Marco Michelini

Last weekend I watched a new series, Nudes, which tells different stories but all related to the theme of revenge porn.

It made me think of a few years ago, when a person dearest to me was in the midst of puberty and to feel “older” posted on socials photos and videos that to my adult eye appeared “provocative”. I was very worried,

Newspapers, magazines, tv reports, social alarms, all talk about the increasing psychological malaise of teenagers during the pandemic: insomnia, anxiety, depression, social isolation, self-harm, suicide attempts.

But are we really sure it’s all because of the damn virus?

A little over a year ago, on 4^th March 2020, the first DPCM (Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers) was issued and it put us in front of something we would never have imagined. At first it seemed to be a matter of one, maybe two weeks but then it became more and more clear that it would have lasted a long. The virus was no longer just a problem confined to Wuhan and not even to Codogno, it circulated everywhere and the risk of contagion had suddenly become real.

It is April and it is now a year since this pandemic began.In the previous article “Todos necessitamos arte”, I tried to share some thoughts on the importance of art in our lives focusing mainly on photographic images because they are the form of expression I know best.

I have recently seen a TV series, Spinning out. It’s the story of a skater, Kat, who has an accident that interrupts her career and she has to find the strength to react to the trauma and return to compete, also overcoming the conflict with her mother, a former skater who left her career because of Kat’s birth.

Less than one year ago our Country was entering lockdown for the first time and we were all about to face something unique and dramatic at the same time, which repercussions we are still living with a great deal of uncertainty. It is still hard to see the finish line, but it has been and it is of crucial importance to find an adequate way to orient ourselves.