69c66f29322d0e594c6f1bc7402f73cbc74d03d3e242f1db/rockabilly_12.jpg" data-mid="223520118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08232b90f40f4e3e69c66f29322d0e594c6f1bc7402f73cbc74d03d3e242f1db/rockabilly_12.jpg" /> <img width="1310" height="874" width_o="1310" height_o="874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be275e25fca25287903a669a6181d49319ee9336a5875b7955a4fc1effb31839/rockabilly_09.jpg" data-mid="223539457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be275e25fca25287903a669a6181d49319ee9336a5875b7955a4fc1effb31839/rockabilly_09.jpg" /> <img width="1310" height="874" width_o="1310" height_o="874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a57880e753d254554dd25211f5c37f966eac24a204848e5600c8cf89fd29ef8/rockabilly_08.jpg" data-mid="223539456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a57880e753d254554dd25211f5c37f966eac24a204848e5600c8cf89fd29ef8/rockabilly_08.jpg" /> https://nolaminolfi.com/Momentaneamente-Para-Siempre Fri, 14 May 2021 11:30:17 +0000 nola minolfi https://nolaminolfi.com/Momentaneamente-Para-Siempre Momentáneamente Para Siempre Momentáneamente Para Siempre is a project that collects family stories, born as a response to the urge to answer some of the questions that came along with me after my father passed away. How does photography function - or not - as a catalyst for remembrances? How can the medium of photography challenge and represent the tangibility of memories?The work is designed and shaped as of today in three chapters, The Box of Memories, Cris y Gus and The New Endless Life of a Tree,&nbsp;aiming to reflect on the role played by family photographs especially when they appear to constitute the only access to deal with distance, absence or loss.It aims to convey how photographs can become sometimes the only tool to better understand and deal with the meaning of remembering and what is after for those left behind, by reshaping and negotiating familial remembrances and identities.The whole project observes the relationship between memories and photographs and focuses on how to put in conversation the role of photography with the reliability and the tangibility of personal remembrances; both, as a tangible translation of individuals’ mind projections, as well as, and at times on the contrary, as a framed limitation to depict the entire substance of a remembrance.Momentáneamente Para Siempre is the result of my research studies on the role and meaning of photographs as transitional objects and visual spaces of memory, which at times succeed and at times fail, to assert themselves as immutable substitutes for loved ones who are far or gone and as representations of eternity and immortality. Chapter 1 THE BOX OF MEMORIES <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad17dfe85edd70dd4d8e2000d614b63de5012d576844b0d6b00d931faf6a3c66/studio_box_12.jpg" data-mid="108523282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad17dfe85edd70dd4d8e2000d614b63de5012d576844b0d6b00d931faf6a3c66/studio_box_12.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc09af75e9078071175a803eec0a2faed34644462ad44d85b7920117da3b005e/studio_box_11.jpg" data-mid="108523281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc09af75e9078071175a803eec0a2faed34644462ad44d85b7920117da3b005e/studio_box_11.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a19b6f6ba27375e6035f7be46e937c44cea36320e9fa0323da5cc35d5f65d5c4/studio_box_10.jpg" data-mid="108523280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a19b6f6ba27375e6035f7be46e937c44cea36320e9fa0323da5cc35d5f65d5c4/studio_box_10.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f66f91835b090e090cc531428b5a3e38a5762d95b4c525fc163271287954075e/studio_box_06.jpg" data-mid="108523277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f66f91835b090e090cc531428b5a3e38a5762d95b4c525fc163271287954075e/studio_box_06.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe2b65669bc236d7d6cc0689bab466576863a14299b5a201ea96bbed7e56a279/studio_box_03.jpg" data-mid="108523274" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe2b65669bc236d7d6cc0689bab466576863a14299b5a201ea96bbed7e56a279/studio_box_03.jpg" /> <img width="6192" height="8256" width_o="6192" height_o="8256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3797e2601367c78228bc6ff6ab286c4cb0d8c4d7c501938e161b1732742a9c36/studio_box_20.jpg" data-mid="108449306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3797e2601367c78228bc6ff6ab286c4cb0d8c4d7c501938e161b1732742a9c36/studio_box_20.jpg" /> <img width="6192" height="8256" width_o="6192" height_o="8256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/973766a2e30644f4d2f70ee48d2c25de8268263fabadf7e2d2c6a3d319018f8f/studio_box_14.jpg" data-mid="108449292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/973766a2e30644f4d2f70ee48d2c25de8268263fabadf7e2d2c6a3d319018f8f/studio_box_14.jpg" /> <img width="6192" height="8256" width_o="6192" height_o="8256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1de825b84a4b6b692bd8b9f2337cdcc40f56b089735f2e790614a3a9d60c7af5/studio_box_18.jpg" data-mid="108449296" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1de825b84a4b6b692bd8b9f2337cdcc40f56b089735f2e790614a3a9d60c7af5/studio_box_18.jpg" /> <img width="6192" height="8256" width_o="6192" height_o="8256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6419ef6a5ba93deaa8588240c465b6d59a3d8451a9482158009db6de6f683a06/studio_box_15.jpg" data-mid="108449293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6419ef6a5ba93deaa8588240c465b6d59a3d8451a9482158009db6de6f683a06/studio_box_15.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf46b393f22b2a77235b415688b66d02efcc0b8588cc9de0477342b45231da31/studio_box_07.jpg" data-mid="108523278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf46b393f22b2a77235b415688b66d02efcc0b8588cc9de0477342b45231da31/studio_box_07.jpg" /> <img width="1701" height="2268" width_o="1701" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b122db0dee53a6b9d9186afe3ca58fa3ae967751bfc4da497eb5eda5779e343/studio_box_13.jpg" data-mid="108449291" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b122db0dee53a6b9d9186afe3ca58fa3ae967751bfc4da497eb5eda5779e343/studio_box_13.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb726429f054f4e68ae23514014fe7e6327643f92ceeaf33eedfce32ccf029a9/studio_box_01.jpg" data-mid="108523272" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb726429f054f4e68ae23514014fe7e6327643f92ceeaf33eedfce32ccf029a9/studio_box_01.jpg" /> As a geographical exploration of the space and the object into the space, this opening chapter is the visual result of an experiential performative research, depicting the relationship between me and the content of the family box of memories. Sometimes playful, sometimes thoughtful, at times detached, at times closer, the entire chapter is exploring the concept of a box, which from being just an object becomes a place. This series of self-portraits it’s been the visual representation to questions like:How do I position myself in relation to the work itself? How many different points of view can be there for reading someone else stories comprehensively? <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb39ba6b2600048d3640388a85d1b304cdc30bfffe6316ba363adbe34a761fb6/studio_box_05.jpg" data-mid="108523276" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb39ba6b2600048d3640388a85d1b304cdc30bfffe6316ba363adbe34a761fb6/studio_box_05.