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Romics: festival del fumetto e della fantasia (Ita + Eng version)

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Romics: festival del fumetto e della fantasia (Ita + Eng version)

Cari amici di Sofia,

tempo fa avevamo parlato dell’immaginazione e del potere creativo della fantasia cercando di definirli e di comprenderli al meglio.

Lo abbiamo fatto ricorrendo al filosofo Aristotele. Egli aveva affermato come l’immaginazione fosse una prerogativa tipica degli esseri “dotati di sensazioni” evidenziando l’importanza dei sensi nei nostri giochi immaginativi e mentali.

La nostra mente infatti può “creare” mondi nuovi, realtà, dimensioni e ed esseri viventi mai esistiti partendo da piccole sensazioni reali o persino immaginarie.

Chissà però perché la mente crea? Ve lo siete mai chiesti? Voi perché immaginate?

In attesa di ricevere le vostre personali idee ed opinioni a riguardo non posso che rimandarvi al Romics, giunto ormai alla XXIV edizione.

Organizzato dalla Fiera di Roma, si tratta di un appuntamento assolutamente imperdibile per chi ama l’animazione, i fumetti e la creatività.

Chris Warner - Romics fonte: https://www.facebook.com/239457139451146/posts/2001421039921405/

Chris Warner – Romics fonte: https://www.facebook.com/239457139451146/posts/2001421039921405/

Incontri con gli autori e artisti come Chris Warner, premiazioni e stand per gli appassionati del genere si accompagneranno a vere e proprie “lezioni sul fumetto e l’animazione aperte a tutti” (cit. http://www.fieraroma.it/event/romics-edizione-autunno-2018/ ).

Ci saranno anche laboratori creativi per grandi ma soprattutto per i piccini, giochi e cosplay.

Affrettatevi perché la manifestazione terminerà domani, 7 ottobre 2018.

Potrete acquistare il biglietto cliccando su questi link. Buon divertimento!

http://www.fieraroma.it/event/romics-edizione-autunno-2018/

https://www.romics.it

https://www.romics.it/it/biglietteria

https://www.romics.it/it/programma

https://m.facebook.com/fieraroma/

https://www.facebook.com/239457139451146/posts/2001421039921405/

https://fuoritempofuoriluogo.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/immaginazione-fantasia-e-fumetti/

Maria Domenica Depalo

Romics: comics and fantasy (English version)

Dear friends of Sofia,

do you remember? “According to Aristotle, imagination is a typical [human] characteristic connected to the sensations: the senses in fact are important when we imagine. […] our mind can “create” starting from the reality that surrounds us and perceives through the senses but it can also “create” ex novo, giving life to fantastic worlds, dimensions and creations”. (from https://fuoritempofuoriluogo.wordpress.com/2018/04/22/imagination-fantasy-and-comics/)

We reported this part of an old article in order to introduct another new event linked to the fantasy and the creativity.

If you like comics, don’t lose the possibility to visit “Romics”, an event in Rome that involves 20000 persons every year.

Cosplays, artists and events connected to the fantasy will envolve all the members of the family, especially the children.

You will walk through stands, watch drawings and pictures, know artists like Chris Warner and partecipate to special events.

Here you can find all the information to get the tickets and the programs. You have time until sunday, 7th of october. Have fun!

Links:

http://www.fieraroma.it/event/romics-edizione-autunno-2018/

https://www.romics.it

https://www.romics.it/it/biglietteria

https://www.romics.it/it/programma

https://m.facebook.com/fieraroma/

https://www.facebook.com/239457139451146/posts/2001421039921405/

https://fuoritempofuoriluogo.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/immaginazione-fantasia-e-fumetti/

Maria Domenica Depalo

Kindness and delicacy

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Kindness and delicacy

In a world where the beauty of the whisper is a rarity, the story of “Girl” appears as a silent melody. Intense and dramatic this film, written and directed by Lukas Dhont, awarded at the last Cannes Film Festival, is the delicate and refined narration of the story of a boy who tries to realize his dream of becoming a classical dancer.

But it isn’t only a path of an individual and physical transformation. Through the classical dance and its discipline, the main character, played by Victor Polster, wants to realize the movement that doesn’t correspond only to the harmony of the body but is the whole person. He wants to be Lara.

