Cara Sonia,
È un tale piacere ricevere le tue lettere. Mi fai sempre sorridere.
Mi piace molto la primavera in fattoria perché tutto comincia a svegliarsi: le viti, e gli ulivi, i pascoli, e i prati, e anche le api e le galline sono più attive. Tutto sta dicendo «Buongiorno!»
Buongiorno dall’Italia, Sonia!
Il professore indiano sembra affascinante. È una cosa piuttosto straordinaria viaggiare così lontano per insegnare agli altri la filosofia e i modi orientali di capire il mondo. Non ho mai incontrato qualcuno così. Sto guardando il disegno che hai fatto di lui, e scommetto che nessuno era elegante quanto lui neanche alla nuova Settimana della moda di Milano. Ma fai benissimo a seguire i tuoi istinti. Se non sei una yogi, non sei una yogi. Il prosciutto deve essere rispettato.
In questo momento sto lavorando a un progetto di matematica importante. Sai che in Italia abbiamo un famoso matematico chiamato Delfino Codazzi? Ha trovato equazioni importanti sulla geometria delle superfici curve. Alcune di quelle stesse idee poi sono diventate utili nella teoria della gravità di Einstein. Vedi, mentre tu esplori la metafisica, io sono in qualche modo collegato al mondo della fisica. Immagina: fisica e metafisica. Tu e io possiamo insegnarci a vicenda qualcosa sui misteri della natura e del tempo e dello spazio e dell’essere stesso. And of course, we can practice English together.
Recently, my uncle Vincenzo visited us from Rome. He works there at Cinecitta, which is a large film studio. Here is made a photograph that he made of me. This summer, I am going to visit him, and he will show me the studio. I am very excited, because even though I am good at doing math, I love cinema! What do you most like to study? What style do you like to wear? Maybe you can make me a drawing?
Now, I must feed the chickens and complete the project.
Ciao,
Delfino
Dear Sonia,
It such a pleasure to get your letters. You always make me smile.
I like very much springtime on the farm because everything starts waking up: the vines, and the olive trees, the pastures, and the meadows, and even the bees and the chickens are more active. Everything is saying “good morning!”
Good morning from Italy, Sonia!
The Indian professor sounds fascinating. It is quite a thing to travel so far to teach others about philosophy and eastern ways of understanding the world. I have never met someone like that. I am looking at your drawing of him, and I bet no one was as stylish as him even at the new Milan fashion week. But you are absolutely correct to follow your instincts. If you are not a yogi, you are not a yogi. The prosciutto must be respected.
Right now I am working on a significant math project. Do you know that in Italy we have a famous mathematician called Delfino Codazzi? He found important equations about the geometry of curved surfaces. Some of those same ideas later became useful in Einstein’s theory of gravity. You see, while you are exploring metaphysics, I am somehow connected to the world of physics. Imagine that - physics and metaphysics. You and me, we can teach each other about the mysteries of nature and of time and space and being itself. And of course, we can practice English together.
Recently, my uncle Vincenzo visited us from Rome. He works there at Cinecitta, which is a large film studio. Here is made a photograph that he made of me. This summer, I am going to visit him, and he will show me the studio. I am very excited, because even though I am good at doing math, I love cinema! What do you most like to study? What style do you like to wear? Maybe you can make me a drawing?
Now, I must feed the chickens and complete the project.
Ciao,
Delfino
