The “Say it with the light” project Making your voice heard in times of pandemic “The low look, lost in the void, despairing, of an elderly man. She kept a bouquet of fresh flowers upside down, I guess it was for her great love that she knew she would never see again. A strong and …
“Everything asks for salvation” Wounded by Beauty “Everything asks for salvation” is the title of Daniele Mencarelli’s last book, winner of the “Strega Giovani 2020” award. The novel tells of a moment which the author actually experienced in his youth, in his early twenties. A young man who, with alcohol and various substances, flees reality …
Which look over the “fragments” of existence? A new hope is born So much rubble around us. Material and internal rubble. What is holding up in front of fragments of existence? A few days ago, I met Luca, son of some friends of ours. 13 years old, dead eyes. He approaches me and tells me …
“It’s just a trick. Yes, It’s just a trick” The disappearance of the giraffe During a night alone in my bedroom, in my conquered solitude, I came across “The Great Beauty”, a 2013 movie by Paolo Sorrentino I had often heard of. I was speechless so much that I had to watch the movie four …
The swing of judgement The superficiality of political choices 15th March 2021, a red glow, the third lockdown is blinding me. An analysis on freedom is moved by the impatience of deprivation. During the past months this topic was fully discussed, mirrored by anti-contagious rules, and now it is evinced in a new way: a …
I (still) think positive Jovanotti after a year of pandemic March the 4th, 2021. 78 years have passed since Lucio Dalla’s ’43 and what still catches the eye during a normal winter evening is once again a song. The main characters are Fulminacci, Roy Paci and Valerio Lundini, who during the “cover night” on the …
Kobe Bryant At the height of your desire It may seem strange to call someone I’ve never met a friend, someone that, to say it all, I learnt to know just after his death, but yet, this is the way I got to know Kobe Bryant. It has been a little more than a year …
Poisoning of democracy The Navalny affair: The protests haven’t stopped. In Russia, 40,000 people have descended on Pushkin Square in Moscow, near the government headquarters, in recent weeks, according to estimates by Reuters – the British news agency. In response to demonstrations of this magnitude, law enforcement made more than a thousand arrests and charged …
Sator opera TENET arepo rotas Directed by Christopher Nolan: the end is (just) the beginning (For a better comprehension is recommended to watch the movie before and/or after the reading) The Sator Square is an ancient latin inscription with many different interpretations, even contradicting each other, it is still not clear what it is meant …
What does it really mean to be positive? How living in a room for one month can change your mindset Living in quarantine meant a different thing to me before my experience with being positive for covid. Yes, there were times when I had to stay inside my room, I couldn’t see friends or go …
