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Incredulously Watching the Sink

  My feelings towards the USA are extremely conflicting... Actually they are deep ambivalent because I can't come to terms with the growing visceral sense of disgusted disbelief!  ​I once deeply esteemed the States for their perceived inner freedom. Substantially, this freedom, is not because they are innately better than us in Europe, but because they do not carry the weight of such a long and heavy past. Europe’s history, full of glories and immense brutality, burdens us. This history has made us cautious, clinging firmly to the experienced beneficial path. Consequently, truly radical change—daring to leap into the "completely out of the blue" —is often a rare or impossible choice. ​Not so in the States. This capacity to dare is why they achieve scientific discoveries that might take Europe an eternity to reach. ​And yet, this blessed capacity to dare, however, is two-edged. This very same boundless freedom now exposes the terrible price they are paying. When freedom la...
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At 5.06 this morning

In these mornings, out of my kitchen window, I can see the sickle moon and a beautifully shining planet. Stars pulsate, planets are fixed. The most shining planets are Jupiter and Venus. If they are together in the sky you see that Jupiter is the brightest. But now, although still near, I can't see Jupiter because the horizon is filled with the trees of the little park in front with behind some houses, not big ones, 3 floors buildings, as all the houses of this area, nevertheless enough to hide the sky at the horizon.

It's always an intense experience to look at the night sky, at the stars and planets. Since i was a young girl I studied the stars, learning to recognise them together with the constellations. For some reasons the night sky gives me an intense feeling of fulfillment! 


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