L'invisibile Peso delle Memorie
- Pasquale Puleo
- Dec 26, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 8, 2025
Glazed Sicilian Ceramic - Circa 1955
Gift to Grazia Mazzeo Puleo 1928- 2018
History
1955 to 1960: Via Principe Umberto 33, Salice, Messina, Italia
1960 to 1966: Via Palermo 922, Scala Ritiro, Messina, Italia
1966 to 1972: 60 Bellevue Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
1973 to 2018: 40 Carroll Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
2018 to : 202 Common Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
Reflection
To reconnect with the past, one must travel past unbearable emotions.
The journey past anguish and transformation cannot be described in words.
This glazed Sicilian ceramic hung in our home in Italy. It now hangs in our home in the USA.
It reminds me to reconnect to a place (now only found in my heart) where love is unconditional and family and friends often find refuge, acceptance, and peace.
To revive the feeling I can only dig words in Italian:
L’invisibile Peso delle Memorie
Sentimenti
D’amicizia
D’amore
Di pace
Una piccola casa
Sussulti
Di coraggio
Di speranza
Di tenerezza
Una piccola casa
Scosse
Di tristezza
Di pianto
Di fine
Una piccola casa
Sentimenti, sussulti, scosse
Di parole
Di sentimenti
Di vita
Una piccola casa
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