Friday, December 24, 2021

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Libertà va cercando, ch’è sì cara,
come sa chi per lei vita rifiuta.

He goes seeking freedom, which is so dear,
as he knows who for it renounces life.

Dante, Purgatorio, canto I, vv. 70–72
English translation by Arthur John Butler

Achraf Baznani, Dictatorship, 2016. Courtesy of WikiArt.

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