It Was All that We Had

Melek and Nûr on their new Rainbow Storage Tower.

Among the many enjoyable things we see while strolling in the huge halls of the Salone del Mobile -besides, of course, the great commercial offerings- there are furniture-related quotes. These can cheer us up and give us a deeper thought, or they may call for a smile, and a smile truly helps to forget the fatigue.

We Frogs are very much interested in the psychological aspect of the house, which shows the soul of a person much clearly than her clothes, car or words. The house, like the voice, is almost impossible to mask, so we hope you agree with us when we say that a house has a great symbolical meaning. It is much easier to understand a person once you have seen her dwellings.

A house speaks, and when we are confused or undergoing changes, by looking at our own house, we can get directions.

I Recycle, You Recycle

Melek and Nûr went to Palazzo Isimbardi to try Righe, a new outdoor furniture, and loved it.

We Frogs are old enough to remember times when recycling did not exist, for the simple reason that there was nothing to recycle. Nobody had more than a few objects, all made out of natural materials.

Food was sold in paper bags, and everybody touched it with their hands: vendors and customers alike. There were no electronic devices nor imported cheapo mass produced stuff. A telephone was rooted into a house, it did not walk around with a person. Of course, it was another world.

Water, Fire and Words with a Meaning.

Melek and Nûr at Bikkembergs store, Milan. The store exhibited Teuco's *Seaside* bathtub, designed by Giovanna Talocci.

Yes, we had a really interesting conversation with a staff member of Teuco at the *Salone Bagno* (the International Bathroom Exhibition) about their new technology *Hydroline*. It is always rewarding to meet with people who really know what they are talking about. Unfortunately this is not always the case... but we Frogs have luck, or perhaps it is our Sufi attitude, attracting people with an equal heart.

Salone del Mobile (Milan Furniture Fair) 2014

Well, Milan, that was fun!
Sure, it was, but now we want to digest it all...

While the Cartoonist is organizing the material gathered in Milan, Melek and Nûr will tell you a few things about the International Furniture Fair -also called "il Salone" or "i Saloni"- that closed its doors yesterday, Sunday, April the 13th.

Journey to Italy / Italienische Reise

Frogs and Zebras visit Alberobello, Apulia, a region neglected by Rossellini and Goethe alike.

End-of-Winter' Song 3/3

It might be fun to put colours on the Froggies!

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High skies, deep seas, and Art as our religion!

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We frogs are your winged friends with vision...

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They appear onstage as colours of the rainbow...

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And love and anger and envy and emulation...

Zebra Meets Zebra

On the west side of the Circumference of Life, Zebra meets herself. And she is pleased.
In the background: Map of Italy, The Gallery of Maps, Ignazio Danti (1536-1586), Vatican Museums, Vatican City.

End-of-Winter' Song 2/3

It might be fun to put colours on the Froggies!

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This life: a play in a summer afternoon!

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Each of us is with God on honeymoon...

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As for where are our flowers gone, they come back when we sing...

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So if perhaps there is no answer in the wind...

Chess Game

Frog and Zebra play Chess in Samarkand.

End-of-Winter' Song 1/3

It might be fun to put colours on the Froggies!

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A sailing ship in Spring: we are heading to the Sun!

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Salam Bhao Zwan! The sea is full of Islam...

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A winter caravan of clouds: we are on the Road again!

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Sat Nam Darfish! The sky is full of Zen...

Frog Studies Escher

Frog going through a book of drawings by M. C. Escher.

Love Is in the Waters

Let's add some colours to the Froggies!

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I am a Darfish!

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What have you done all these years?
Just sufing around. And you?

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Nûr! Oh Nûr!!
Do you remember me?!!!?
We sung! We swam!!
Into the green green sea!!!
You were a tadpole:
the loveliest in the pond...

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Oh! Nûr...

Trevi Drink 2

Zebras drink the Trevi Water which makes their ears more shiny and orange.

Trevi Drink 1

A flock of Sea Zebras visit the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy. Two Frogs welcome them cheerfully.

Hangover

Let's add some colours to the Froggies!

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The Carnival is over: Where have all the flowers gone?!?

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Peace and Love and Flower Power: this was our world...

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Fidel, Cienfuegos, Guevara: now "Los Barbudos" (the Bearded ones) are the Mullahs...

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Once upon a time a beard to us meant freedom and hope...

Roshambo Race

Frog! Rock!! Zebra!!!
Zebra beats Frog; Frog beats Rock; Rock beats Zebra.

Freedom for the Rainbow

Let's add some colours to the Froggies!

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And that, Reproduction aside, there are seven Colours between the Black and the White!

An interesting theory about sexuality on Planet Earth is found in *Slaughterhouse-Five* a 1969 Science fiction novel by American writer Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007).

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Homosexuality shows that being male or female is just a mask we wear...

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This is why Religions treat Homosexuality in such a harsh way...

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Duality is fine. Fixed roles are not...

To Bear or Not to Bear?

A fresh look to an old doubt...

Frogs Without Barbers

Let's add some colours to the Froggies!

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Amphibia know how to enjoy duality!

It is Carnival Time here in the Italian-speaking side of Switzerland, where every town and village has its own celebration. The most famous of all Carnivals happens in the city of Bellinzona- and is known as "Rabadan". Happy Rabadan!! It's a Frogs' Carnival!!!

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So, why are you Frogs still interested in that religion?!?

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We have two hands, thus one must be superior. We are two sexes, thus one must be superior...

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Logical versus illogical. Rational versus irrational. Yes: Bearded monotheism...

Enlightened Zebra

Oh! Chocolate...

Let's add some colours to the Froggies!