Stamani stavo facendo colazione, quando ho affidato a Spotify il compito di darmi un po’ di musica random: la selezione e’ caduta su una playlist di successi degli anni ’70, e l’aria si e’ riempita con le note di una chitarra:

Your six blade knife can do anything for you, Anything you want it to
One blade for breaking my heart, One blade for tearing me apart
Your six blade knife-do anything for you

Il primo disco dei  Dire Straits, pubblicato esattamente 39 anni fa, una vita. Mark Knopfler (lead vocals e lead guitar), suo fratello più giovane David Knopfler (rhythm guitar e backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar e backing vocals), e infine Pick Withers (drums e percussion). Sono un “Gibson” guy, ma devo riconoscere che una  Fender Stratocasters nelle mani di Mark ha fatto un bel capitolo nella storia della musica pub-rock.

You can take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin
When you come up from behind and lay it down cold on my skin
Took a stone from my soul when I was lame, Just so you could make me tame
You take away my mind like you take away the top of a tin

Stavo ascoltando “Six Blade Knife”, quarto brano della prima facciata (stiamo parlando di vinile, ovvio) e meno famoso del “Sultan of Swing” che era uscito come singolo, a teaser appetitoso del prodotto completo.

I’d like to be free of it now – I don’t want it no more, I’d like to be free of it now – you know I don’t want it no more
Everybody got a knife it can be just what they want it to be, A needle a wife or something that you just can’t see
You know it keeps you strong, Yes and it’ll do me wrongYour six blade knife – do anything for you

Immagine? Ovvio un coltello, anche se con una sola lama, un coltello chinese, e ne ho scritto qualcosa in questo post. I “controluce” mi piacciono, poi quando sono uniti ad un’apertura impossibile, in un contesto particolare come quello del Tikka Market, e’ impossibile non scattare un’immagine …


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It has been more than fifty years since I began traveling across the world — and the seven seas — for work or for pleasure, always with a Leica M camera close at hand. The camera has never been an accessory; it has been a constant companion, a way of observing, remembering, and making sense of the places and people I encountered along the way. I started keeping this kind of journal some time ago, not as a diary in the traditional sense, but as a space where images and words could meet. This is not a publication driven by schedules or algorithms. At times I disappear for long stretches; then, inevitably, I return with semi-regular updates. Publishing, for me, is a mirror of my state of mind and emotions. It follows my rhythm, not the other way around. You have to take it exactly as it comes. Every photograph you see here is mine. They are fragments of a life spent moving, looking, and waiting for moments to reveal themselves — often quietly, sometimes unexpectedly. This blog is not about destinations, but about presence. About what remains when the journey slows down and the shutter finally clicks.

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