The images in this book, collected under the title Works for a Cosmic Feeling, create a map, and an ode at the same time. They map out the universe of the author, the constellations that guide him and inspire his wonderings, the pathways and crossroads where he gets lost and finds himself back again. Just like god and the devil being hidden in details, Barile’s images oscillate in a constant flux of conscience, a rigorous yet abstract system of reference that includes and connects, builds and constantly destroys. There are no certainties nor statements, rather associations, at times vertigo. Just like in a quantum system, the narratives included are drenched in probability and chance.

Barile’s cosmic feeling is complex, yet often unassuming. Its power is not diluted by the multiplication of possible directions, for it is fuelled by purpose — his participation. This book is a map into his soul, his eyes and his dimension — a suspended state in which reason and spirit collide and coexist in vulnerability, without exploding nor imploding.

— Elisa Medde, from Words for a Cosmic Feeling, published in Works for a Cosmic Feeling, Witty Books, 2024.