Bernadette’s diary
recent digital pubblication
on Apple Book
for free reading
under
author: LEE-PISAPIA Kam Fu Bernadette
Florentine Diary
is about
the present
as well as the past
about
my days as a student painter
up on the Florentine Hill side
painting the wild boars
or
once in a while
coming down to the Duomo
to see my friend restoring the frescoes of Zuccari
It is also about
going to the New Budokan Space
lost at Piazza delle Cure
but refound this new space
of Stefano
near where I have a permanent Painting Exhibition
on Via Gioberti
at Lexis
seeing Stefano unrolling my new calligraphy
where there are ten other old pieces of works
still kept intact in his Space
one feels
this is almost a miracle
so a few days later
the moment arrived:
a redoing of one of my favourite Li Ching Chao’s lyrics
where she sings
...Drunk, not knowing the way to return ..
She found herself stuck
her boat submerged
Almost
among the waterlilies
so she struggled and struggled
and there
somehow
startled a flock of water birds
what an image
how beautiful the mood
it was twenty one years ago
I first performed and recited this poem
in Midsummer
near Villa Romana of Klinger overlooking beautiful Florence
where I was once a guest for a month
How time flies
with this diary
I would like to say Ciao
to all my friends
and thank you
if you still remember me
Bernadette
Florence , Italy
16/12/2018