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c43930bed2ec0f6ee543816cc83df67865168728f879bea23f2d4830cf5630a/studio_box_09.jpg" data-mid="108523279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c43930bed2ec0f6ee543816cc83df67865168728f879bea23f2d4830cf5630a/studio_box_09.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/111e4891c537b7141c14e9790af9f8efd0659cb2c20447c2ebfc1772df6d82ce/studio_box_04.jpg" data-mid="108523275" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/111e4891c537b7141c14e9790af9f8efd0659cb2c20447c2ebfc1772df6d82ce/studio_box_04.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="4000" width_o="3000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdea1a74b2518c0afe7f50731c11628e1e16ff19d9ebb958d967762898afaf93/studio_box_02.jpg" data-mid="108523273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdea1a74b2518c0afe7f50731c11628e1e16ff19d9ebb958d967762898afaf93/studio_box_02.jpg" /> <img width="6192" height="8256" width_o="6192" height_o="8256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa60cc2fbb3104c3b523c1e8f01e09fd041be5ead70aa888dd4c9a1c5ec0509d/studio_box_19.jpg" data-mid="108449298" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa60cc2fbb3104c3b523c1e8f01e09fd041be5ead70aa888dd4c9a1c5ec0509d/studio_box_19.jpg" /> Dealing with the archival material contained in the box, meant for me the flexibility to constantly position myself in questioning, experimenting, attempting, failing and succeeding, often one as a consequence of the other one.For this reason, here I deliberately wanted to preserve and include drafts of initial visual attempts as a representation of my inner process too. These sketches of drawings, in this specific case became thus final results and part of the main work. <img width="1529" height="2164" width_o="1529" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e0d929802c6981196e7cedf71aa7a77e99a8b8d6ceb542a72af5eef624f9906/nolaminolfi_MAPS_23.jpg" data-mid="108520432" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e0d929802c6981196e7cedf71aa7a77e99a8b8d6ceb542a72af5eef624f9906/nolaminolfi_MAPS_23.jpg" /> <img width="1531" height="2164" width_o="1531" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9450c6077566239ea7a48e0f5d6dfe33c3ab43a1f147ec19ff00149990a93c63/nolaminolfi_MAPS_18.jpg" data-mid="108520426" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9450c6077566239ea7a48e0f5d6dfe33c3ab43a1f147ec19ff00149990a93c63/nolaminolfi_MAPS_18.jpg" /> <img width="1531" height="2164" width_o="1531" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5c02b53c851f1c6034f0c7f536016f785f297efb514e2cdbe61d0496639adab/nolaminolfi_MAPS_19.jpg" data-mid="108520427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5c02b53c851f1c6034f0c7f536016f785f297efb514e2cdbe61d0496639adab/nolaminolfi_MAPS_19.jpg" /> <img width="1531" height="2164" width_o="1531" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7d80f231ca922b2d801c54fc59cbdc8a93d09dc7a4114e2803830f57f1ba6d0/nolaminolfi_MAPS_21.jpg" data-mid="108520430" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7d80f231ca922b2d801c54fc59cbdc8a93d09dc7a4114e2803830f57f1ba6d0/nolaminolfi_MAPS_21.jpg" /> <img width="1531" height="2164" width_o="1531" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b0dfa174954cf51240e9fc7b0784d4d1d8bcf8f5f5d59a91de5388ef0d3993b/nolaminolfi_MAPS_17.jpg" data-mid="108520425" border="0" data-scale="32.5" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b0dfa174954cf51240e9fc7b0784d4d1d8bcf8f5f5d59a91de5388ef0d3993b/nolaminolfi_MAPS_17.jpg" /> <img width="1531" height="2164" width_o="1531" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c06d5811fe468d98c1e9ac49fab6b0536b4ddfe0ab014c20a821d669e4d76da8/nolaminolfi_MAPS_16.jpg" data-mid="108520424" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c06d5811fe468d98c1e9ac49fab6b0536b4ddfe0ab014c20a821d669e4d76da8/nolaminolfi_MAPS_16.jpg" /> <img width="1531" height="2164" width_o="1531" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f90c7bca26a5e83b3d8e9013c2c3dfc5abd995b49297a824ba60064a621014f1/nolaminolfi_MAPS_20.jpg" data-mid="108520428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f90c7bca26a5e83b3d8e9013c2c3dfc5abd995b49297a824ba60064a621014f1/nolaminolfi_MAPS_20.jpg" /> <img width="1531" height="2164" width_o="1531" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3c5b0876af4bbab5eccc8e087c3064291f0496dfb33a3f49f86f169129e80e3/nolaminolfi_MAPS_71.jpg" data-mid="108520433" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3c5b0876af4bbab5eccc8e087c3064291f0496dfb33a3f49f86f169129e80e3/nolaminolfi_MAPS_71.jpg" /> <img width="1531" height="2164" width_o="1531" height_o="2164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abdb16eda3b24aa0b9b575527052164996326f6ed52807c8bc7a5a94f8c9b3e2/nolaminolfi_MAPS_22.jpg" data-mid="108520431" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abdb16eda3b24aa0b9b575527052164996326f6ed52807c8bc7a5a94f8c9b3e2/nolaminolfi_MAPS_22.jpg" /> Memories are reconstructive, not reproductive. As for our effort and attempt to keep recalling and reprojecting memories in our minds as much as possible accurate, they will be every time even slightly, different, reconstructived, reshaped and redefined. Memories become thus each time, a familiar but a new encounter. <img width="15600" height="15600" width_o="15600" height_o="15600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/977425e860d31dc940a0c03ce1ab8e63a22d2d9991bbe05ba15c645b4e85a240/circle_print_05.jpg" data-mid="108521752" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/977425e860d31dc940a0c03ce1ab8e63a22d2d9991bbe05ba15c645b4e85a240/circle_print_05.jpg" /> <img width="15600" height="15600" width_o="15600" height_o="15600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1cc9c38bdfa9e823bf708978b03fa03657f40b0f0bc15da18f7f38190e8e6f71/circle_print_06.jpg" data-mid="108521753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1cc9c38bdfa9e823bf708978b03fa03657f40b0f0bc15da18f7f38190e8e6f71/circle_print_06.jpg" /> <img width="15600" height="15600" width_o="15600" height_o="15600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a6f7347132660c1b1d48ff38d000477535e8f0d9aff7427fba38c9c29eac6bb/circle_print_04.jpg" data-mid="108521751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a6f7347132660c1b1d48ff38d000477535e8f0d9aff7427fba38c9c29eac6bb/circle_print_04.jpg" /> <img width="15600" height="15600" width_o="15600" height_o="15600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d316c1f1582b6533e7bb1c6a8ecaab87fd28beee450bac05799c1c99b4a8fe3/circle_print_09.jpg" data-mid="108521756" border="0" data-scale="82" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d316c1f1582b6533e7bb1c6a8ecaab87fd28beee450bac05799c1c99b4a8fe3/circle_print_09.jpg" /> <img width="15600" height="15600" width_o="15600" height_o="15600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2523e0db7aaabd87786517d581fe9888cfaef6a96579d00cfcb24799909a2a2e/circle_print_07.jpg" data-mid="108521754" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2523e0db7aaabd87786517d581fe9888cfaef6a96579d00cfcb24799909a2a2e/circle_print_07.jpg" /> <img width="15600" height="15600" width_o="15600" height_o="15600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da03bb3aa620c3a02b470f9a5427a733ccde187ee86ade525390cad24c0212c8/circle_prints_08.jpg" data-mid="108521757" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da03bb3aa620c3a02b470f9a5427a733ccde187ee86ade525390cad24c0212c8/circle_prints_08.