Preferisco cosi

is another song by Gianmaria Testa. Yes, I am just beginning to get to know his work, and I like it better the more I listen to his voice.

Here are some lines from this song:

Preferisco così
Senza troppo rumore
Come quando si sta soli
Dietro una porta a guardare che spiove
Preferisco così ...

in English:

I prefer it this way
Without too much noise
Like when you're alone
Behind a door watching the rain fall
I prefer it this way ...

About the image:

A sense of weary urgency courses through this composition. Slashes of black cut diagonally across a cool teal field, as though ink had been spilled in haste or passion. Between these marks, vertical lines drop like staves of a broken musical score, while below, bursts of red and pink bloom like interrupted thought, or emotion barely contained.

There is a raw elegance to the gesture, a tension between order and improvisation. The dark forms feel weighty, anchored in silence, while the vivid colors beneath suggest something tender trying to emerge. The overall effect is that of a visual fugue — where instinct, resistance, and fleeting beauty coexist on the same surface.

This work lives in the space between control and release, a visual trace of motion that remains suspended, unresolved — and precisely because of that, alive.

If you'd like to listen to this song now, click here.