Quanto sono l’altro e in quale misura sono determinato dalla sua presenza?
How the way I am and exist is determined by who surrounds me and how am I the other one?
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Quesito numero cinque
Dove finiscono i nostri sogni quando ci svegliamo?
Where do our dreams go when we wake up?
Quesito numero quattro
Leonard Cohen canta: C’è una crepa, una crepa in ogni cosa e da lì entra la luce (Anthem, 1992).
Ma quanta luce nasconde il buio che ognuno porta e nasconde dentro di sé?
Leonard Cohen sings: There’s here is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in (Anthem, 1992)
How many light is hidden by out own
darkness?
Quesito numero tre
Imparerai a tue spese che nel lungo tragitto della vita incontrerai tante maschere e pochi volti.
Luigi Pirandello, Uno, nessuno e centomila
Partendo dalle parole di Pirandello, proviamo a rispondere a questa domanda:
Siamo le maschere che indossiamo?
You’ll learn at your expense that on the long journey of life, you’ll encounter many masks and few faces. Luigi Pirandello, One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand
Starting with Pirandello’s words, let’s try to answer this question:
Are we the masks we wear?
Quesito numero due
La direzione che stai seguendo è quella giusta?
Is the direction you are following the right one?
Quesito numero uno
La notte è sempre buia?
Is the night always dark?
Basta con la guerra
Basta con la guerra
Ci sono cose da fare ogni giorno:
lavarsi, studiare, giocare
preparare la tavola,
a mezzogiorno.
Ci sono cose da fare di notte:
chiudere gli occhi, dormire,
avere sogni da sognare,
orecchie per sentire.
Ci sono cose da non fare mai,
né di giorno né di notte
né per mare né per terra:
per esempio, LA GUERRA
-Gianni Rodari
I love Lego
If you have played with Legos at least once in your life, you can’t lose the incredible opportunity to visit “I Love Lego”.
Yes, precisely. I’m talking about those plastic bricks with which many enthusiasts of all ages have built castles, houses or boats over time.
Friends, we have time until the 19th March 2023 to spend our time in Bari, marvellous city in South Italy and to discover its centre and the Murat Space where you can find this exhibition. Thanks to “I love Lego” we will be able to admire “castles inspired by the epic medieval battles and scenes of the Second World War; the contemporary city with its skyscrapers, the historic center, the recreational areas and the railway stations, and the glimpses of the streets of the historic center of typical Bavarian villages; the reproduction of a Christmas landscape full of surprises” (cited from. https://www.finestresullarte.info/mostre/spazio-murat-bari-i-love-lego).
It will also be possible to get lost among fictional settings and characters such as Harry Potter or Darth Vader as well as among the reproductions of works of art such as the Mona Lisa and some works by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
All that remains is to catapult ourselves into the Murat Space from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 to 20 and get lost in the imagination and passion among colored bricks and dreams to be built.
Good fun!
Links:
https://fuoritempofuoriluogo.com/?p=4134
https://www.finestresullarte.info/mostre/spazio-murat-bari-i-love-lego
Maria Domenica Depalo
How to improve your self-esteem
Believing in yourself and in your abilities: when we talk about self-esteem, we should start from some basic concepts. Having good self-esteem allows you to look at life with confidence and optimism but above all with a greater confidence in your potential. Self-esteem can be built, trained and strengthened day after day even through small daily gestures which, in their implementation, can only contribute to building happiness. However, we must start from the awareness that disappointments, regrets and mistakes are part of the path of each of us and that therefore they will inevitably be seen as tools to build self-esteem. Whether this estimeem can be high or low will depend on circumstances and events but above all on the meaning we want to give them.
A high level of self-confidence provides individuals with the ability to handle difficult situations, to react positively and effectively to challenges, to engage constructively in meaningful relationships, and to constantly improve their strengths and decrease weaknesses (cit. taken from https://www.psicologoacilia.it/autostima.html).
Teenagers with a high level of self-esteem have the following characteristics: they are able to influence positively the opinion and behavior of others; face new situations positively; have a high level of tolerance towards frustration; they have good self-control and the belief that what happens is almost always the result of their actions, increasing their problem-solving skills. Often a low level of self-esteem can be seen as a temporary “state” linked to the influence of the specific problematic situation that is being experienced in a given period of time. (Heatherton and Wyland, 2003) (cit. Taken from https://www.psicologoacilia.it/autostima.html).
But how can we develop our self-esteem and therefore our personal vision of our life and the future? Simply following a few tips:
- change attitude towards problems and difficulties, interpreting them not as failures but as a starting point with which to look at reality in a new way;
- therefore change the gaze towards oneself, cultivating passions and interests with which to enhance oneself;
- be more positive and aware of their potential and talents;
- be aware but also proud of their weaknesses and frailties; transform weaknesses and frailties into strengths.
- What is your relationship with your self-esteem? What do you think of you? How do you cultivate it in your daily life?
Links: https://fuoritempofuoriluogo.com/2021/10/18/autostima-e-come-accrescerla/
https://www.donnamoderna.com/salute/aumentare-autostima https://www.psicologoacilia.it/autostima.html
The dangerous influence of social networks
Born as platforms with high pervasive power (we cannot do without despite having lived very well without them for many years), social networks as Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter, despite their category of belonging, are a potential instrument of isolation par excellence.
This statement could appear paradoxical since, being “social” realities (even if virtual), they should have an aggregating function. However, the opposite is often frequent.
In the moment of a virtual interaction with the other, this “other” while actually existing and appearing real, in reality is merely illusory, being present only on the screen but absent in its authentic corporeality and effectiveness.
However, the power of social media is not limited only to the ability to unite or isolate. There is something more intimate and deeper. So let’s start with some questions: how many hours do we spend in the company of social media, how much do they influence and determine us? Are our behavior and our relating to others and to our person affected by them?
In 1994, the Austrian philosopher Karl Popper dealt with the ability and power of television to influence the individual with his essay entitled Bad Teacher Television. Popper was convinced that television could affect viewers’ ideas, thoughts, actions and behaviors, albeit unconsciously but still in an important way. Our philosopher, who had had the opportunity to work with the psychoanalyst Alfred Adler, was convinced that the pervasive power of television was so strong that it could profoundly affect the cognitive development of children and that its power should therefore be reduced.
Is it possible to apply Popper thinks also to the social networks? I really think so. Just think of the “virality” of some videos and the messages they convey, sometimes positive but sometimes also full of violence.
It would therefore be necessary to have a real education in the correct use of these realities that are now so essential in everyone’s life, regardless of age. And you, how do you relate to social medias? What use do you make of them? If you like want, share your thoughts in the comment space. Thank you.
Links:
https://fuoritempofuoriluogo.com/2020/10/06/il-peso-dei-social-nella-nostra-vita/
Maria Domenica Depalo
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