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1125" height="954" width_o="1125" height_o="954" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ca28311f73a6b5c3113e947f3fdc68ae85638610d38a8756f1ecee964316244/IMG_4614.jpg" data-mid="108521758" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ca28311f73a6b5c3113e947f3fdc68ae85638610d38a8756f1ecee964316244/IMG_4614.jpg" /> <img width="3855" height="2921" width_o="3855" height_o="2921" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/550f110d7b26d03bc41c16bd00f26afc8e2dd1c771a74529f657039c47e1c1fc/origami_box.jpg" data-mid="113851660" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/550f110d7b26d03bc41c16bd00f26afc8e2dd1c771a74529f657039c47e1c1fc/origami_box.jpg" /> Selecting, folding and reshaping, became here an act to intervene, relate, and reconstruct. Applying the tequnique of Origami, here some printed family album photographs are presented as small boxes reframing memories of daily life stories.&nbsp; <img width="2620" height="3494" width_o="2620" height_o="3494" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2626491b71ae580490c98b1516a71e2325b8f709d2e166a6285c6e90fc5c2bcf/IMG_7169.JPG" data-mid="113860620" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2626491b71ae580490c98b1516a71e2325b8f709d2e166a6285c6e90fc5c2bcf/IMG_7169.JPG" /> <img width="2954" height="3939" width_o="2954" height_o="3939" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11d27cda822a80e6a4133bbb2f7d351e13c588a0810fe0d19499132fd5e3aecd/IMG_7172.JPG" data-mid="113861958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11d27cda822a80e6a4133bbb2f7d351e13c588a0810fe0d19499132fd5e3aecd/IMG_7172.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cda6ad8964f9442190314c074749582d5c501208553b77e8abd30410ecd0edb5/IMG_7173.JPG" data-mid="113863630" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cda6ad8964f9442190314c074749582d5c501208553b77e8abd30410ecd0edb5/IMG_7173.JPG" /> <img width="2932" height="3910" width_o="2932" height_o="3910" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd16c3264761c5f2e86a1279af880ad32de8751bb27279170216ad49522cae13/IMG_7174.JPG" data-mid="113863631" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd16c3264761c5f2e86a1279af880ad32de8751bb27279170216ad49522cae13/IMG_7174.JPG" /> <img width="2199" height="2932" width_o="2199" height_o="2932" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ab2c3b862138582b02988d3b9ce14fb853a2a878a7c836ebaa6e63b66514518/IMG_7175.JPG" data-mid="113863632" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ab2c3b862138582b02988d3b9ce14fb853a2a878a7c836ebaa6e63b66514518/IMG_7175.JPG" /> <img width="2685" height="3581" width_o="2685" height_o="3581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae2aee36f0bab21926119510f14bf9317edf0d5a30bf5efc324d4455629c20aa/IMG_7176.JPG" data-mid="113863914" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae2aee36f0bab21926119510f14bf9317edf0d5a30bf5efc324d4455629c20aa/IMG_7176.JPG" /> <img width="2880" height="3774" width_o="2880" height_o="3774" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00ff5a1f422d3b065f60782d5080ed439be7c2006fbee445159d4de9cac909b7/IMG_7177.JPG" data-mid="113863915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00ff5a1f422d3b065f60782d5080ed439be7c2006fbee445159d4de9cac909b7/IMG_7177.JPG" /> <img width="2690" height="3587" width_o="2690" height_o="3587" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f26e6ea7dc1e64bd67e586cca43ddb4f0e81f72c7b7b7e7e39fe95a64590280/IMG_7166.jpg" data-mid="121045793" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f26e6ea7dc1e64bd67e586cca43ddb4f0e81f72c7b7b7e7e39fe95a64590280/IMG_7166.jpg" /> <img width="2201" height="2737" width_o="2201" height_o="2737" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b6fdf97dd8b7769aa14c494a8a6e9b86f007ceb6dc22507de1302ba077e4a50/IMG_7167.JPG" data-mid="113858708" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b6fdf97dd8b7769aa14c494a8a6e9b86f007ceb6dc22507de1302ba077e4a50/IMG_7167.JPG" /> <img width="2794" height="3725" width_o="2794" height_o="3725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76eee70bdb0c3c6dc918f1c8af0fea2523b0769dfe0fb5271bc8d196df536226/IMG_7178.JPG" data-mid="113863916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76eee70bdb0c3c6dc918f1c8af0fea2523b0769dfe0fb5271bc8d196df536226/IMG_7178.JPG" /> ︎&nbsp;Index Chapter 2&nbsp; &nbsp;︎ https://nolaminolfi.com/Momentaneamente-Para-Siempre-1 Fri, 14 May 2021 11:30:17 +0000 nola minolfi https://nolaminolfi.com/Momentaneamente-Para-Siempre-1 Momentáneamente Para Siempre Chapter 2 CRIS y GUS Argentina, 1983. One very early morning, the red pocket radio of my grandfather William was crackling from the kitchen table about new possibilities for governmental political negotiations. Thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate that historical moment. After years of dramatic social repression the return of democracy was announced. At the age of twenty-six, my father was allowed to vote for the first time in his life.It was the fall of the military dictatorship.Nevertheless, Argentina was totally damaged and unprepared to approach and solve its drastic economic and social issues which had been generating new problematic consequences and continued to mark the country for decades. Economic inflation was skyrocketing and there was no guarantee that anyone could withdraw money from personal bank accounts overnight. At the same time, the strong individual and collective instabilities increased social insecurity and expanded criminality. Even with a good job and a good apartment, every day it was an uncertainty just to return home safely. I was born in Buenos Aires and at the age of two, in the early 90’s, my parents decided to leave Argentina to move to Italy. They wanted to live peacefully and wished for a better environment in which to settle our future. Everything worked out and they succeeded to settle down in Milan.&nbsp; With the passing of time I grew up accustomed to living at a distance from my closest relatives who were still based partly in Argentina and partly in Brazil. At that time, distances and absences were dealt with by sending postal letters and everything that could be folded and fit into envelopes was done so to their fullest. I remember my parents checking the mailbox daily and that specific feeling of waiting to hear back or the feeling of surprise when we received family news which had travelled so far to be delivered to us. Even before learning to read and write I was learning to relate to my family sphere and deal with my intimate emotions through the reading of photographs. Looking at printed pictures, for me, meant to meet, identify and recognise family members. Framed encounters were surely not enough to replace the feeling of absence, distance and longing, but those photographs were magical for me and were all that could speak to me about family. This is from where this work originated and why today I am a photographer. <img width="2181" height="2855" width_o="2181" height_o="2855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87b2dacab5f69bc79131d28c62ccd173f73ad9e4bbe20dd400bd740df67b07da/rail_map_1926.jpg" data-mid="108922582" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87b2dacab5f69bc79131d28c62ccd173f73ad9e4bbe20dd400bd740df67b07da/rail_map_1926.jpg" /> <img