I always liked Giorgione’ (or Titian’) “SleepingVenus” not just because it’s a pivotal piece inart history and a very elegant masterpiece indeed, but also because it’s a marvellous escape from reality. It’s an idyllic scene where the goddess sleeps and her body almost melts into the poetic landscape where the scene is set. That is why I called my drawing “Mi dorme il cuore”, that in Italian literally means “My heart is sleeping” but that stands for “Isleep so deeply that I cannot wake up”. This XVI Century theme also (considering how the painting it is nowadays) represents a female body in a very idealised position and shape, something that influenced or idea of women’s body for centuries to come. Beautiful and dangerous at the same time. I grew up with my grandparents and my grandpa suffered for the second half of his life of Angina Pectoris (Stable Angina). He had several heart attacks and a stroke too although he was a very active and healthy person. Despite of this, he managed to pass when he was almost 95, completely lucid and with the same generous, sour and humorous personality that characterised him, even now, in our memories. I learnt that hearth illnesses are a serious matter but also that many of them can be cured, faced and you can even laugh about them, sometimes. Especially if you are forced to live with them. Growing up with not-so-young people helped me realise very early in my childhood that what is broken can be fixed and cherished with extra-care. In Italy we tend to be dramatic so when someone is exaggerating we say: “Non facciamone un dramma!” that stands for “Let’s not dramatize too much!”. It is a sentence that may sound superficial but sometimes it helps to accept difficult situations, remain lucid, focus on practicalities to make the situation work. I like that sentence and the fact that it recalls my happy and funny memories with my grandparents too.