Blue moon
“Do you know why the moon looks different tonight? Because it has an elliptical orbit and tonight it is closer. It seems bigger. It’s beautiful, right?” They are on a small terrace of a man between strawberries and chillies with the moon as abat jour. I look at him in the dim light and wonder if he i…
DOG OR CAT: HOW DO YOU CHOOSE? INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
How do you decide your favorite ice cream flavor, whether you’re a dog person or a cat person, whether you want to be a doctor or an architect, whether to live in the countryside or in the city? Faced with such light or deeply profound questions, finding an answer can be simple but sometimes even par…
THE HORNET’S PARADOX
Besides being a movie, maybe to see, maybe not, the hornet’s story is really strange.
Science and physics have long wondered how such a heavy creature could fly with those tiny wings.
A matter of surfaces and lift, but not at all superficial and indeed very important!
Many scientist are damn…
HAPPINESS CAN BE A CHOICE
Did you know that the Olympics were originally an opportunity to make a truce from the wars and that subsequently those colored circles, which are their symbol, went on to represent the five continents united together as if to describe that sense of humanity, closeness and union that we should feel m…
FLUNKING IS THE FAILURE OF SCHOOLING
Reading the article “I flunked out. I lost a year!” by Marco Michelini, I was reminded of a personal memory. I was 11 years old, sixth grade. Very shy… Today I would have been diagnosed with “selective mutism.” I was studying, but in questions, even though I knew the answers, I couldn’t open my mouth…
I FLUNKED OUT, I LOST A YEAR!
It’s summer and there is a very strange weather because in the north there are thunderstorms and it’s cold while in the central south it’s terribly hot. It is as if Italy is divided, split in two just like they are trying to do with this Differentiated Autonomy law. I remember when I was a child the…
IT’S TIME FOR SEPARATIONS
The sultry heat embraces the city, giving that strange sensation of apparent calm that is typical of summer. The body sweats too much, the air seems still… there is an obligation to move as little as possible, freeze the image. Maybe this is why in the summer you can think a lot… the body in ener…
Put a night, a dance
Say you come across one of those social situations that you can’t escape, one of those situations where you have to be content, you have to congratulate, you have the feeling that everyone wears a mask. Say that you didn’t want to go, that all your life you feel you have to do these tasks even if y…