My interpretation of Invisible Cities

While reading Invisible Cities, I must admit that at first I didn’t understand it. It was until the second time that I read it that I figured it out what he was really trying to say. Calvino, the writer, was actually trying to pictured in the readers mind something else than some fantasy cities. This is how I interpreted it.
Armilla is the city with water pipes raised vertically. Armilla was the city that according to the author was created for the nymphs so human could be forgiven for the misuse of water. This city says about us that we misuse the water. Zobeide, which is the city were dreams are followed, say about us that sometimes people focused too much in a dream and when achieving the dream gets tough we forget about it. Morianna is a city that when first seen, it’s beautiful, it has chandeliers and crystal lakes, but when you walk a semi-circle you come into the view of Marianna’s hidden face, an expanse of rusting sheet metal, sackcloth, planks, est. This city says about us that many people have more than one faces. Sometimes we meet a person and at first they are nice and kind but when we get to really meet that person another face is seen. Ersilia is a city of relationship. Ersilia tells about us that in life it’s important to built relationships. I would say that it’s something essential in life. Thekla is a city that has been under construction since ever and never gets finish because they want it perfect. Humans are like that sometimes, they start something we take our time until everything is perfect, but in life nothing is perfect. Argia is a lifeless city. It is an underground city and its cover by dirt. The city seems lifeless except when you put your ear to the ground, you some times hear door slam. This tells that there might be the possibility of an after life. Olinda is a city that it is open to new traditions, but it holds its old one. This say about us that with years new traditions comes, but are old ones should never be forgotten.