Graceful and light but also determined to pursue her goals, she never appears alone. The difficulties, cruelties and harshness of reality are compensated by the presence of a loving and understanding father but also by adults eager to better understand her inner world.

She struggles to improve her technique as a dancer but actually she fights for her ideal of perfection she sees in that harmonious body that she dreams to get as soon as possible. But Lara can only wait working on herself, on her talent and technique but at the same time accepting the difficult task of learning to face the gaze of others in which we see ourselves.

She is surrounded by people who, with discretion and delicacy, ask her to “restrain her impatience, explain everything […], recommend her not to waste time, to live this wrong life waiting for the real one”. (from “The dream of Lara the boy who only wants to dance” by Natalia Aspesi, in “la Repubblica” 24/09/2018)

I leave you the trailer wishing you good vision.

Links and references:

“Lara’s dream the boy who just wants to dance” by Natalia Aspesi, in “la Repubblica 24/09/2018 (paper version)

https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/generale/2018/09/23/news/girl-207175120/

Maria Domenica Depalo

New course of questions: the empathy

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New course of questions: the empathy

Dear readers of Sofia,

after a period of observation and careful reflection, our section “Questions” is back. Today we will reflect about empathy, the ability to feel what the other feels.

The word “empathy” derives from the Greek “en + pathos”, in pain. Thanks to it, we have the possibility to enter in the personal world of who surrounds us and to see ourselves in fears, expectations and dreams that aren’t ours.

“Empathy is a way not only to know the others but also to develop a sense of responsibility towards them. Thanks to it, it is possible to understand the difficulties […] and to implement strategies of action for them. […] In this way, the ego, which is in each of us, acquires a bigger and totalizing dimension”. (see link)

But how close are we to the others? Are we able enough to perceive what lives in their hearts and thoughts? Are we empathetic enough and how much do we care about mankind?

If you want, answer the questions. I am sure that in this way it will be possible to have a rich and fruitful reflection about this theme.

Link:

https://freewordsmagazine.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/empatia-lio-come-laltro/

Maria Domenica DePalo

Shopping mon amour

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Shopping mon amour

It could be strange, but even if this is a philosophical and cultural blog, the author (me!) loves shopping. So enjoy my photos and share yours if you want.
🙂
Probably I will talk about the philosophy of shopping soon. In the meanwhile answer these questions: do you like shopping? Why and when do you go shopping?
#shopping
#shoppingmonamour
#sofiailmondodentroefuori
#ipercoopmongolfieramolfetta
#molfetta

Maria Domenica Depalo

Photo by ©MariaDomenicaDepalo

Photo by ©MariaDomenicaDepalo

Photo by ©MariaDomenicaDepalo

Photo by ©MariaDomenicaDepalo

The beauty of the numbers: the course of the clouds

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The beauty of the numbers: the course of the clouds

Dear little friends of Sofia,

Do you like numbers? What is your relationship with calculations, problems, theorems and formulas? I mean, do you love math?

Even if I graduated in philosophy, I love this discipline. Moving through numbers, letters, monomials and polynomials by looking for possible solutions or logical keys has always fascinated me.

I think that everything is number. In its abstractness and ineffability, it is certainly the most appropriate instrument to describe ourselves and the reality that surrounds us.

In fact the physicist, astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei emphasized how nature is written with the language of numbers:

“The natural philosophy is written in this great book that is continually open in front of our eyes, I say the universe […] It is written in mathematical language, and the characters are triangles, circles and other geometric figures, without them it is impossible to understand humanly word; Without these it is an invain wandering in a dark labyrinth. “ The Essager, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), physicist, astronomer, writer. (from https://www.matematicamente.it/approfondimenti/problem-solving/sp-2866/)

Now think a moment to the clouds, to their changing form but above all to their movement. Have you ever wondered if it is possible to predict their direction and destination? Someone has tried to answer this question using the mathematical language for a very long time before the young Italian mathematician, Alessio Figalli, who solved  this problem by elaborating the equation of motion of clouds (or optimal transport) and obtaining for this the Fileds medal, the “Nobel” of mathematics.

Figalli has compared every single particle of water vapor constituting a cloud to an ideal soap bubble, subjected to external and internal forces. Studying their action, characteristics and intensity he has elaborated his mathematical model, actually already intuited about seventy years ago by the Italian theorist Ennio De Giorgi, and that will surely be used in meteorological field.