width="2067" height="1589" width_o="2067" height_o="1589" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b2dd4a031b839b689d33b284837a3802276a3e7f33c90711cd7e2bda1595102/IMG_1582.jpg" data-mid="108922492" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b2dd4a031b839b689d33b284837a3802276a3e7f33c90711cd7e2bda1595102/IMG_1582.jpg" /> <img width="2042" height="1561" width_o="2042" height_o="1561" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88eb22a3e4906861e3a2ee824300e52d88d9fa7097619614b350234bdfe3c431/IMG_1582_02.jpg" data-mid="108922490" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f9efbeb06196e29539dff19287f3ba6c92d7325f5fff664f510cb46fc4355a1/Collage_02.jpg" /> <img width="1136" height="1456" width_o="1136" height_o="1456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64a4f0a60b862045ccfe7dd78b9e3cde77557a333f834f5adfca987f2a354c89/IMG_20190805_0003.jpg" data-mid="130270466" border="0" data-scale="79" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64a4f0a60b862045ccfe7dd78b9e3cde77557a333f834f5adfca987f2a354c89/IMG_20190805_0003.jpg" /> <img width="2697" height="2023" width_o="2697" height_o="2023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bfaeb609cf328f53d46786060075453edf1b879c38feee40c6b1cc115762b36/Chervinsky_Minolfi_11.jpg" data-mid="108928638" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5bfaeb609cf328f53d46786060075453edf1b879c38feee40c6b1cc115762b36/Chervinsky_Minolfi_11.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2ab036fbdd5c944d6fbdb93276f520abc1eaba012795994336194c70b28d48c/Minolfi_Nola_09.jpg" data-mid="108928371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2ab036fbdd5c944d6fbdb93276f520abc1eaba012795994336194c70b28d48c/Minolfi_Nola_09.jpg" /> <img width="1984" height="852" width_o="1984" height_o="852" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97ea7dcd49baff23d1c6dd2e18508d8584368bdd9567f2be5e64a2a932a2134e/text_01_cut.jpg" data-mid="108934061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97ea7dcd49baff23d1c6dd2e18508d8584368bdd9567f2be5e64a2a932a2134e/text_01_cut.jpg" /> Day 14, 15, 16, 17 and every day We love you and miss you so much but soon we will be together again. You are the most beautiful thing that happens to me and we will be together until we will get old. Lot of kisses, all over around you. <img width="2194" height="1705" width_o="2194" height_o="1705" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6450d80893a290bdeb27d119c66d68c31700a8fbd34b32b045d3739c678a4311/IMG_3891.jpg" data-mid="108922513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6450d80893a290bdeb27d119c66d68c31700a8fbd34b32b045d3739c678a4311/IMG_3891.jpg" /> <img width="2159" height="1548" width_o="2159" height_o="1548" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84466b69b14581fed2a5d66ab3c3e5a4c6a230061a1a01e17de2c1e482280fc2/IMG_1637_02.jpg" data-mid="108922497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84466b69b14581fed2a5d66ab3c3e5a4c6a230061a1a01e17de2c1e482280fc2/IMG_1637_02.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="7839" width_o="6000" height_o="7839" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da319c5c5ac6fc684a837afdd1d63a7ad73614d96b6163f1edd43668ff5b009b/suerte.jpg" data-mid="108930512" border="0" data-marker-id="2" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da319c5c5ac6fc684a837afdd1d63a7ad73614d96b6163f1edd43668ff5b009b/suerte.jpg" /> <img width="2156" height="1781" width_o="2156" height_o="1781" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2ff62b70fb2a9050f072c85808225c24d43d04b35fd1c22757f05901600d270/IMG_1637.jpg" data-mid="108922500" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2ff62b70fb2a9050f072c85808225c24d43d04b35fd1c22757f05901600d270/IMG_1637.jpg" /> &nbsp; ︎&nbsp;&nbsp;Index&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Chapter 3&nbsp; &nbsp;︎ https://nolaminolfi.com/Momentaneamente-Para-Siempre-2 Wed, 19 May 2021 09:46:03 +0000 nola minolfi https://nolaminolfi.com/Momentaneamente-Para-Siempre-2 Momentáneamente Para Siempre Chapter 3 THE NEW ENDLESS LIFE OF A TREE <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f9c57c3590ba7bfb53932806e250d901aaf25c38249e7205b1cc9f4ed4b7e87/Minolfi_Nola_04.jpg" data-mid="108948413" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f9c57c3590ba7bfb53932806e250d901aaf25c38249e7205b1cc9f4ed4b7e87/Minolfi_Nola_04.jpg" /> In my family there has always been a belief and custom to plant a tree whenever a family member passes away. As the most explicit symbol of life and growth, seasonal death and revival, trees have always meant to us more than simply being just part of a natural landscape. The tree constitutes a universal and archetypal image, a powerful symbol that lives and multiplies in space and time and in an infinite variety of forms. <img width="2948" height="3594" width_o="2948" height_o="3594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/284c6e1195eaf504deb7c9fd7c26399990b9832e5eaaa892a7448b1afc676fe9/Nola-875_004.jpg" data-mid="113872386" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/284c6e1195eaf504deb7c9fd7c26399990b9832e5eaaa892a7448b1afc676fe9/Nola-875_004.jpg" /> <img width="2948" height="3594" width_o="2948" height_o="3594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f56c0fa925abafa1f299e34e76543246232ea2dda731c83ead0e3e95743b470e/Nola-875_005.jpg" data-mid="113872384" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f56c0fa925abafa1f299e34e76543246232ea2dda731c83ead0e3e95743b470e/Nola-875_005.jpg" /> <img width="3021" height="3641" width_o="3021" height_o="3641" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec5d2554969016c045f0669396e61f439bc3743ddb94180cc02cbdacd0db3a5a/Nola-875_002.jpg" data-mid="113871360" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec5d2554969016c045f0669396e61f439bc3743ddb94180cc02cbdacd0db3a5a/Nola-875_002.jpg" /> <img width="2966" height="3684" width_o="2966" height_o="3684" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cd041dfb18f538977b6487db42ce4696e4de0d172ff19fd041f9bcc45cd894d/Nola-875_003.jpg" data-mid="113871209" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cd041dfb18f538977b6487db42ce4696e4de0d172ff19fd041f9bcc45cd894d/Nola-875_003.jpg" /> <img width="3021" height="3576" width_o="3021" height_o="3576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a2c9c738dfeb7a169190208b3542659d089d1954255c6535ea788f766b0970d/Nola-875_001.jpg" data-mid="113871408" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a2c9c738dfeb7a169190208b3542659d089d1954255c6535ea788f766b0970d/Nola-875_001.jpg" /> <img width="2966" height="3577" width_o="2966" height_o="3577" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c830d269d3495ef74751f9e3c6a807bb460a2eb1865a239ce8698f0d0f3f07b1/Nola-875_006.jpg" data-mid="113872574" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c830d269d3495ef74751f9e3c6a807bb460a2eb1865a239ce8698f0d0f3f07b1/Nola-875_006.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fa3353daa96540a22f44f8acf4aaf4a3896d3999c381ef8ad9862f19bb5e309/04.jpg" data-mid="130710847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fa3353daa96540a22f44f8acf4aaf4a3896d3999c381ef8ad9862f19bb5e309/04.