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Jacopo Robusti, Tintoretto: history’s most important visualist, because he preferred the paper. The painter Jacopo Robusti was born in Venice in 1518, the eldest of 21 children. His father, Giovanni, was a dyer – in Italian, tintore, hence the son’s nickname as Tintoretto, “little dyer”, or “dyer’s boy”. Jacopo showed an affinity for painting fromContinue reading “Tintoretto’s Message”

A personal favourite designer of mine showing at Milan Fashion Week is Antonio Marras, who was born in Alghero, Sardinia and designs his eponymous line with a distinctive Sardinian ethos which he swears by for producing these dreamy looks. While Sardinia is Italian-speaking, also home to its own Sardinian language –both Romance* (Italic < Italo-CelticContinue reading “Sardinia’s link to Palestine”

Russian Words: Все люди рождаются свободными и равными в своем достоинстве и правах. Они наделены разумом и совестью и должны поступать в отношении друг друга в духе братства. Vse lyudi rozhdayutsya svobodnymi i ravnymi v svoyem dostoinstve i pravakh. Oni nadeleny razumom i sovest’yu i dolzhny postupat’ v otnoshenii drug druga v dukhe bratstva. AllContinue reading “🖤”

Humans have been making the most of our Buzz-Concepts pretty much as long as we have been using language. The first Buzz-Concept, survival, was instituted and integrated into language use with a concrete purpose to streamline prehistoric men’s lives. It proved a colossal success; quality of life improved enormously and we began our journey ofContinue reading “Dyr bul shchyl”

Hello! Welcome! How are you? All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Bonjour! Bienvenue! Comment allez-vous? Tous les êtres humains naissent libres et égaux en dignité et en droits. Ils sont douésContinue reading “Paris Hilton: Nostratic woman”

Words in Guugu Yimithirr: The 4 layers of Guugu Yimithirr, the Language of Centredness: Guugu Yimithirr is classified as a Pama-Nyungan language, alongside 305 others of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia, of the Paman > Yalanjic branches.

Mallarmé is the answer to human society’s existential crisis.