Flow Poem by Sergio Savioli

Well, what is this one all about then... It is a meditation on time, on time passing and in particular the flow of the moments. It incorporates Nisargadatta, Heraclitus and Immanuel Kant (Yes, we are all one!) .

It is based on the dramatic legend of Duonna Lupa, a Swiss woman in Tschlin close to the Austrian and Italian borders, who apparently managed to stop the Austrian forces from taking over her village during the Swabian War in 1499. She told them that the food she was preparing was meant for the Swiss soldiers that were on their way and about to arrive. The Austrians then ran off to avoid a confrontation. In fact, she was cooking a funeral repast for the villagers who were in the church at the time.

I often walked past this fountain and never really knew the story behind the figures. It is thanks to Daniel Bietenhader that I found out what they referred to.

The video-poem seems to be contradictory because I talk about the moment being fleeting but actually it has been immortalised by the sculptor and even by me. However, it is not the real moment. The actual conscious moment I mean is when you reach this word, this point, read it, grasp it and then move on to your next moment.