AMIR ISSAA: a life to tell
Summer 2020, I am invited to realize an installation of contemporary art at the “Nuovo Cinema Aquila” at Pigneto, an almost-suburban neighbourhood of Rome where many artists have found the place to produce their art. I meet at the “Nuovo Cinema Aquila” the rapper Amir Issaa, introduced to me by…
Food for thought on Stuttering
According to the DSM-5 stuttering, Inserted in communication disorders, is defined according to the age of onset: we therefore speak of Evolutionary Stuttering (Fluence Disorder with onset in childhood) and Late-onset Stuttering (Disorder of fluency with onset in adulthood).
In the ICD-10, stutter…
The world outside and the new school
From the encounter with Sara Lazzaro, thoughts were raised on the relationship between school and life that is lived outside of it.
The government has given priority to the return of students into classrooms even if the epidemiological situation is always uncertain. Why do the institutions push so…
April 25th and May 1st
Two “typically leftist” bank holidays have just passed on April 25th and May 1st and as usual between controversies, clandestine demonstrations and statements of singers who are elected in the new image of the left, the important questions passed in silence.
I state that this does not want to be a…
Nudes: is it really revenge?
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…
Is it all because of the virus?
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?
Of course, being locke…
A difficult year
A little over a year ago, on 4th 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…
More than a thousand words?
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. What interested me most of all…
“… When a child is born, a mother and a father are also born …”Interview with Dr. Maddalena Saccoccio
Doing some research I read about the neuropsychomotricist Maddalena Saccoccio … “specialized in the age group 0-3 years, I mainly deal with problems related to the motor, communication and relational sphere, … practices and therapies that have in common the aim of facilitating the relationship, t…