You know, I puzzled over this shot for a few days thinking "what is intended here?". "Did I miss something?" Having seen your last shot the 'penny has dropped' as they say (well, they do in the UK, not sure what the equivalent would be in Italian - literally 'Il denaro รจ sceso' but I'm sure it doesn't have the same intention, or does it???)
Yes. All parts of the same project proposed by Dogwood! We don't use that expression but I know what you mean. We would probably say. Mi si sono aperti gli occhi.