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A CHILD WITH A SUITCASE AND HIS
THIRST OF KNOWLEDGE
PHILOSOPHY OF DISCOVERING AND THE INTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE
THE EMOTIONAL GEOGRAPHY
My aunt Diana has kept telling me for years that she was looking for a picture of me, when I was 3, smiling, with a suitcase in my
hand. “In that picture – she said – there is your soul”
Why did I travel so much? Why do I sFll want to travel? What are the k-‐passages of an existence? What does it mean “knowing” the world? Is it possible to connect different knowledges? What is life?
Is there something before and aKer our phisycal life?
How could we represent a life, done by a lot of elements? Is maybe life a sort of journey through the emoFonal geography searching
for the soul of the World and our own soul?
13 September 2015-‐ 16 October 2015 THE DRAWING OF THE MAP OF THE RIVER OF LIFE
A PARADIGMATIC STRUCTURE INVITING TO AN EXISTENCIAL JOURNEY, A MATRIX
IN WHICH TO INTEGRATE PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES
THE MAP IS SPLITTED INTO 6 REGIONS THE FIRST REGION IS A REMOTE TERRITORY GOING FROM THE CANYON OF GENESIS TO THE GLACIER OF ORIGINS (MOTHER EARTH LAND). FROM HERE – AT THE END OF THE ICE AGE – THE RIVER OF MOTHER RISES AND THEN IT MEETS THE RIVER OF FATHER. THEY FLOW ALONG THE RANGE OF ROOTS (RANGE OF ROOTS) AND GIVE BIRTH TO THE RIVER OF LIFE. THIS RIVER FLOWS ALONG THE VALLEY OF EXISTENCE AND ITS ENTIRELY COASTED BY THE RANGE OF EMOTIONS (RANGE OF EMOTIONS) AMONG WHOSE PEAKS WE FIND THE LAKE OF THE LOST DREAM AND THE LAKE OF THE STOLEN DREAMS. THE FIRST PART OF THE RIVER CORRESPONDS TO OUR PHYSICAL LIFE (THE RIVER OF LIFE), AND ITS WATERS, EVER CHANGING, ARE OUR EXPERIENCES. THE RIVER SPLITS THEN INTO TWO BIGHTS: THE BIGHT OF RESPET AND THE ONE OF INJUSTICE. THE HUGE ISLAND BETWEEN THESE BIGHTS IS CALLED THE ISLAND OF SHADOWS AND LIGHTS, WHERE MOST OF HUMANITY LIVES. THE SECOND PART OF THE RIVER STARTS FROM THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE NOW (PHILOSOPHY PEAK) AND IT REPRESENTS OUR DREAMS ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND ABOUT OUR IDEAL EARTH. THE SEA OF FREEDOM (SEA OF FREEDOM) IS THE 6th REGION WHERE THE RIVER OF LIFE ENDS UP AND WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE CIRCLES. IS THERE SOMETHING BEYOND THE CLOUDS?
THE RIVER OF LIFE IS
a psycho-‐philosophical Journey
through the emoFonal geographies
of the Valley of Existence
A Journey… The River of Life is an
(un)real iFnerary
in which the traveller is conPnuously swinging from an EXTERNAL dimension, phisical and connected to the flowing of Pme to an INNER one, dreamlike, spaceless and Pmeless
…psychological…
The River of Life is
a paradigm of an Existencial journey, A sort of self-‐analyFcal archetype into which we should let our emoPons and life experiences flow. Through MEMORY we re-‐connect our past to (real or unreal) places. Through IMAGINATION we ri-‐orientate our emoPons, both generally speaking and with regards to places, and we do begin the adventure into the potenFal becoming
…philosophical…
The River of Life is
Philosophy If we do believe that this science can be considered as a master of life, as a discipline sPmulaPng dialogue and connecFng knowledges. It is a philosophical journey because we do ask ourselves – during the trip – about the K-‐THEMES OF A LIFE: what was the World like before man appeared on it, the birth of man, the roots, the emoPons, the joy and the pain, the discovery, the experience, the free will, the awareness, the good and the evil, the dreams and the existence beyond the clouds.
…through emoFonal geographies… The River of Life is
EmoFonal Geography A BI-‐DIRECTIONAL science InvesPgaPng about the SOUL OF PLACES from one side, through an emoPonal and synesthePc approach to places, and on the other side, allowing us to E-‐MOVERE, to put out our own emoPons by giving this way a form to our inner landscapes. This external projecPon has a catharPc and therapeuPcal impact and can be represented in different ways: emoPonal carthography, textes, photographs, imagines, painPngs, music etc.
