The first year I spent in Italy I lived in a small neightborhood in the northern area of Florence. My cave-like dwelling neighborded a wall-- it was the only thing separating me from the Medici Villa Castello next door. The following years I lived in Rome where I came to realize the same setup was inevidably true: over every impediment, structure & Gucci bedazzled bag is a pictureque century from the distance past making a guest appearance. Italy, for me, is a dizzying tapestry of time expansions & collapses zigzagging over the body & soul of all who come to know her..