The first week of school we visited the new Alinari Photography Museum for our History of Photography class. The current exhibit was filled with film stills of famous actors and actresses, such as Marlon Brando, Sofia Loren and Marilyn Monroe (some were very young photos of these actors). The black and white photo of Sofia Loren was memorable and a bit haunting...you could feel her emotions as she stared off into the distance with her hair disheveled and no makeup. I don't remember the movie it was from, but it reminded me of a woman during the great depression. Strong, determined and a bit hardened.
Our assignment was to portray ourselves in a film role or stereotype and I wanted to show the Sofia Loren type role from a different movie - It started in Naples - of a charming, glamorous Italian woman - cooking and cleaning, while dressed up and wearing makeup. My original idea was to be sweeping the terrace or leaning out the shuttered window with a look of exhaustion - similar to that movie, however, it was pouring down rain that night after school and I didn't want to sweep in the rain - so I chose cooking instead of cleaning. Here are a few of the results...
Now, back to my hot chocolate...
After the tower, I found a botanical garden at the edge of town! I thought I was in a dream...I spent hours walking through the garden in my heels. (Ah, Italia - mi e' piaciuto)...