…of the Valley of Existence. The River of Life flows through the
Valley of Existence Since when, in the Canyon of Genesis, its waters separated from Earth unPl when they melt into the Sea of Freedom. In this huge Valley the emoFonal geographies overlap the real georaphies feeding this way the main stream of the River of Life which, at its Pme, gets the waters of other rivers represenPng other sources of knowledge and experience: from psychology, to philosophy, from arts to history, from ecology to economy. If we swim into this big mulPdisciplinary river we will get closer to integrated knowledge of the World and of ourselves as well. This huge Valley is wrapped by many emoFonal circles represenPng the energy of Universe and allowing the River to flow.
From paradigm to personal experience
Everyone is the chief protagonist of his/her River of Life and he/she can become a Geographer of
EmoPons. This project is an invitaPon to experience the e-‐moFon, by transposing your inner landscape into the paradigmaPc map of The River of Life.
This is at least what I have been doing: once realized the map, a sort of archetypical iFnerary I have started to fill in with my own history whose
main characters are Marco e Lorenzo.
MARCO E LORENZO Marco Marcolino Bertagni is the child with the suitcase searching for the soul of the World and his own soul. Lorenzo Lore Guarnieri is the child whose Ball was stolen and – from beyond the clouds – he is encouraging people to fight against injusPce and for a world where dreams won’t be broken anymore. They are the main characters of The River of Life. And together with them all the humanity is protagonist, going up and down the Valley of Existence.
GEOGRAPHER OF EMOTIONS
Searching for GENIUS LOCI & ANIMA HOMINIS
Living the World EMOTIONALLY and projecFng on it his
INNER LANDSCAPES in a bi-‐recFonal and catharFc process.
IntegraFng KNOWLEDGES
Travelling SYNAESTETHICALLY
Aiming to know the WORLD and his
place in it
MARCO dreams about becoming a GEOGRAPHER of EMOTIONS
LORENZO dreams about drying – with the fire of his love – the waters of the Lake of the Stolen
Dreams. He dreams about a fair World, in which there is
Respect for Life. He dreams about Stefano, Stefania, ValenPna and all people loving him, to understand that, from beyond the clouds, he is here with us.
We can’t see him but through all other senses we know that Lorenzo is here. And he’s changing the World.
The map of The River of Life is the source on which other narraPve traces have been
integrated
EMOTIONAL MAP
TEXTS
IMAGES
PHOTOGRAPHS
MUSIC
REAL GEOGRAPHIES
THE STORY IS BASED ON INTEGRATION AND HARMONISATION OF DIFFERENT NARRATIVE FORMS We could, anyway, “listen to” it also in a de-‐structured form by following for example just a single trace (texts, charts, photographs, or images) and/or through the interpretaPon of single parts (for example a photograph, a sentence etc). Once we know “the place” of the single part in the overall drawing that very single part may assume to our eyes and minds a totally different and deeper meaning compared to the previous ones. The story is circular and so – even if we do suggest starPng it from the Canyon of Genesis – it is possible to begin the journey in any point of the Map. And then to close the circle in the same point. Similarly, we can travel following the flow of the history, like on a real river, from sources to mouth or from mouth to sources.
I am Marco. I have always been him. And I think I will always be. A small seed of man carried by the wind,that flies over a virgin land devoid of humanity. I perceive primordial lights. Forceful rivers gush from ageless chasms, a moPonless extension of deserts offer hallucinated forms. A seed of me, alone, in all this vastness immersed in senseless colors and rocked by a gentle breeze. Suddenly the serenity of the place is broken: Mors tua vita mea, where the evidence of life surrenders to death. A cold shiver throws me into the night of Pmes. The eternal dawn comes to free me. I am sheltered in a cave. Painted hands on the walls I am a small seed at the edge of humanity.
