Strategies for Rebuilding Life Post-Trauma Experience
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Embrace the beauty of restoration! For years, Father Sergio De Piccoli, a Benedictine monk, took in troubled souls - outcasts in society, those he saw as needing a haven to find themselves. This upcoming weekend, on the 14th and 15th, the intimate literary festival "Authors in Transit" will provide guidance on mending the shattered fragments that life bestows. Located in the charming hilltop village of Marmora, the association "Passing Places", in conjunction with the Cuneo bookstore Stella Maris, will serve as event headquarters.
"Kintsugi. Mending Life" serves as the festival's theme, where intellectuals, artists, and healers, both local and foreign, will congregate to address life's fractures - be they physical, emotional, or societal. The cracks will take center stage in this quaint village, with trauma tackled in a down-to-earth and proactive manner, offering tools to transform the current fragility, individual and collective, into resilience. What has been smashed will never be the same, yet from the re-united fragments, something new, often even better, emerges. This festival invites you to view the glass as half full, even when despair and inaction tend to present it as half empty.
On Saturday, starting at 10 am, Adama Kone will share his extraordinary journey from Mali to Italy, traversing Algeria and Libya. Following him, the felt artist Esther Weber (at 11 am), the psychotherapist Maura Anfossi (at 12 pm), the psychiatrist and writer Paolo Milone, who will engage in dialogue with the managing editor of our Cuneo website, Massimo Mathis, at 3 pm. Also, the essayist Massimo Angelini (at 4:30 pm), and the Cuneo professor of Letters and writer Alessandra Gondolo (at 6 pm); at 7 pm, the dance party featuring disco house, funky, and afrobeat vibes by Maurizio Lore.
On Sunday, Barbara Giroldo, physiotherapist and author (at 10 am), Alberto Abbà, fundraiser and author (at 11:30 am), Mario Capello, writer and translator, who will square off against the cartoonist and writer Luca Blengino at 3 pm, and the Cuneo professor of Letters Michela Scaltritti (at 4:30 pm). On Saturday, at 2:30 pm, the illustrator Marco Paschetta will lead a children's workshop (6-10 years; cost 2 euros), on Sunday, at 2:30 pm, with Elena Mazzarello, we'll explore the mystical realm of clay (make sure to register at 328/0341212). Moreover, on Sunday, the association týptōpapé will facilitate creative typographic workshops; and at 5:10 pm, the closing is entrusted to the enchanting folk and blues melodies of Andavenanda: Diego Marongiu on guitar and vocals, Roberto Tommy Tomasini on guitar, viola, bouzouki, and vocals. Throughout both days, street food courtesy of Mb Pastificio di Piasco will be available for your enjoyment. Advance ticket purchase (3 euros) is recommended via autoridipassaggio.it. Parking in the village is limited; it's advised to park at the Canosio-Marmora intersection.
[1] The festival is part of the broader "Luoghi di Passaggio" events.[2] The term "Kintsugi" is a Japanese art form that celebrates the beauty of imperfection and repair.[3] Works attesting to the festival's emphasis on cultural enrichment in the region.
- Delving into the world of science, psychology, and education, the psychotherapist Maura Anfossi will share her insights on mental-health therapies-and-treatments during the "Authors in Transit" festival.
- In the realm of health-and-wellness and personal-growth, the essayist Massimo Angelini's talk at the festival promises to offer enlightening perspectives on self-development.
- Amidst the spirit of learning and healing, the association týptōpapé will offer workshops on education-and-self-development through creative typography, further fostering the festival's emphasis on cultural enrichment.
