To Vincenzo Education is not a joke, but the action of taking care. It does not pass down mere knowledge, but a knowledge made up of competence, ability, discernment, judgement, free thought, listening and understanding. Vincenzo, you are an educator. These are things that one can learn only if the teachers, the educators (I mean those who guide with their intelligence, awareness, competence to open wide … Continua a leggere Education is not a Joke
No fear to say what you think, we should never be afraid to say what our conscience suggests to us when we face the injustices so common in this age. We should never be scared by those voices that scream so loud to produce oppression on one side and to conquer power on the other. Power is always based on the fear of those who … Continua a leggere I Disagree
I don’t mean how a test should be like, but what it should be or what it should represent in the mind of those who are facing it. A test is always an achievement, whatever its result, but it is such only if we put our being in it. A test goes beyond the practical expectations or the competences acquired, it is the proof that your competences are … Continua a leggere What a Test Should Be
You should never pronounce yourself in favor of violence, never and in no case, were you the oppressor or the victim. Violence inspires violence and fosters violence: it is a vicious circle which imprisons the right not to be oppressed in the same violence of those who produce oppression. I know it is difficult to accept, but we should draw a clear separation between us … Continua a leggere The Dangerous Carelessness of the Words
I answer… However difficult it could be, writing is facing life. I have often heard that those who write want to escape from life, nothing of more false, even when the style of your words is fantasy or tales, never once you can escape your condition and your being. Writing is a research and it follows the route of your own choice even though it … Continua a leggere Facing Life
Gail Honeyman’s novel, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, as stolen my heart beyond my attention because its first-person narration makes you feel you were Eleanor, however different your personal experience. I will not say anything about the plot which is interesting and intriguing, because I think that a novel should never be revealed to let the readers to taste it by themselves. However, I will say … Continua a leggere Gail Honeyman: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Sometimes silence speaks more than words, and probably it hurts even more. Silence, unlucky, often hits those who are not responsible of your silence, but who don’t want to understand that sometimes it is the best answer one’s can give each one to itself, or at least the truest. Silence can appear as a weakness more often than being recognized as the the resource to … Continua a leggere Silence
What is freedom? What freedom is. Is it something you have or something you feel and live? I’ve seen many people who presume to be free because they have money to spend, certainties to show off and shelters where to repair from the storms of life. Yet, when I’ve been gazing at them what I could really observe at the bottom of their being was … Continua a leggere What is freedom?
Una storia nota nella lunga lotta per l’autodeterminazione fino all’ultimo respiro. Una storia che esula qualsiasi concezione politica e moralistica perché deve essere letta per quello che è: una scelta. Affrontare la propria malattia e scegliere di non essere medicalizzato a dismisura; affrontare la malattia di chi amiamo e lasciare che l’oggetto del nostro amore sia soggetto della propria libertà di scelta e discernimento e … Continua a leggere Mina Welby: “L’ultimo gesto d’amore”
Unfortunately, I am not a really good dancer, however I know how to follow the rhythm in music as well as in life. It is a question of balance, understanding, listening and perception, feeling, risk, courage, strength, control, work and tiredness, ability to follow or anticipate the other and waiting for him… and so on. It is a question of harmony as also life is. … Continua a leggere Dance Your Life
