Elsewhere Is A Negative Mirror

“Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveller recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have” – Italo Calvino

The Foreignness of What You No Longer Are

“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did now know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places” – Italo Calvino