One afternoon I went to Antonino's

taking pictures for his book.

I casually brought some papers

back printed with a frame

of an animation

that I had drawn

of a Viennese straw texture.

Inspired by the cross I had drawn,

he told me about the battle of Constantine,

in which it is said that

the appearance in the sky of the writing

In hoc signo vinces , with a literal meaning:

"in (below) this sign you will win"

next to a cross

was one of the warning signs

of his victory.

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So he inspired me for this graphic

which we then framed

in two variants,

one for him and one for me

and then to draw this

dressed in linen and silk,

worked in top / down

with a central cross

which defines its line.

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