It is pause time on the Earth when it seems She has been forced to stop our (too fast?) pace. A pace that drags an increasingly perfect modern body, a body that does not count wrinkles any more.

Yet, once, wrinkles profounded Wisdom, on which Mother Earth reflected and recognized Herself.

Disoriented, lately, it seems that She must have asked help to the authoritative Jupiter. And the supreme god of mythology has  unexpectedly sent one of his thunderbolts, one of the most fragile but also one of the fastest to hit us in the most “loving” part of our self where heart and lungs live. In the fourth chakra of the Eastern philosophies. The one that breathes and should pulsate by nature, thanks to the deepest emotions. But today it seems instead cooled, numb, suffocated by strong defensive mental walls. But the “jovial” lightning bolt doesn’t care much… and leaves us disoriented. What can we do to face this?

The Hebrew kaballah tells that God never throws us into problems if he does not see the solution.

So let’s try and search together for the starting point of the key to the problem. Let’s start from our soul, bringing it back to the care of the self, in a search path towards the divine. That divine that is not outside but inside ourselves …And let’s do it through art, together …

Hereunder some of my speculative proposals of cultural meetings on MEET, which will be followed by some other ones from time to time:

1. ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE: MICHELANGELO IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

A journey through the maze of symbols, codes and allegories in Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, influenced by the Jewish Talmud, Midrash and Cabala

Where: on the webinar Meet; a link will be sent to you in the half an hour before the meeting 

When: on Saturday Nov 28    from  8:30 pm   to 9:15 pm  (Italian time)

              on Saturday  Dic 12   from 8:30 pm    to 9:15 pm (Italian time)

Duration: three quater of an hour

Cost: 12,00 euro per person; the payment will be through paypal. After payment you will receive a confirmation. Please ask futher information.

Information and reservation at  annabruno@perieteta.it

2. ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE: THE PAPAL ECLECTIC GARDEN AT THE VATICAN AND CASTEL GANDOLFO

We will “walk” with our eyes and soul through the papal gardens: the Vatican gardens  inspired by my book Soul Lost, Soul Found (periegesis in the Vatican gardens) (currently under translation) and the Papal gardens of Castel Gandolfo. We will explore this style of garden comparing them with other eclecting gardens in the world

Where: on the webinar Meet; a link will be sent to you in the half an hour before the meeting 

When: on Saturday Dec. 5    from  8:30 pm   to 9:15 pm  (Italian time)

Duration: three quater of an hour

Cost: 12,00 euro per person; the payment will be through paypal. After payment you will receive a confirmation. Please ask futher information.

Information and reservation at  annabruno@perieteta.it

3. ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MATRIARCHAL SOCIETY THROUGH ART

Paintings and sculptures, from primitive to contemporary art, will help us to follow that red thread that, despite the filter of patriarchal centuries, has continued to whisper to our souls. Without ever being really discouraged. A female life teaching have the only real power of the innate knowledge of the circle of life

Where: on the webinar Meet; a link will be sent to you in the half an hour before the meeting 

When: on Saturday Dec. 19     from  8:00 pm   to 8:45 pm  (Italian time)

Duration: three quater of an hour

Cost: 12,00 euro per person; the payment will be through paypal. After payment you will receive a confirmation. Please ask futher information.

Information and reservation at  annabruno@perieteta.it

 4. ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE. CROSSING THE WOODS HELPS THE HUMAN SOUL TO UNVEAL ITSELF

Woods and forests have always been a nourishment for man’s soul, both personal and collective. We will go through the forests of paintings, sculptures and movies of different periods to discover symbols and archetipes which live in our soul.

Where: on the webinar Meet; a link will be sent to you in the half an hour before the meeting 

When: on Saturday Dec. 26    from  8:30 pm   to 9:15 pm  (Italian time)

Duration: three quater of an hour

Cost: 12,00 euro per person; the payment will be through paypal. After payment you will receive a confirmation. Please ask futher information.

Information and reservation at  annabruno@perieteta.it

5. ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE. BOTTICELLI’S “SPRING”: ON THE WAY OUT FROM THE WOODS

We will go out from the wood with Botticelli’s masterpiece, to find a new dimention of what universal love is according to the neaplatonic vision of Renaissance time.

Where: on the webinar Meet; a link will be sent to you in the half an hour before the meeting 

When: Saturday Jan 2    from 8:30 pm to 9:15 pm talian time)

Duration: three quaters of an hour

Cost: 12,00 euro per person; the payment will be through paypal. After payment you will receive a confirmation. Please ask futher information.

Information and reservation at  annabruno@perieteta.it

6. ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE. ART AND FAIRY TALES: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, WHITESNOW AND CINDERELLA

From the innoncence of puberty to the voluptas of adulthood: we will discover the deep meaning of the above mentioned fairy tales through painters, sculptures and movies. We wil enter the world of the female breeding to life through art and fairy tales

Where: on the webinar Meet; a link will be sent to you in the half an hour before the meeting 

When: Saturday Jan 9    from 8:00 pm to 8:45 pm

Duration: three quaters of an hour

Cost: 12,00 euro per person; the payment will be through paypal. After payment you will receive a confirmation. Please ask futher information.

Information and reservation at  annabruno@perieteta.it

7. ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE. PYTHAGORAS AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE WESTERN ART AND WAY OF THINKING

How much did the Greek philosopher, Pythagoras – of whom we seem to remember today only a theorem attributed to him – actually has influenced art, artists, architects, garden designers and even the so-called vegans? Let’s find out together how much he did looking at medieval art, classical monuments like the Pantheon and furthermore…

Where: on the webinar Meet; a link will be sent to you in the half an hour before the meeting 

When: Saturday Jan. 23     from  8:00 pm   to 8:45 pm  (Italian time)

Duration: three quater of an hour

Cost: 12,00 euro per person; the payment will be through paypal. After payment you will receive a confirmation. Please ask futher information.

Information and reservation at  annabruno@perieteta.it

8. ON THE PATH TO THE DIVINE. LIFELONG EDUCATION: THE MISSION OF ART EDUCATION TODAY

Inspired by my book Around Art Education (under translation) I will introduce you to my idea of an interdisciplinary paidec education in art: aimed at kids as well as at adults. Please watch the video before you join us and if you like it please click I like it!…

Where: on the webinar Meet; a link will be sent to you in the half an hour before the meeting 

When: on Saturday Jan 30    from 8:00 pm   to 8:45 pm  (Italian time)

Duration: three quater of an hour

Cost: 12,00 euro per person; the payment will be through paypal. After payment you will receive a confirmation. Please ask futher information.

Information and reservation at  annabruno@perieteta.it