NarraPve forms
Kashashian, The River/Garbarek, Red Wind/Vivaldi, Estro Armonico/Orff, Carmina Burana/Vangelis, AntarcPca/Einaudi, Una mahna
Kashashian, Woman's Theme/Alphaville, Forever young/BahsP, Una giornata uggiosa/Eahles, Hotel Cakifornia/De Gregori, Pezzi di vetro/Springsteen, The River/Bombino, Iyat Idounia Ayasahen/Everything but the girl, When all's well/Ferro, Lo stadio/Rush, Free will/Sinatra, My way/Bowie, Heroes/Morelenbaum, Central do Brazil/Bregovic, Kalashjinikov/Men at work, Down under/Cher, You haven't seen the last of me/Sastri, Guardo il cielo e son felice/Franklin, Respect/Queen, Bohemians rapsody/Springsteen, Racing in the street/Zero, Manichini
Einaudi, I due fiumi/Loos-‐Catoul, Vaporeko/Conte, Wanda/Peppino di Capri, Champagne/BerP, Io P darò di più/ Tiersen, La Valse/Finardi, Mio cucciolo d'uomo/BahsP, Si Viaggiare
Arakne mediterranea, Pizzica Mediterranea/Bahato, E P vengo a cercare/Bahato, Centro di gravità permanente/Bahato, Voglio vederP danzare/Brahms, Danze Ungheresi/Camerata Portena, Vuelvo al Sur/Madredeus, Ao longe o mar/Waits, Innocent when you dream/Moriseke, Utopia/Amalia Rodrigues, Uma casa portuguesa
Paoli, AverP adosso/BahsP, Emozioni/Eno, By This river/The last goodnight, Picture of you/Springsteen, Point blank/Waits, Blue ValenPne/Antonacci, Sognami
Madredeus, Coisas pequenas/Albinoni, Adagio in G minor/Cesaria Evora, Sodade/ Simply red, Holding back the years/Wonder, PasPme paradise/Carreras, En aranjuez con tu amor/Nannini, Tornerai/Dalla, Là/Mariza, Rio da Màgoa/Madredeus, O Paraìso
NarraPve forms
Canyon della genesi Orrido di Botri Deserti dell’immaginazione Vetricia
Valle dei colori Parco naturale dell’Orecchiella Altopiano Mors tua vita mea Pania di Corfino
Ghiacciai delle origini Appennino Tosco-Emiliano Grotta dell’umanità Sillano
Catena delle Radici Appennino Tosco-Emiliano Fiume della Madre Fiume Adige
Fiume del Padre Fiume Serchio (Sorgenti) Fonti del Fiume della Vita Fiume Serchio (Tanaborda)
Catena delle Emozioni Alpi Apuane Lago dei Sogni Perduti Lago di Isola Santa Lago dei Sogni Rubati Lago di Vagli
Valle dell’Esistenza Garfagnana Acque della fanciullezza Fiume Serchio tra Tanaborda e Castelnuovo
Bozzi della Scoperta Bozzi della Scoperta Diga delle Responsabilità Diga di Castelnuovo
Gola della Prevenzione Fiume Serchio presso Palleroso Isolotto del Libero Arbitrio Fiume Serchio presso Castelvecchio Pascoli
Isola delle luci e delle ombre Fiume Serchio presso Gallicano Ansa dell’Ingiustizia Torrente Turrite, Fornovolasco, Antro del Corchia
Ansa del Rispetto Fiume Serchio tra Gallicano e Borgo a Mozzano Ponte della Consapevolezza Fiume Serchio, Ponte del Diavolo
Picco della Filosofia Eremo di Calomini Cascate dei Limiti Fiume Serchio tra Borgo a Mozzano e Ponte a Moriano
Utopia Lucca Lago dell’indifferenza Lago di Massaciuccoli Piana del Genius Loci San Martino in Freddana
Acque dell’Armonia Fiume Serchio tra Ponte a Moriano e Torre del Lago Puccini Lagune della Pace Pontasserchio
Faro della Saggezza Faro di Anzio Isola delle Prospettive Mare antistante la Riviera Zanardelli, Anzio
Mare della Libertà Mare di Anzio Promontorio dell’alba infinita Promontorio del Circeo
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NarraPve forms
THE APPLICATIONS OF THE RIVER OF LIFE • Story Map (April 2016) • Photo-‐book “The River of Life” (May 2016) • InteracFve and mulF-‐medial exhibiFon (June 2016) • Psychological Therapy (Feb to Nov 2016) • A Par$tone for Lorenzo (September 2016) • The Philosophical Journey (September 2016) • Book: “How to become a Geographer of EmoFons” (October 2016)
• Theatre Performance (December 2016) • Movie (2017) • Lobbying For Life (2017) • APP (2017) • Team Game (2017)
THE VIDEO-‐PRESENTATION OF THE RIVER OF LIFE
1-‐ EARTH-‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isaAsXsUR6g 2 -‐ ROOTS -‐-‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crXtyAI2Yw 3 -‐ EMOTIONS -‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5t6N-‐fNtc 4 -‐ LIFE -‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MBOiR_A7kI 5 -‐ PHILOSOPHY 1-‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0oLlYm_Hbw 6 -‐ PHILOSOPHY 2 -‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGVCs3M9OsY 7 -‐ FREEDOM 1-‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peM3MnTzyo 8 -‐ FREEDOM 2 -‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZZIcFNdiP8 9 -‐ FREEDOM 3 -‐ hkps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62n6D_5hbmY