“[…] To understand how the soap bubble has changed – he explains (Figalli)-compare an ideal bubble with a real one, deformed by external forces, thinking about these objects as compounds of particles. […] With the same approach it is possible to describe atmospheric fronts on a large scale. “The idea is to photograph the clouds in close periods. We know that clouds are composed of water vapour: in the photos we see images of billions and billions of particles moved from one configuration to another and the problem is to say how each particle has moved”. (from https://www.ilmattino.it/societa/persone/figalli_nubi_equazioni-3890358.html )

For the moment, however, waiting for a practical application of this theoretical intuition, we continue to admire the clouds that overlook our heads, guessing their shapes and  stories but above all admiring the eternal but at the same time changing beauty.

Link:

http://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2018/08/01/news/chi_e_alessio_figalli_il_matematico_seconda_medaglia_fields_italiana-203123315/

https://www.ilmattino.it/societa/persone/figalli_nubi_equazioni-3890358.html

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/08/01/alessio-figalli-cosi-ha-risolto-lequazione-per-prevedere-il-movimento-delle-nuvole/4532625/

https://www.matematicamente.it/approfondimenti/problem-solving/sp-2866/

Maria Domenica Depalo

Welcome back September

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Welcome back September

This morning I was listening to the radio when I noticed the notes of “September morning” by Neil Diamond. Strange but probably not so strange if we consider that the month of September has just begun.

Summer days have flown so quickly that it seems surreal we are turning back to the autumn and to the monotonous but at the same time reassuring routine of everyday life. However, going back to the good old habits also has its positive aspects, don’t you think?

Let’s think about the advantages of returning to the already known. For example, it will be nice to exchange again a chat with the baker but also with the neighbors returned from the holidays.

When we talk about September, we associate this month to stress and anxiety. But why should it be like that?

Facing everything with more peaceful rhythms would allow each of us to  appreciate the hours, the perfumes and the colors in a better way. […] Concentrating on our breaths, we would have the opportunity to come into contact with ourselves , with our dreams, desires and aspirations in a new and deep way and surely also the relations with who surrounds us would improve a lot. (from https://freewordsmagazine.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/ode-alla-lentezza/)

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How do you live the September return? If you want, leave your answer in the comments.

Maria Domenica Depalo

Giovinazzo: corteo storico e processione (Ita + Eng)

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Giovinazzo: corteo storico e processione (Ita + Eng)

Amici di Sofia,
ecco alcune immagini e video del Corteo storico di Giovinazzo del 18 agosto 2018 giunto ormai alla sua 51esima edizione e della processione in onore della Madonna di Corsignano, la patrona di Giovinazzo.
Il folclore, la tradizione e la gioia festante hanno caratterizzato questo momento dedicato alla Vergine.
In uno dei video potrete notare anche la presenza del vescovo Domenico Cornacchia della diocesi comprendente Molfetta, Giovinazzo, Ruvo e Terlizzi.
Perdonate la qualità dei video ma sono stati realizzati con un umile smartphone.
Per vedere gli altri video, visitate e seguite il mio canale su YouTube.
Buona visione a tutti voi!

English version
Hi readers of Sofia,
here you can find some images and videos about the “Corteo storico” of Giovinazzo and the religious procession dedicated to the Madonna of Corsignano, protector of Giovinazzo.
In one of the videos, you can also see the bishop of Molfetta, Giovinazzo, Ruvo and Terlizzi: Domenico Cornacchia.
Those moments are an important event of the religious and social life of this little town of south Italy.
Please forgive the qualità of the videos: I realized them with my humble smartphone.
If you want to see the other videos, visit my YouTube Channel and subscribe.
Thank you 🙂

 

 

 

 

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Maria Domenica Depalo

Have you ever been in Giovinazzo?

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Have you ever been in Giovinazzo?

Dear friends of Sofia,

today we will talk about a place where sun, sea and traditions combine to give birth to a dimension in which dreams and reality become an unique world.

We speak about Giovinazzo: marvellous city in the province of Bari, surrounded by the sea, here you can find witnesses of the Roman presence but also signs of its medieval story.  The population of this city, strictly connected to its Patron, grows considerably during summer, achieving twenty-five thousand people more or less between tourists and holiday workers.

