Il Cimitero dei Rimpianti e dei Rimorsi

Qualche settimana fa, pensavo: dal momento che non si può tornare indietro nel tempo e rimediare alle cose non fatte, non dette e a tutti gli errori, non sarebbe meraviglioso poter seppellire questi sentimenti in un cimitero apposito? Un buco, una lapide, una cerimonia e addio: spariti, dimenticati, si va avanti. Un'onoranze funebri per rimpianti e rimorsi, e un posto per sotterrarli, potrebbero essere il business del secolo, una roba che Taffo levati. Ma non ho soldi da investire e sai che palle ascoltare le lagne della gente tutto il tempo. Dunque mi sono limitata a fare quello che so fare meglio: un disegno scemo.

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Halloween and Samahain

I get to post this illustration only now, even if Halloween, as we know and celebrate, was last night (as I write, it is the first of November), but Samhain lasts until today, so technically, I'm not late! Or I'm like 365 days early on Halloween - Samhain of next year!! Life is about points of view, sometimes. Here in Italy, we did not celebrate Halloween or Samhain until relatively recently. There were some fun parties in discos, but no children in costumes, no carved pumpkins, nothing. Halloween is a fun, commercial celebration, but the original festivity, Samhain, has very ancient roots, here in Italy as well. I live next to a farm, and the farmer once told me how their grandparents used to bake sweets and decorate the house - with pumpkins too -to welcome the spirits of their ancestors, celebrate winter, and show gratitude for what nature had offered in the last harvest. I'm pleased to see more and more people reconnecting to the old meaning of Samahin, while also having fun on Halloween. Time changes and traditions evolve, but in this time of uncertainty, there's a need to reconnect with nature, to return to our roots. After all, nature is the only force we can see and…

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