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Here are a few examples of Italian mural writing: from the streets of Palermo, from my own classical high school in Varese, and from the balcony of Juliet in Verona (you can figure out where each pic is taken).   I spare you the love messages, as they would open a completely new chapter on this reflection. From an external perspective, these writings lead me to a couple of considerations:   1) (gutsy reaction) it seems like, when someone has to say something in Italy, it feels inevitable to write it on the wall (of a house, a public building, or a toilet).   2) (intellectual reading) In Italy’s extremely social and incredibly outward culture, the public walls might appear as a projection or validation of the self, or, maybe (sociological note here), as a reaction or valve against extremely tight urban spaces (streets or houses) and a limited sense of privacy.   I am certainly over-reading this in these few lines, but I couldn’t come up with anything else to explain the phenomenon of Italian wall “poets”. What do you think? What is the prime mover of Italian mural writing? #italianinnovators 😉

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AFA video # 25 version 2. Same as the original except better editing. Read the catalogue for insightful critical essays on the latest innovate international contemporary art. https://lnkd.in/ekDFEZHa

I am fascinated with AR/VR and its applications in the business world. The obvious uses are in training/onboarding, but what about collaboration, product development, and data visualization? AI will be transformative, but don't sleep on AR/VR.

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𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 Rome wasn't built in a day! (We are pretty much familiar with this sentence ). Practice makes perfect! ( Is there another one too) This post is for you hoarding that amazing piece you crafted because you feel it's not badass! There's no such thing as an irreplaceable piece! Therefore write! Scribble all those thoughts, scenes, and everything that could be. The world won't see you if you keep hiding! Show Up! Be confident. Be consistent. Be authentic. Research. Read. Implement. Write. Rewrite. You got this. I am rooting for you. We all have a starting point. This is yours, embrace it. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆? 𝑴𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 Precious Chinonso Onyenobi . 𝑯𝒐𝒘'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈? 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

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I recommend that old book published on 1662 THE ART OF GLASS FROM ANTONIO NERI AND TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH WITH SOME ADDITIONS Known as THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BOOK ON GLASSMAKING, it was first published, in Italian, in 1612, as L'Arte Vetraria by Antonio Neri who claimed to have experience of glassmaking in several countries and described the best practice of that time, particularly in making coloured glasses. A second edition printed in 1661 made the work more widely known. An English translation by Christopher Merrett MD, one of the early Fellows of the Royal Society, was published in 1662. Merrett added very extensive notes of his own which almost doubled the length of the book. That text became the master for subsequent editions. It was eventually translated into Latin, French, German, and Spanish, and reprinted at least twenty times over the course of almost two centuries. You could get the document (within a week) from “We Transfer” through https://we.tl/t-nC2FFnf0j8