AIR ASIA
an essay by Massimo Morello
with a fine art photo gallery by Andrea Pistolesi
is the new book published by PadPlaces
The book introduction:
It’s hard
to understand Asia. Glimpses of it can be gained by giving in to the sensations
it arouses, without trying too hard to find an explanation. Like meditation,
following the flow of the breath. This is still a place of hidden, if not
invisible, presences that can rise up or be generated by the breath of wind, or
dissolve the thoughts you had in your mind like wisps of cloud vanishing on the
breeze. In that instant, sensations and intuitions often take the shape of a
symbol. After all, Asia is the world of symbols, the empire of signs, and they
can at times be the magical formula for beginning to understand it. Air Asia is
the definition, the title for one of those symbols: the fan. That airflow,
which causes strange and unpredictable effects, can carry stories, like the
incense smoke in a temple that forms evocative shapes in the air as it rises.
Air Asia came into being this way, by observing the thoughts and stories
brought on by a breath of air in hot Southeast Asia. Someone once wrote: “The
breath of Asia is beyond”
Available on Apple iBooks, Amazon Kindle and Google Play
Also available in paperback on Amazon
English and Italian Editions