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d7e7d80ce2e210327735540ae715053de62b36df78863f37c71fcf6e93bdf6f/02.jpg" data-mid="130709982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d7e7d80ce2e210327735540ae715053de62b36df78863f37c71fcf6e93bdf6f/02.jpg" /> Since ever, trees have been also associated with the graphic representation of the family genealogical structure, branching out for familial relations as it is commonly known and referred to as the ‘Genealogical Tree’. <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aaebaec21b43487b0b4b8f432fd27ed7eb0a413288c9da2138eb11b8bbefddc8/03.jpg" data-mid="130710845" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aaebaec21b43487b0b4b8f432fd27ed7eb0a413288c9da2138eb11b8bbefddc8/03.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2de3a983a898b71a732c7f31bf25e59cfe006b4e7f877b3fe43f66a5925cf6a1/01.jpg" data-mid="130708689" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2de3a983a898b71a732c7f31bf25e59cfe006b4e7f877b3fe43f66a5925cf6a1/01.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf3a520caf404ad543265da2444e148e0e0f3de3ac0498a564acd02c4cad72f6/07-1.jpg" data-mid="130710850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf3a520caf404ad543265da2444e148e0e0f3de3ac0498a564acd02c4cad72f6/07-1.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/750047a6923616a4da14095b58d3513f0cdcc948145b66a61459b35fd83d922c/17.jpg" data-mid="130722256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/750047a6923616a4da14095b58d3513f0cdcc948145b66a61459b35fd83d922c/17.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8df0d387009f69ea54fbbe2e791b966c2df09877a14edeb910a504ba1623c59/08.jpg" data-mid="130710851" 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data-mid="130722251" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bbf9e1a819d8e64d568070031e8634f894f8a57dbab6cc680cbed87e951c43c/11.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b223505c432e439ce20d466841dbd26add12f4cbf1e7d5d6823a9b2739b8833/13.jpg" data-mid="130722252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b223505c432e439ce20d466841dbd26add12f4cbf1e7d5d6823a9b2739b8833/13.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ade5ec27d699f365ac019f87b1b596549aa177337e88fd63b2363401053a601/15.jpg" data-mid="130722254" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ade5ec27d699f365ac019f87b1b596549aa177337e88fd63b2363401053a601/15.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/302e1a2cf1a57760990f11138cd94c6f5cfb637708bff5bf518c90d406e06a0e/16.jpg" data-mid="130722255" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/302e1a2cf1a57760990f11138cd94c6f5cfb637708bff5bf518c90d406e06a0e/16.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdaa6cf83bee1ef8479f9d2602e4f4d7acff352941f8e9110334345fd3f7296e/10.jpg" data-mid="130722250" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cdaa6cf83bee1ef8479f9d2602e4f4d7acff352941f8e9110334345fd3f7296e/10.jpg" /> <img width="4288" height="2848" width_o="4288" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/928ac022de26a6797e9abcd9e0edb507561d4d19870a0b5a8df42f038536b144/18.jpg" data-mid="130722257" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/928ac022de26a6797e9abcd9e0edb507561d4d19870a0b5a8df42f038536b144/18.jpg" /> <img width="1710" height="2004" width_o="1710" height_o="2004" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44e973a459c39b3ea2a2622aeecefb45ae03a7d53c258f99f7a9ccbf09c39f05/anamnesis_10.JPG" data-mid="108957759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44e973a459c39b3ea2a2622aeecefb45ae03a7d53c258f99f7a9ccbf09c39f05/anamnesis_10.JPG" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The essential of spending time in contact with nature, uncontaminated landscapes, with plants, fruits and greenery in general, has always seemed to be a spontaneous but a necessary form of healing and cope with a grief in the family.&nbsp;The natural touch and genuine contact of taking care of a greenery, seem to be related to the act of holding patience to heal, as for the act to cope with silence, absence and the delicate comprehension and passage between life and death. <img width="996" height="854" width_o="996" height_o="854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6ca1e30dc12c30b4ec8f29e3bb5c43d5d1dcab210b858b9981918b2962d1d64/memory17.jpg" data-mid="113873670" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/996/i/a6ca1e30dc12c30b4ec8f29e3bb5c43d5d1dcab210b858b9981918b2962d1d64/memory17.jpg" /> <img width="1026" height="1254" width_o="1026" height_o="1254" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4796e9161413b51737c575b9a915b725acb068cb6266ec2f69a4f77116807f0a/02.jpg" data-mid="113899083" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4796e9161413b51737c575b9a915b725acb068cb6266ec2f69a4f77116807f0a/02.jpg" /> <img width="1021" height="1253" width_o="1021" height_o="1253" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f9c6e171d0a130572312ea1f5f42b8d5cc4dc727481684aa0b0119e640f7614/IMG_20190809_0006.jpg" data-mid="113899082" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f9c6e171d0a130572312ea1f5f42b8d5cc4dc727481684aa0b0119e640f7614/IMG_20190809_0006.jpg" /> <img width="1028" height="1250" width_o="1028" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ff848e316829e576fa7a27346af47566a620a93596d996172155df720994dbc/IMG_20190809_0007.jpg" data-mid="113899081" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ff848e316829e576fa7a27346af47566a620a93596d996172155df720994dbc/IMG_20190809_0007.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/021322905deae4fd3d9cdc3b1e763be51432049a6aba546683fb7c1db437c2cb/experiment2.jpg" data-mid="108959509" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/021322905deae4fd3d9cdc3b1e763be51432049a6aba546683fb7c1db437c2cb/experiment2.jpg" /> <img width="772" height="1040" width_o="772" height_o="1040" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c650859f1e54b3acb0f3115f88a054a31ed7fa55997bf4b81e6afe6593ac03a4/flowers03.jpg" data-mid="108959512" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/772/i/c650859f1e54b3acb0f3115f88a054a31ed7fa55997bf4b81e6afe6593ac03a4/flowers03.jpg" /> <img width="1227" height="2048" width_o="1227" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04c6dbc865e1cc8749a2808fc0e84f0c4c1012c473b4f10f1ad90b231f31ae70/IMG_7188.JPG" data-mid="113901773" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04c6dbc865e1cc8749a2808fc0e84f0c4c1012c473b4f10f1ad90b231f31ae70/IMG_7188.JPG" /> <img width="976" height="1315" width_o="976" height_o="1315" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe06cbb28917044ffabb6e94276a4221a09aadb45e33d05681f19f34abc19873/IMG_7184.JPG" data-mid="113900711" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/976/i/fe06cbb28917044ffabb6e94276a4221a09aadb45e33d05681f19f34abc19873/IMG_7184.JPG" /> <img width="785" height="1057" width_o="785" height_o="1057" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83100187fa5c9d4138901aee060e8f37518bb55cfad3fffd713f0969de520a84/IMG_7179.JPG" data-mid="113900096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/785/i/83100187fa5c9d4138901aee060e8f37518bb55cfad3fffd713f0969de520a84/IMG_7179.JPG" /> <img width="653" height="1024" width_o="653" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0635b4373c243da91d5396c84cc47b6fa47b4b94b45a0fe9fb53ea9621711b3/IMG_7183.JPG" data-mid="113900710" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/653/i/f0635b4373c243da91d5396c84cc47b6fa47b4b94b45a0fe9fb53ea9621711b3/IMG_7183.JPG" /> <img width="640" height="747" width_o="640" height_o="747" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35a572a7592d41c6898ec1db83d762abc52b952bb33a704d4a18e5727c222f79/memory02.jpg" data-mid="113899004" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/35a572a7592d41c6898ec1db83d762abc52b952bb33a704d4a18e5727c222f79/memory02.jpg" /> <img width="1844" height="2011" width_o="1844" height_o="2011" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1143870a039274e0f4200c87905d418dadfb3c6b678863a2308b46b3c4c315ef/12-copia.jpg" data-mid="108957762" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1143870a039274e0f4200c87905d418dadfb3c6b678863a2308b46b3c4c315ef/12-copia.jpg" /> <img width="1050" height="1226" width_o="1050" height_o="1226" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/572484ef22000992f30b6fdfbb9f60f38125b96fa67d8c7696e86cc72cf4666a/mem06.jpg" data-mid="113899018" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/572484ef22000992f30b6fdfbb9f60f38125b96fa67d8c7696e86cc72cf4666a/mem06.