But let’s see some photos representing the port, the suggestive bridge and Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II:

banchina del porto

la banchina del porto di Giovinazzo foto di ©MariaDomenicaDepalo

passerella di Giovinazzo

passerella di Giovinazzo foto di ©MariaDomenicaDepalo

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Scorcio di Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II foto di © MariaDomenicaDepalo

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Medieval week in Trani

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Medieval week in Trani

Dear friends of Sofia,

as promised we are back. You have certainly noticed some small changes starting from the name of the blog. Don’t worry: the spirit is the same…
Actually it has been enriched by an increasing curiosity which includes and involves our daily reality. I don’t want to add anything more because week after week we will discover the changes.

So let’s begin with a jump in the past!

If you love the stories of ladies and knights, then the medieval week of Trani is the right event for you. From 9 to 12 August the “borgo antico” (the ancient town) of this wonderful city in the province of Bari will be at the center of this extraordinary event, which you shouldn’t lose.

Educational workshops for children, guided tours in the historic center and at the Castello Svevo will be the protagonists of a historical review that – we are sure – will attract not only the local citizens but also all the curious of the surrounding realities.

The Middle Age wasn’t just the age of obscurantism, of regression or of the Inquisition. On the contrary: its thousand years of life have seen the birth of important inventions and agricultural tools such as the plow or the water mill but also the clock without forgetting the miniatures of the amanuensis monks.

Even the history of thought has evolved. Just think of the patristic (Sant’Agostino), the Arabic philosophy (Averroes) and the scholasticism whose founding father was Anselmo d’Aosta, a Benedictine friar known for his demonstration of God existence.

Returning to the medieval week, it will be possible to participate in numerous initiatives that will allow adults and especially children to breathe the air and the climate of this era.

Don’t miss the opportunity to visit an unusual  medieval and Romanesque Trani but also to tread the streets of its historic center and to meet ladies, nobles and knights in their clothes.

Links:

https://www.pugliareporter.com/2018/07/31/puglia-grande-attesa-per-levento-a-trani-della-settimana-medioevale-dal-9-al-12-agosto-nel-borgo-antico/

https://www.puglia.com/la-settimana-medievale-trani/

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castello_svevo_(Trani)

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filosofia_medievale

https://www.cinquecosebelle.it/cinque-formidabili-invenzioni-del-medioevo/

Maria Domenica Depalo

Siamo in ferie!!! (ita + eng version)

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Siamo in ferie!!! (ita + eng version)

Care piccole filosofe e cari piccoli filosofi,

oggi parleremo di noi e di ciò che ci fa stare bene. Presi dal vortice dei nostri mille impegni quotidiani, spesso infatti ci dimentichiamo di noi stessi. Urge pertanto staccare per rigenerarci e scoprire o riscoprire i nostri desideri.

Ma cos’è un desiderio? Il desiderio è l’espressione di una mancanza che sentiamo di dover colmare. Il filosofo Epicuro di Samo (341-271 A. C.) parlava di desideri naturali e necessari come mangiare, bere e dormire ma anche di desideri non necessari. I primi vanno assolutamente soddisfatti per il nostro benessere e la salute mentre i secondi non sempre possono essere realizzati. Questo provoca dolore e tristezza. (Per saperne di più date un’occhiata qui http://www.filosofico.net/epicuro.html).

Immaginate di dover solo lavorare e di non avere un momento di pace. Non fareste altro che immaginare palme, spiagge e libertà senza poterle raggiungere.

In virtù di questo e dell’influenza di Eraclito abbiamo deciso di andare in vacanza per un po’. La vacanza e le ferie in genere ci possono aiutare a guardare con più serenità in direzione dei nostri bisogni e sogni.

Non preoccupatevi però: torneremo presto con le nostre lezioni ed il blog ma anche con delle novità che – speriamo – possano piacervi.

Nel frattempo godetevi il mare, la montagna, il parco o il balcone di casa, la tv e persino lo smartphone (con moderazione!!!) ma soprattutto non perdete l’occasione di guardarvi intorno, di osservare le persone e ciò che vi circonda e di porvi delle domande, da bravi  indagatori.

Che ne pensate? Vi piace come programma o ne avete un altro? Fateci sapere.

A presto filosofi!!!!

Maria Domenica Depalo

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