A thing is fantastic because it is so real, so real that it is fantastic.
via: Vasco Brondi, Una cosa spirituale (Einaudi, 2025) — Quando non succede niente
Info & reflection: the fantastic isn't the opposite of the real. It's the real at its most intense.
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- Una cosa spirituale. Non fare niente, altre forme d'arte — In the chapter Quando non succede niente, art and meditation celebrate the moments we overlook: the real so intense it becomes fantastic