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1167" width_o="1000" height_o="1167" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b893df213d29bb7de58ffdbdd9faf1403e942de8f377d80939e4d2267f153ad/mem07.jpg" data-mid="113899019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b893df213d29bb7de58ffdbdd9faf1403e942de8f377d80939e4d2267f153ad/mem07.jpg" /> <img width="1714" height="2000" width_o="1714" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/864fe2310cda07488746674408695adf98db74397b7400f66115347cc621bae1/memory01.jpg" data-mid="113899005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/864fe2310cda07488746674408695adf98db74397b7400f66115347cc621bae1/memory01.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="2858" width_o="2448" height_o="2858" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95db4efac226ffb4eec3b2ce12aeb5921412d94a9cd56725570a53b92249c027/memory9.jpg" data-mid="113872949" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95db4efac226ffb4eec3b2ce12aeb5921412d94a9cd56725570a53b92249c027/memory9.jpg" /> Rooted in both sides, either at the bottom like at the top, a tree represents the union between two worlds: the celestial and the terrestrial, thus joining the bright world of consciousness to the dark and underground world of the unconscious. The tree, as a symbol of life and perpetual regeneration, is the constant victory over death and the perfect expression of the mystery of life that is continually reborn. <img width="1055" height="1232" width_o="1055" height_o="1232" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dc0b48c9f7be522f67dab240c1e8c34f90c002acab74d09390fbe2eaa7efaf0/memory05.jpg" data-mid="108957761" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dc0b48c9f7be522f67dab240c1e8c34f90c002acab74d09390fbe2eaa7efaf0/memory05.jpg" /> <img width="1443" height="947" width_o="1443" height_o="947" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3574cbb46e355d5f80a7175c54ad333b6980dd634be7157236d7a92931549fe/002.jpg" data-mid="113904034" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3574cbb46e355d5f80a7175c54ad333b6980dd634be7157236d7a92931549fe/002.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e2084668943e129f65118a1951ebb620a8cb2c10c98d698bacc7939de2d1f1e/IMG_6902.jpg" data-mid="113899074" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e2084668943e129f65118a1951ebb620a8cb2c10c98d698bacc7939de2d1f1e/IMG_6902.jpg" /> <img width="3614" height="2513" width_o="3614" height_o="2513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/880cfd8d254b5c6df9e3d45227340a45e050d089624af0576d1db923490556e1/2020-05-02-19-19.JPG" data-mid="108959112" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/880cfd8d254b5c6df9e3d45227340a45e050d089624af0576d1db923490556e1/2020-05-02-19-19.JPG" /> ︎&nbsp;&nbsp;Index Next&nbsp; &nbsp;︎ https://nolaminolfi.com/The-Man-Who-Never-Saw-The-Sea Fri, 14 May 2021 11:30:21 +0000 nola minolfi https://nolaminolfi.com/The-Man-Who-Never-Saw-The-Sea &nbsp;The Man Who Never Saw The Sea Emilio kept telling me «I don’t know what I’m still doing here»He lived his entire life in the same house where he was born.&nbsp; He never saw the sea. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06285fcd1544f87cfd8ba803fa8a85af90066c12bd24329c9f6f5ace7f949c7e/nolaminolfi_01.jpg" data-mid="109648493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06285fcd1544f87cfd8ba803fa8a85af90066c12bd24329c9f6f5ace7f949c7e/nolaminolfi_01.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Chamois, with its 90 inhabitants, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is the highest municipality in Italy &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; where cars are not allowed. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The only way to get up here, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in this remote mountain village, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; situated at 1800 meters in the Italian Alps, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is by cable car or by foot. <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0e6ba6e3bc7109c92f69ad7729420851f25fbe32d3220dc2cbb723d6ef6b414/nolaminolfi_02.jpg" data-mid="109648495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0e6ba6e3bc7109c92f69ad7729420851f25fbe32d3220dc2cbb723d6ef6b414/nolaminolfi_02.jpg" /> <img width="5149" height="6323" width_o="5149" height_o="6323" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32fb07b4832b1e86c69349c9a93ef917b23758b0b0b20f5120159be6ef3752d9/nolaminolfi_27.jpg" data-mid="124416182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32fb07b4832b1e86c69349c9a93ef917b23758b0b0b20f5120159be6ef3752d9/nolaminolfi_27.jpg" /> <img width="6351" height="5172" width_o="6351" height_o="5172" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e11164a051947697b414a64f45881e14c45204b66f6f3036d74db573d4ff13f0/nolaminolfi_31.jpg" data-mid="124416532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e11164a051947697b414a64f45881e14c45204b66f6f3036d74db573d4ff13f0/nolaminolfi_31.jpg" /> Chamois has six hamlets, defined by a bunch of a few houses spread all over the mountain. Streets have no names and in some cases there are not even streets to achieve the houses, you just walk by crossing wooded paths or open big fields. <img width="1040" height="1300" width_o="1040" height_o="1300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dc1681e723c2df68659122fb0dc9e82158911f08115ee9e6ef39dea969ad66b/nolaminolfi_03.jpg" data-mid="109648496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dc1681e723c2df68659122fb0dc9e82158911f08115ee9e6ef39dea969ad66b/nolaminolfi_03.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="2000" width_o="2500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a36d83f6badee7dac66886abf7c885a823368772cdcc57db1741bf1fe8e35bdb/41-09-001.jpg" data-mid="125394300" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a36d83f6badee7dac66886abf7c885a823368772cdcc57db1741bf1fe8e35bdb/41-09-001.