Italy is mine

Johnny Marr is undoubtedly a very talented and skilled guitarist and he did a great work when he was just out of his teens in a crowded and extremely lively music scene in Manchester and The Smiths came "to disturb the peace", as James Baldwin said during his famous talk at New York City's Community Church in 1962. In a crowded and extremely lively music scene in Manchester, The Smiths emerged as a band of "ordinary boys" who did not just want to be famous, but who were det

"Gioventù bruciata" ("burnt youth") is the Italian title of the movie Rebel without a cause , starring James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo, which turns 70 today, 27th October. I made a drawing of James Dean yesterday, but I will publish it when I will have the time to draw Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood too.

Last year I had not the time to write something about one of my favourites songs by The Smiths, but I made this drawing, taking my inspiration from the Australian sleeve of the single. Here is my artwork: Below, the Australian sleeve for Ask , with Cemetry Gates as the B-side. Photograph by Jo Novark. Cemetry Gates is another of my favourite Smiths songs: I was blessed to listen to both of these songs live, at my very first Morrissey's concert at the Paris Zénith in 2009.

Detail of a drawing I made this afternoon: I directly used bright coloured gel pens, without preparatory sketch. Vera da Pozzo, Paris, 17th October 2025 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living

Below: my personal homage to Oscar Wilde on his birthday page in my diary. As I was (too much) busy last Thursday, I made this drawing on Friday. Drawing made by me with a black Bic pen and three Damascene rose blossoms. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #HappyBirthdayOscarWilde #OscarWilde #literature #art #life #drawing #artwork #Morrissey #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Somewhere in Paris, today, enjoying a cup of hot oat milk with saffron and a sesame biscuit very similar to the Sicilian Cubbàita.

Oh, yes, indeed. https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/463117-honey-you-know-where-to-find-me

A tiny drawing I made last Sunday night. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #almamatters...

Morrissey as Saint Francis. Drawing made by me, on my diary, as usual, i. d., by using a Bic pen without preparatory sketch. 4th October is Saint Francis day and also the anniversary of The Smiths first concert in 1982. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #FrancescodAssisi #FrancisofAssisi #SanFrancesco #SaintFrancis #Nature #Peace #Animals #Morrissey #TheSmiths

Rest in Peace, Beautiful Soul Heaven is made for (and by) People like You And all the Animals Vera da Pozzo Paris, 1st October 2025 (C)...

Pictures and Impressions. I will edit and add more pictures and text this weekend. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine...

Pictures by me and / with some friends. Saturday night. Below: Sunday afternoon, on the rooftop of the Collège de France and in the...

The passing of Time Cannot sooth my Pain: Every second excavates My Heart like Waterdrop And Your Silence is Loud And Heavy on my Soul...

Too busy to write, still I have found the time for this drawing. Detail of my artwork. ... and my drawing in its whole. New York, New York...

Drawing made by me today. During the concert at the City Folk Festival in Ottawa (the second gig of the Canadian leg of 2025 American...

Quick artwork in my diary. #singandshinefantasticbird #Morrissey #Montréal #singandshine #fantasticbird #music #art #2025tour (C) Vera da...

Paris, this evening. Picture taken by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me

I knew, I knew: a little bird told me I would have found something new On Morrissey's website twice today. A chatty magpie. The other one...

Rosalia Sinibaldi from Palermo (1130-1166) was a young and wealthy woman who, according to an old legend, refused to get married and...