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The Pythia’s voice
In the hot dusty noise of the summer I came to the old ruined shrine, heavy With questions, mine and of my dear ones. We are beings of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 24, 20242 min read
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Two ways of holding space
When we interact in daily life, we are often in a sort of business or transaction mode: I do this, you do that; I give you X and you give...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 10, 20244 min read
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Get back into your body!
It is common to hear appeals to ‘embodiment’ or complaints about being too much in your ‘thoughts’ (sometimes in your ‘head’ or ‘brain’,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 4, 20246 min read
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Negotiating gravity and lightness
I spend quite some time without thinking much at anything. Often when I walk, or sit, or just attend to ordinary activities, I like being...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 26, 20249 min read
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Bitten by reality
I’ve been pondering for quite some time one of Caravaggio’s paintings, the Boy bitten by a lizard. It came to me in a flash of intuition...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 19, 20246 min read
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Mirrors
The bell tower points like a finger To the empty sky. Where are all the stars? I have been many things and none Has lasted. Does...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 1, 20241 min read
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The soft revolution of Contact Improvisation
Over the past four months I’ve been discovering and experimenting with Contact Improvisation (CI). I’m primarily interested not so much...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 22, 20249 min read
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A minor
I’m a tune in A minor, Dark blue, foggy, without words, But a vibrant tone that leaves No doubts: let me cry, let me Say that I’m weak...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 21, 20241 min read
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Death
The body: still warm and seemingly alive. Like the morning bed remembering still Dreams and fancies of the past night. The body: still...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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On Romantic Love
I’ve heard from a student that it would be interesting to discuss how Buddhist teachings can shed light on romantic love. This is a...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 8, 20247 min read
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A simple story
My story ‘s simple. I was waiting, My eyes wide open, Searching for little More than… 'I don’t know'. But only when closed They could see...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Mar 31, 20241 min read
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What is freedom?
Freedom is not the power of choosing what I want. There is no such a power. First, because it’s not up to me to decide what I can want (I...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Mar 22, 20244 min read
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Les Folies d'Espagne
I—don’t know. But you: Will you dare to dance Les Folies d’Espagne? I—can endure the pace Of waiting and waning Slowly into silences, and...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Mar 17, 20241 min read
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Contact meditation
We know and experience reality by getting in touch with it. This figurative way of speech is taken quite literally in the discourses of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Mar 8, 20245 min read
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It rains
It rains, and rains, and rains— The earth is a drum of a thousands Rhythms, yet so dry it remains— Words like trembling droplets that...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 29, 20241 min read
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A somatic biography
I became interested in contemplative practices six years ago. For some reason, it didn’t remain a side hobby, but quickly became the...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 25, 202412 min read
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Not arrows
Blindfolded by our little stories We roam prisoners of petty desires. Afraid of falling, we forgot how to Stand on earth and roll, and...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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Take it
Did you hear? The future is sold out. I wanted to give you my smartest words. But it will take ages for them to Paint even a rough...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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I hate you so much!
Keep the Truth, I want to fall. Don't wake me up. You're my dream. I don't care for the wise, they understand not. Gravity is my guide,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Does it matter?
Sleepwalkers all around, deep into their dreams. I slipped in the empty room, Searching for the dawn of movement. You were there. Were...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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