Truth is not an absolute. There are as many truths as there are ways of observation and the visions that are used to interpret and translate each truth. Still, there are aspects of the truth that cannot be betrayed from the point of view or observation. I know deals with the truth made explicit by incontrovertible facts and, I would say, that there is an … Continua a leggere The Ethics of Truth
Thoughts scattered like petals on a table where, pen and notebook, you try to make sense of the time of life, aware that without this moment of reflection everything is reduced to a mad rush towards the precipice that grabs, grabs again, suffocates and makes you blinder than the blind.A moment to reflect and ask ourselves not only where we are going, but if our … Continua a leggere Scattered Thoughts
Aspettando i barbari (Einaudi, 2016) è un romanzo di J. M. Coetzee che, per la sua attualità e convergenza con il presente, potrebbe essere stato scritto persino oggi. Il romanzo, invece, fu pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1980 e, sebbene nel testo non vi siano riferimenti a epoche o luoghi, potrebbe mostrare dei riferimenti alla condizione dell’apartheid non ancora dissoltasi in Sudafrica, terra di … Continua a leggere J. M. Coetzee: Aspettando i barbari
Here is a bit of magic that welcomes and fascinates in the dreams and legends of times and peoples who still preserve the beauty of the depths and the delicacy of seeking a relationship between man and nature. I woven my dream catcher with my hands and exhibited it at the entrance to my house so that anyone who enters or simply looks out at … Continua a leggere A Little Magic
The feeling, which is more than a feeling, is that everything is left to the school. Whatever happens to us any social flaw, any behavior, any kind of training, etc., the school has to deal with it. Okay, let’s also pretend that this is possible, let’s also pretend that there are no other places and situations responsible for the human and moral growth of the … Continua a leggere School
Today the sky is a deluge of tears. Who knows how many of them purify the gaze and how many, instead, renew a pain. Observing it today is like looking at the face of an unarmed child in the face of too many violations of innocence; or, in the darkest moment and accompanied by the roar of thunder, I imagine the violent and foamy anger … Continua a leggere Rainy Sky
La raccolta di poesie di Nadia Scappini, Come dire dell’amore (Moretti e Vitali, 2019) è come uno scrigno prezioso che sorprende e gratifica fino all’ultima gemma.Non sono una poetessa e non è semplice per me lasciarmi catturare dalla scrittura in versi, quando questo accade è perché ai miei occhi le parole si trasformano in immagini e le immagini in emozioni profonde che ho sempre molto … Continua a leggere Nadia Scappini: Come dire dell’amore
Sister Moon,will you be my guide?In the sky,poor in stars,you are still theregorgeous mermaidin the night,and I, fragilesolitary traveler,I still fall in love with you.Moon,shining sister,How could I not love you?You are the infinite. Sorella luna,sarai la mia guida?Nel cielo,povero di stelle,ci sei ancora tu,splendida sirenanella notte,e io, fragileviandante solitario,mi innamoro ancora di te.Luna,fulgida sorella,come potrei non amarti?Sei tu l’infinito. Continua a leggere Sister Moon, Will You Be My Guide?
I wish I was a treeone of those beautiful, tall, leafy,one of those that touch the sky.I wish I was a treeone of those who hug tightlyin the cozy shadethe alone and lonely traveler.Well, I am a tree.Though a tree brokenfrom imprudent lightning,my branches are sparse,but my branches don’t give upand stand talltowards that sky that doesn’t want meas they caress the starsand smile at … Continua a leggere I’d Love to Be
I have never opposed freedom of opinion, nor have I ever hindered and blocked thoughts that did not correspond to mine, as long as these did not harm the life of the other, since, in the name of one’s freedom, one must never become a danger to the life of others. In these cases something called “conscience” intervenes and which many often overlook.Conscience empowers the … Continua a leggere Be Attentive and Respectful
