Losing seriousness and severity first of all towards yourself is a merciless attack on dignity and honesty.Nothing is built in depth, that is, from the foundations, if not with consistency and perseverance, even the unexpected cannot be faced and resolved with the improvisation of the moment, but only with method and constancy.The substance and essence of a human being is not his visibility, but his … Continua a leggere Fly High
Wind, smell of storm.The ancient breath of the heart that aches,the stale scent of silent silence.Trees shaken and bent by the turmoil of time,smiles dull in the heat of an escapedriving nowhere.Dust that slips or swirls impetuously,time passes and trembleswithout a goal to dwell on.Rain that washes or wets and breaksthe screaming waves of the rising tidelike fear or angerof being stuck and crushedfrom the … Continua a leggere Now and Here
You can only understand the sacredness of the word if you know how to listen to silence. In fact, silence is never silent, on the contrary, it reveals the essential.In silence you can listen to the voice of the world, of the whole world, that of those who fall asleep in the serene breath and that of those who in the desert of their torments … Continua a leggere The Sacredness of Words
The beautiful things, those that appease deep anxieties, are the simplest ones, those that arrive unexpectedly, those that, like in an embrace, know how to welcome the need and encourage them to overcome. Pen and notebooks for those who collect them and use them as a casket (the notebooks) and as a rudder (the pen) are more precious gifts than the most precious gems since … Continua a leggere It’s More Than a Gift
I have always believed and reiterate the importance of listening in any form of communication. Listening helps to enter into dialogue and to truly and deeply understand who is revealing himself to us. Practicing listening as a privileged form in my dialogue with the other, I often found myself listening to things that were vain, useless, not because they were of no use to me, … Continua a leggere In Search of Sense
“A tutto campo” (LaTerza, 2021) è frutto delle conversazioni tra Zygmunt Bauman e Peter Haffner, un lascito prezioso che raccoglie gli ultimi pensieri e percorsi di pensiero del grande sociologo morto il 9 gennaio del 2017. Il libro non è solo una sintesi del pensiero precedente, ma anche propone i percorsi di analisi di Bauman, inarrestabile pensatore ma, sopratutto, osservatore della vita reale. Si tratta … Continua a leggere Zygmunt Bauman: A tutto campo. L’amore, il destino, la memoria e altre umanità.
There are things that always make me think a lot … in reality I always think a lot (some would say “too much”), but some things amaze me more because what seems obvious and simple to me becomes exceptional and extraordinary for some.It was pointed out to me by a reader of mine in one of his emails that “(…) I am surprised to discover … Continua a leggere In Praise of Tenderness
Can’t you hear the sound of the words, how clear and clear is their voice calling to the truth? Don’t you see how beautiful words are when, sign after sign, they write the sheet of our life? Do not betray the words, do not use them to hurt, do not disrespect their dignity. Doing so is like erasing the sign of life from your heart … Continua a leggere There’s a Music in the Words
There is something special about writing, it is never just completion and conclusion, but research and beginning. I realize that writing always asks me new questions and it is precisely in this evolution and continuous research that the meaning and value of a voice that does not give up, that experiments, that yearns to confront and know, that wants to search relentlessly not because there … Continua a leggere Writing Is Testifying
Today is the day of tradition, the one that, since I was a child, I remember linked to the preparation of the typical dessert of my Neapolitan tradition, the pastiera. I remember the beauty of being in the kitchen with my mom and my aunt, hands-on, the fire lit and the oven as well. Laughter, stories, the patient waiting for each step to be done … Continua a leggere Memories
