L' attrazione dei passi

An apology for the steps and for looking beyond, to understand what on paper are watersheds between cultures and instead are windows onto other worlds. The desire to climb to the top to be able to conquer a piece of the horizon and another adventure. Passes exist wherever there are mountains firmly fixed to the ground and wandering people who need to cross them. And once you reach the top it is human, as well as natural, to stop for a moment to take a breath and observe the world from another perspective. Nietzsche, someone who loved to frequent the mountains, spoke of the pathos of distance: looked at from afar, things appear better. Because from up there, if the weather is kind, you can really see far into the distance. Yet now to the effort of the pace - uphill or downhill, it's always hard work - many prefer the anonymous, comfortable speed of the tunnel. And instead, "when I get to the top I feel happy, like a camel arriving at the oasis", as Osvaldo Soriano said. I have always been attracted by this idea of arriving at the top without any other reason to satisfy the curiosity of observing what is up there, taking a look at what you see around, having an experience that sooner or later will be useful, leaning out to see what you can see it down in the following valley and then look at the horizon.