As always, Filippo observes, translates and communicates: the material is very "tribaleglobal" ... The palm tree is present in every continent. Bark and spate lend themselves little to be used, so hard and fragile and twisted, but perhaps for this reason they emanate charm and stimulate creativity. The peoples of the Washkuk hills (Papua N.G.) are limited to writing them with mysterious forms, often synthetically anthropomorphic and placing them on the ceiling of their Sanctuaries.


"The palm immediately evokes the symbol of beauty and harmony, as well as of fruitfulness, given the large number of food offered by its various species. The Egyptians associated the plant to Hator, with the horned head, the Great Heavenly Cow that created the world and the sun .. She was the patron saint of love and the protector of music and dance. One of his names was "Ima", the Sacred Tree, often represented in the tomb scenes, in which we see the date palm, from which the Goddess pours Water of Life to the deceased. In the Book of the Dead we read: "I will sit in a pure place among the leaves of the date palm of the goddess Hator", the Great Mother with many names. In Greek this tree was called "phoinix", like the legendary bird that lived 1461 years and died burning in its nest and then being reborn from its ashes. That cycle corresponded to the Egyptian Grand Year, at the end of which the cosmos regenerated itself. The Sun marked the beginning and end of the cycle, so that the phoenix was sacred to Heliopolis, the solar city par excellence. The symbolism of the palm tree, derives from its leaves, similar to solar rays. This link with the Sun also emerges thanks to Homer, who gives birth to Apollo while Leto embraces a palm tree. This is why the tree evokes the symbols of victory, glory and immortality. The Romans also, like the Greeks, used to offer the winners a palm branch. In the Fasti, Ovid narrates that Rea Silvia, before giving birth, saw Romulus and Remus dream in the form of palms. Since ancient times these plants inspired the columns of the temples that in Egypt were real stone palm trees, trees that symbolically connected the sky to the earth. In the Old Testament, the righteous were compared to palms, so much so that later, Renaissance artists depicted the emblem of eternal happiness in a young girl holding a palm in her left hand. It also represents the poet understood as vate, interpreter of the divine epiphanies in creation. In Sicily the fronds of this tree were used to propitiate the rain during periods of drought, or to chase the witches that appeared at midday: they had to cut three leaves with steel scissors reciting a spell . Finally, another magical ceremony used to attract prosperity began with the blessing of palm trees on the homonymous Sunday. Then on the evening of Holy Saturday the peasants lighted a stick with the fire of the Easter candle and went home by placing it in the fireplace with the blessed palms. The ash of the palms and the stick was mixed, at the time of sowing, to the seeds. In alchemy the palm embodies the androgyny: the erect trunk recalls the phallus, while the sinuous leaves and the fruits are a hymn to femininity. There is the perfect integration of masculine and feminine attributes, as in the Taressa dei Tarocchi. In dreams, palms symbolize the ability to rise above conflicts and worries, in order to have a more "enlightened" perspective. It can also indicate the re-emergence of some sides of oneself, hidden or forgotten, useful for exploring one's own soul. “(Source cavernacosmica.com) In the Christian tradition it is imbued with a mystical meaning both for its common Middle Eastern origin and for its resemblance to the sun and its rays. It is an image of Mary borrowed from the Jewish tradition: "Your height resembles a palm and your breasts in clusters. », Recites the Song of Songs. In this series of works Biagioli, however, does not support the suggestion of matter, makes a more demanding choice: to bring one's own language, habitually strong in the use of form and color, within a very defined and unusual surface. There is certainly three-


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