Magari

"Magari" is one of those words that you hear often when Italians converse, and it's one of those words which is hard to translate precisely into English. One of our English-Italian dictionaries (we have many:  my husband and I each carry one everywhere, and then we have three more at home) translates it as "perhaps even," while another gives several equivalents, including "if only!," "and how!," "perhaps," and "even."  When you ask someone what it means, you get "perhaps maybe,"perhaps never", "I wish"...anyway.  I've been thinking for awhile that I'd love to design some colorwork, something intricate, Byzantine, simultaneously subtle and bold, and when the husband and I visited Budapest last week, and I saw the interior of the Matthias Church, I thought, "Magari.  Magari, magari, magari."  (Look at the patterned background behind the deer in the last photo:  those colors!  I'm in love.)

Comments

[Kristin]

Wow, those are some amazing colors and shapes. I love it! It makes me want to pick up embroidery again.

[Kristen]

The church is incredible; thanks for sharing the lovely photos.

[lobstah]

That is truly awe-inspiring. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

[Zita]

Ciao Angela,

Sono arrivata al tuo blog dopo aver visto la bellissima sciarpa da Te disegnata sul Magnikits di dicembre. Poi ho scrollato giu' e, senza badare particolarmente, ho visto delle foto molto familiari. Quando, invece, sulla terza foto ho letto il nome del Dio in Ungherese, ho saputo immediatamente che tali foto erano scattate al Castello di Buda qui da noi. Sono contenta che vi eravate trovati bene a Budapest e colgo anche l'occasione per ringraziarti le parole calorose.

[Kat]

I loved visiting Mattias Templom while I lived in Budapest. It is definitely one of my favorite churches. I had never thought of those painted walls as inspiration for fair aisle (although I was not a knitter then.)