TalkWithMorandiExperience

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Hey, visitor! Do you mind stopping and talking a little with me?] [[a. Yes, sure!]] [[b. No, thanks]]

(set: $name to (prompt: "What is your name?", "visitor")) (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Hi, it’s a pleasure to meet you $name. You know, I’m not chatty but I’m here to help you to understand my art. Do you want to ask me something?] [[a. Yes, please tell me something about what I'm seeing here]] [[b. No, thanks, I'm fine]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Okay, don't worry!] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[See you around!]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Oh well. Where should I start? Oh, here, come with me $name.Do you like flowers? You know, I worked on this subject for so many years. To be honest, for my whole life. In my early paintings, fresh flowers were my favorites..] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[..and I used to grow some of them in my garden.] <img src="https://i.ibb.co/51PkS76/Progetto-senza-titolo.png"> [[a. Why? Tell me more about it]] [[b. Continue your visit alone]] <style> img { margin-top:0%; max-width:50%; max-height:50%; } </style>

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Okay, don't worry $name!] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[See you around!]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Because when you look at a flower, the first thing that you see is its fragility. But what about its shape, its color or how the light touches its delicate structure?] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[I was so fascinated by all of this that it was natural to me to start painting the ‘Fiori’ collection.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[It’s like reproducing the skin, don’t you think so?] [[a. Amazing! What about your latest paintings?]] [[b. No, sorry. I prefer to continue the visit alone]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Okay, don't worry my dear!] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[See you around $name!]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Okay, don't worry my dear $name!] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[See you around!]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[In my last paintings the subjects were dried flowers or the beautiful silk ones that you could find easily in Bologna in the small workshops of artisans.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[I liked this type of flowers because they would have been always the same, they wouldn’t have changed in the course of time and I could observe them without the fear of ruining them.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[I found their hidden rounded geometric shapes and the importance of their presence in space.] [[Continue]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Okay, don't worry my dear!] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[See you around $name!]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[The secret of my art is here, my dear visitor. If you give attention to my paintings, you’ll notice that I have never been interested in the details of what I’ve painted.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[My flowers aren’t like the ones of Margareta Haverman, a 18th-century Dutch painter.] [[Go on]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[$name, you are so curious! Good, I like you.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Well, actually most of these kinds of paintings were presents for my beloved friends and my lovely sisters.] [[a. Why did you want to talk to me about this collection?]] [[b. Yes, so interesting. Now I have no other curiosity, Bye!]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Okay, don't worry my dear!] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[See you around $name!]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Because I want to teach you something. How much time do you spend thinking about the simplicity of the things that you see every day? And no, it’s not important how many times you look at the same subject. I painted the same flowers for all my life, changing just a little the vase in which they were put. But every painting is like a whole story and it’s capable of telling you something: about me, about you, about a simple flower.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Be careful, $name!] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[In your everyday life, try to really see what you are looking at.] [[a. Thank you, it was inspiring talking with you!]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Okay, my dear. It was a pleasure discussing with you! See you around!]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Before you leave, can I ask you some questions?] [[Sure!]] [[I rather not. Thank you and Bye!]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[When you look at an artwork, how much time and attention do you spend on it?] [[a. Few seconds and I move on]] [[b. A couple of minutes, if I like it]] [[c. A lot of time, and usually I also read the description]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[If I show you this image, what is your focus?] [[a. The colors]] [[b. The space]] [[c. The subject itself]] [[d. All the previous]] [[e. None of the previous]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Do you ever feel like sometimes you are not able to focus on the really important things?] [[a. Yes, always]] [[b. Yes, sometimes]] [[c. No, I think I can discern the importance of things around me]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Thank you for spending your time with me!] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[I liked a lot to discuss with you.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[See around $name, my dear visitor!]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Can you look at my precious Fiori and see the essence of the visible things, without any useless addition?] <img src="https://i.ibb.co/VDdk4k3/fiori.jpg"> </div> [[a. How much expressiveness in small things! But isn't it more fascinating looking at a real flower, trying to catch its temporary beauty?]] [[b. I prefer to keep thinking alone, thanks]] <style> img { margin-top:2%; max-width:30%; max-height:30%; } </style>

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[My goal wasn’t that of catching through the brush the beauty of what everyone can see, I have always wished to find the geometric shapes and the volume of the visible things in order to find their real nature, their essence, without any useless addition.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[I spent hours and hours, sometimes days, looking at the same objects, focusing on them as much as I could in order to make them alive on the canvas.] [[a. So, these paintings were extremely important for you. Did you keep them jealously guarded?]] [[b. It was a pleasure master, but now I have to go]]

(bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[You'll find me wandering through these rooms. If you some other informations, please stop me again.] (bg:(hsl:32,0.4921,0.7529,0.55))[Bye, my dear visitor!]