{"id":267,"date":"2020-04-08T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocharte.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2020-05-18T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:34:51","slug":"ca-lockdown-day-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pocharte.com\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"CA Lockdown &#8211; Day 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Decameron is blazing in our gestalt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Does 700-Year-Old Book Tell Us How to Escape Coronavirus?\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-JeVAu3hIqM?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2020\/04\/how-can-boccaccios-14th-century-decameron-help-us-live-through-covid-19.html\">How Can Boccaccio\u2019s 14th Century&nbsp;<em>Decameron<\/em>&nbsp;Help Us Live Through COVID-19?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These Sacred Cycles are eternally repeating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would that we all had a charming Italian villa to escape to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile in modern-day Italy, the situation is intense. Italians have one of the highest COVID infection rates in Europe. To follow the drama in Rome through the eyes of a visual artist, I recommend the painter Cynthia Korzekwa&#8217;s blog:<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/artforhousewives.blog\/\">Art for Housewives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/pocharte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drinking-tequila-with-frida-ballpoint-pen-drawing-by-cynthia-korzekwa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pocharte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drinking-tequila-with-frida-ballpoint-pen-drawing-by-cynthia-korzekwa.jpg 500w, http:\/\/pocharte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drinking-tequila-with-frida-ballpoint-pen-drawing-by-cynthia-korzekwa-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Ballpoint pen drawing: drinking tequila with Frida Kahlo in a Mexican cantina &#8211; \u00a9 2015 Cynthia Korzekwa &#8211; cynthiakorzekwa.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Tejana Ex-Pat, <a href=\"https:\/\/artforhousewives.blog\/cynthia-korzekwa\/\">Cynthia Korzekwa<\/a>&#8216;s poetic observations and vivid paintings are a powerful way to experience the eternal city. Before moving to Italy some 30 years ago, the beautiful Cynthia was a part of the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/gene\/chicano-art\">Chicano art<\/a> collective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Safo-Chicano-Group-Politics-South\/dp\/0895511215\">Con Safos<\/a> in San Antonio, Texas. She is an all-around fascinating mujer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"307\" src=\"http:\/\/pocharte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Korzekwa.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Korzekwa also featured me on her blog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artforhousewives.blog\/2020\/03\/28\/coronavirus-conspiracy-and-pocharte\/\">Coronavirus, Conspiracy &amp; Pocharte<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I met Korzekwa in the flesh over a decade ago, while I lived in Rome. It was a beautiful summer of working on an opera and exploring the city&#8217;s treasures. I loved the Spanish Steps most of all, with its <a href=\"https:\/\/ksh.roma.it\/\">Keats Shelley House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/anamericaninrome.com\/wp\/2017\/08\/antico-caffe-greco-romes-oldest-coffee-bar\/\">Caffe Greco<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"324\" src=\"http:\/\/pocharte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spanish-steps-b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pocharte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spanish-steps-b.jpg 450w, http:\/\/pocharte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spanish-steps-b-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I can hardly wait until travel restrictions are fully lifted. My wanderlust is in overdrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrivederci! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Decameron is blazing in our gestalt. 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