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/950098a1f556db9423e5f6264098350c70eebc6289f14e6a3ce65f300fbaef03/42-12-001.jpg" data-mid="125606208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/950098a1f556db9423e5f6264098350c70eebc6289f14e6a3ce65f300fbaef03/42-12-001.jpg" /> To find Emilio’s house, I took a snowy path from the main square of Chamois, that leads to a bridge that cross a river. From there onwards I had to follow a tiny map that Laura drew for me on a paper and placed in my pocket. <img width="1200" height="960" width_o="1200" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b10c57f45bfd6b8292ccc054abefcf50b998cb69caa11da15b208ed9533aef83/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_08.jpg" data-mid="109650695" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b10c57f45bfd6b8292ccc054abefcf50b998cb69caa11da15b208ed9533aef83/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_08.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1200" width_o="1500" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d714e45ffe3c3c79a687e293c77eaf204332cc9c97e53b7ecf5b85005177065/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_14.jpg" data-mid="109650699" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d714e45ffe3c3c79a687e293c77eaf204332cc9c97e53b7ecf5b85005177065/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_14.jpg" /> <img width="4780" height="5871" width_o="4780" height_o="5871" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82f51de8c7000fabebf15956b1255c2a1de575f51eb514dcbcfc89b6e900ca52/nolaminolfi_14.jpg" data-mid="125412371" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82f51de8c7000fabebf15956b1255c2a1de575f51eb514dcbcfc89b6e900ca52/nolaminolfi_14.jpg" /> “Suis or Suisse?” I still didn’t know which one was the right name for this hamlet. Among the inhabitants, someone says it’s correctly spelled Suis but the wooden sign hanging on a tree, it says Suisse. If one would not know about the place, it would be easy to think to be in Switzerland.
 It is believed that the hamlet’s name comes from a Swiss smuggler who was escaping and reached this place through the mountains with his wife, by misleading his traces wearing his snow boots backwards. <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f6722ee4de5f341e5bb7ceb2f6ddab83a0a0c9de59c1b0f736c682d91769815/37-01-001.jpg" data-mid="124426869" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f6722ee4de5f341e5bb7ceb2f6ddab83a0a0c9de59c1b0f736c682d91769815/37-01-001.jpg" /> Although Emilio has been photographed and interviewed several times, he welcomed me with surprise and invited me to sit next to him on the couch. Together with him, there was Dina, his in-home nurse.&nbsp; Emilio introduced her by saying that she travelled several kilometers to live with him, even though he didn’t know exactly how far Romania is. He was sure that Dina wouldn’t stay more than a few days, but it has been for more than two years that they laughed their heads off.&nbsp; «Come on Dina don’t make me laugh like that!» <img width="2000" height="1714" width_o="2000" height_o="1714" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/789860c48b6067583a85541d641a6fd4bc09e2669264959ae4acec421d142179/004_08.jpg" data-mid="124477475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/789860c48b6067583a85541d641a6fd4bc09e2669264959ae4acec421d142179/004_08.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="960" width_o="1200" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a2e1d88ddb9973776e46d84d9c749630395b7a52bf836f66ef77980e6713097/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_05.jpg" data-mid="109650692" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a2e1d88ddb9973776e46d84d9c749630395b7a52bf836f66ef77980e6713097/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_05.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/876bcf414ac4a21baf7971f940028ba07aff453e9ed5ab07668fc8416345822b/nolaminolfi_04.jpg" data-mid="109648497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/876bcf414ac4a21baf7971f940028ba07aff453e9ed5ab07668fc8416345822b/nolaminolfi_04.jpg" /> <img width="5135" height="6306" width_o="5135" height_o="6306" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/978f65d95a927b82f92f613868fbbeb66cdf3264e36fc8461b4bd0e775eafcde/nolaminolfi_12.jpg" data-mid="109651307" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/978f65d95a927b82f92f613868fbbeb66cdf3264e36fc8461b4bd0e775eafcde/nolaminolfi_12.jpg" /> Emilio was very proud to show me his last two teeth but recounting his aches and pains. «I don’t know what I’m still doing here» he repeated to me. The doctor for the inhabitants of Chamois is reaching the village by cable-car from the valley below and is available for chamber visits only once per week for about just an hour. «At the time, we did not have any doctor up here» Emilio tells «it was the priest to be in charge of visiting you and with one or two Holy Mary you just had to hope to be in good health!»«That time when my father fell down out there on the mountain, we had to call a doctor who came by foot from the valley below, because the first cable car here it was built only in 1955» «I remember that doctor charged us a crazy amount of money! 9000 Lire! -&nbsp;My mother said to the doctor that he was very expensive and the doctor replied to her: ‘Well, then you don’t know Madam how much my father spent to make me become a doctor!» Today for any kind of emergency, an helicopter arrives in five minutes from the nearest regional hospital situated in the city of Aosta. <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/badd6ce410cb7cd469345bc5d9b061eeb4080abdf10f40b3eff27a03830814fa/nolaminolfi_08.jpg" data-mid="109648516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/badd6ce410cb7cd469345bc5d9b061eeb4080abdf10f40b3eff27a03830814fa/nolaminolfi_08.jpg" /> <img width="1629" height="2000" width_o="1629" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d00e4fd5cc3d52afe0be806a6dce9b8d82993a42571d280a424b1d9196f16e89/48.jpg" data-mid="125395153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d00e4fd5cc3d52afe0be806a6dce9b8d82993a42571d280a424b1d9196f16e89/48.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a629b4b962131f8b0b449a827b9feb7e68089cd1925eb9d5e7038f1578c9f2e/nolaminolfi_06.jpg" data-mid="109648499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a629b4b962131f8b0b449a827b9feb7e68089cd1925eb9d5e7038f1578c9f2e/nolaminolfi_06.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="2000" width_o="2500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe744920029a1c82aec29a18d8af640ad820bf3091cd4a2b461d77f574ef4e11/19-04-001.jpg" data-mid="125321198" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe744920029a1c82aec29a18d8af640ad820bf3091cd4a2b461d77f574ef4e11/19-04-001.jpg" /> «What were you doing up here Emilio?» «Ha! I spent all my life working, not even a single day off!»&nbsp; «I never saw the sea»«I grew oat, barley and rye and I was having cows» «but only the white-headed ones, because the black-headed cows were good just for fighting. Indeed the white-headed cows were giving me the very best milk and I was able to make cheese all year long»&nbsp; «When the production happened to exceed the quantity expected, I used to give milk and cheese to people who passed by» Today in Chamois there are several family-run vegetable gardens and people grow mainly potatoes and cabbages. Farming is still one of the first resources in the whole region of Valle d’Aosta. <img width="1456" height="1847" width_o="1456" height_o="1847" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbae6d6e640d3a4ac7976cabfcd1dbc8347adc9d36ea16bde86f5437f2d2561e/47.jpg" data-mid="125395152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bbae6d6e640d3a4ac7976cabfcd1dbc8347adc9d36ea16bde86f5437f2d2561e/47.