Peace
I just want peace to tell our children that we have not betrayed the promise of their hope. Voglio solo la pace per dire ai nostri figli che non abbiamo tradito la promessa della loro speranza. Continua a leggere Peace
Mese: febbraio 2022
We Need Each Other
It is easier to forget to love and cultivate goodness and beauty, as it takes commitment to keep them alive, sacrifices to heal them, sacrifices to honor them. Yet, it is precisely goodness and beauty that push us to value life, which should lead us to stop wasting our time in hatred and violence. Yet, we all talk about them pretending to look for them … Continua a leggere We Need Each Other
Taking Charge
I have no words in the face of so much absurdity, all that remains is to take charge of it.Take charge of those eyes full of tears, of houses and streets gutted by missiles as well as by the blindness of the silly ones.Yeah, but what does “take charge” mean? Basically it is a weight that I do not carry on my shoulders, that does … Continua a leggere Taking Charge
Isabel Allende: Violeta
L’ultimo romanzo di Isabel Allende, “Violeta” (Feltrinelli, 2022), è una carezza delicata nonostante la durezza molteplice della storia narrata; sembra voler raccontare al lettore che oltre il dolore, le persecuzioni, i disagi e l’impotenza esiste tutto un mondo di cui farsi carico e da amare.Così, la Allende riesce a mettere “in scena” la storia di “Violeta” dalla nascita nel 1920 al tempo dell’epidemia dell’influenza Spagnola, … Continua a leggere Isabel Allende: Violeta
Vicious Circuit
Lives wasted, energy wasted, “collateral” damage of various kinds, devastating psychological effects, the economy that is shaking, but above all human damage, damage to every human being on one side or the other of the barricade.This is a war.No winners, no losers, all losers.Destruction, only destruction in an age that screams to be rebuilt by banishing waste and differences, feeding the good of the Earth … Continua a leggere Vicious Circuit
The Smile of Innocence
The after chemotherapy is worse than the chemotherapy itself. It is a fact. Just like the postwar period, in which rebuilding from the external and internal rubble is not easy, this is why my incomprehension towards any war or threat of it increases.Seeking consolation from so much foolishness and from so much pain, I look at the buds on my orchids that are preparing to … Continua a leggere The Smile of Innocence
Beyond
During the third chemotherapy Nothong good today, everything seems more complex. I myself don’t really want to look around me or to listen to the insistent buzz of cell phones that populate the noisy and indifferent time that strongly marks the distance between the inside and the outside.The situation seems unreal, surreal to me. We are all strangers to everything and to ourselves more.I try … Continua a leggere Beyond
The Language of Peace
I have been teaching languages for many years, but I have never stopped at just the sign or pronunciation. I dug into respect, knowledge, comparison and sharing of the other’s story. I tried, together with “my kids”, to build a language that was not only technical but human towards people and cultures.In short, I tried to convey an idiom of peace and love, exactly what … Continua a leggere The Language of Peace
The Courage of Peace
I think of the beautiful ballad written by B. Brecht in 1942 while he was in exile, “The children’s crusade”; once again literature can be a voice of dissent and discernment.Even today there is the boundless indifference towards the need for peace that we all aspire to, except the usual powerful who put the hearts of every people at risk for their own false prestige … Continua a leggere The Courage of Peace
The Power of a Smile
Providing a serene and unexpected laugh despite all and everything is the good morning I wish everyone on stormy days as well as on peaceful ones. The power of the smile is destabilizing, it forces us to abandon fear, irritation, boredom, anger … Who knows, maybe we should arm ourselves and the armies of the whole world with this unique weapon, the smile. Provocare una … Continua a leggere The Power of a Smile
Writing Is Testifying 