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/899f8d54223fe41cbd5e8d318b51e80c4ab278a4756b2849e582d7b766862c5c/32-03-001.jpg" data-mid="125394299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/899f8d54223fe41cbd5e8d318b51e80c4ab278a4756b2849e582d7b766862c5c/32-03-001.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="1200" width_o="960" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adf7bf3fba8b6c5cf287db9f53ca57e11685545dd522d4e8d5ce8a07f5e854f8/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_17.jpg" data-mid="109650700" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/adf7bf3fba8b6c5cf287db9f53ca57e11685545dd522d4e8d5ce8a07f5e854f8/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_17.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;In Chamois still there are farmers who use to spend their entire summers on the high-altitude mountain fields with their hundreds of cows. They mainly produce cheese and milk which are meant to be also sold to locals and tourists. &nbsp;<img width="3888" height="4774" width_o="3888" height_o="4774" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/843a1d6c7bec7fa57ba3fd02c2e35c59272e5811ef2664f04527a72d3299eebc/nolaminolfi_22.jpg" data-mid="125412372" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/843a1d6c7bec7fa57ba3fd02c2e35c59272e5811ef2664f04527a72d3299eebc/nolaminolfi_22.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddf7e77e94db910a30a339f34e56c97a20bec15cc9c9bd22ed47004b6e26567e/19-06-001.jpg" data-mid="125394298" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddf7e77e94db910a30a339f34e56c97a20bec15cc9c9bd22ed47004b6e26567e/19-06-001.jpg" /> «I used to play accordion and harmonica» Emilio said by blushing «but you know, just by ear» Then he stopped for a moment and added «I wanted to become a musician but my parents didn’t like it at all» «They wanted to keep me here with them carrying on with the year activity required with our cows and goats. So all I could do with music, was to keep going on regularly to the church to sing in the choir» «In my free time, especially in winter, I was liking also to lead with some crafts by making Tzetón» Emilio’s wooden baskets are famous all over the valley and some of them became also commissioned at some point. They are exclusively made out of larch tree and hazel tree. &nbsp; «It would be a shame to loose the tradition of the craftsmanship of these peculiar baskets we called Tzetón, if nowadays nobody will proceed in the will to learn how to make them» <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/185429c031a630c5e7a86fbf4d884fcfe625d3a7acb77a814127ec4c51166a09/nolaminolfi_09.jpg" data-mid="109648517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/185429c031a630c5e7a86fbf4d884fcfe625d3a7acb77a814127ec4c51166a09/nolaminolfi_09.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="1200" width_o="960" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f2d4d9d197aff26c43cb741a0509ccd13b36a2923f7dbd50c792286fe4374aa/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_19.jpg" data-mid="109650701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/3f2d4d9d197aff26c43cb741a0509ccd13b36a2923f7dbd50c792286fe4374aa/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_19.jpg" /> <img width="1199" height="1500" width_o="1199" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4d722b45373cf09374073cd59876b86e9333fb6d5fb6036646a317cda8462b3/nolaminolfi_07.jpg" data-mid="109648510" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4d722b45373cf09374073cd59876b86e9333fb6d5fb6036646a317cda8462b3/nolaminolfi_07.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5ca4bd2a5640676303d8369ee44cae880449013572882289f693f38664c2c8c/16-02-001.jpg" data-mid="125394296" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5ca4bd2a5640676303d8369ee44cae880449013572882289f693f38664c2c8c/16-02-001.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="1200" width_o="960" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3eabfc548592e37aa52d60c0b7384b5592d2a7c71820c9d3d78ac30420a75f74/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_11.jpg" data-mid="109650697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/3eabfc548592e37aa52d60c0b7384b5592d2a7c71820c9d3d78ac30420a75f74/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_11.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="960" width_o="1200" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b38c1cd78e655fce64a812d938c91f084eb0bdf7dcfe0962169f5c18f1cacf9d/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_01.jpg" data-mid="109650693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b38c1cd78e655fce64a812d938c91f084eb0bdf7dcfe0962169f5c18f1cacf9d/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_01.jpg" /> &nbsp; Emilio started also to recall about Christmas Eve in 1947, when Father Barrel, the priest of that time, went to visit him to bring the electricity to his home. As a sign of gratitude for the hard work that Emilio was doing every day, that Christmas Emilio’s home went lighting up! However Emilio couldn’t recall the exact date when Chamois got the phone line. He only remembers that there was just one telephone which was placed at the church and where people used to stand in a queue for using it. <img width="960" height="1200" width_o="960" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/655fbfade75d7321f55d8637e1d54fad622c3094cd899efa448b913f4b431aca/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_09.jpg" data-mid="109650696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/655fbfade75d7321f55d8637e1d54fad622c3094cd899efa448b913f4b431aca/nolaminolfi_the_man_who_never_saw_the_sea_09.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23f1618b6b1ead309ab50a6bb72402807747127bc6bc619b5d2bc1471c5f41e9/47-02-001.jpg" data-mid="125465460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23f1618b6b1ead309ab50a6bb72402807747127bc6bc619b5d2bc1471c5f41e9/47-02-001.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2500" width_o="2000" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/660d3ead89007543745bb1d6effa7aba1939eae749e1895c2bdada9d730573ff/36-07-001.jpg" data-mid="125465458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/660d3ead89007543745bb1d6effa7aba1939eae749e1895c2bdada9d730573ff/36-07-001.jpg" /> When Emilio went to school, there were around 40 children in Chamois. «The teacher wasn’t even a proper teacher, but simply one of the inhabitant who was considered wiser than the others»&nbsp; Nowadays there are no schools anymore in Chamois and the three teenagers who are living here have to catch the cable car to attend classes in the schools in the valley below. «Emilio, and what about your girlfriend at that time?»&nbsp; «Nooo, I didn't have» He replied blushing. «My mother wouldn’t allow me to have any. After my sister got married and left Chamois and these mountains, my mother has been very careful with me to keep me tight over here» «But you got a girlfriend anyway, right?» «Well, once a woman passing by told me: ‘Hey, you really live disconnected from the rest of the world here!,’ so I replied to her: ‘Oh yes, and I am really happy with it.’ She haven’t replied anything and she left» Emilio laughed, laughed a lot, and he was pure and genuine. 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