ON THE SPOT
But is writing a form of psychotherapy?
It could; the birth of psychotherapy was very young, and, before, artists generally used its birth art to bring out the negative things they had inside, and in some way, this helped them to make peace; before psychotherapy, any form of art could be helpful in this sense. Even those observing or reading the works found some of their worries or difficulties. Your encounter with anger? Strange to be psychoanalyzed by my publisher; on the other side puts me in difficulty! (laughs). I’m not very angry; I don’t get mad so quickly; maybe that’s why I’m a bit dangerous when I do it, but it passes quickly. I like to resolve things; anger is momentary and an immediate outbreak; there must be communication to say what bothered us, what did not go, and what did not work for the other, so understand why you are angry. Your encounter with love? My encounter with love was born with parents, affection, and love, and I went on with friendships with family. Luckily, I met friends right away; from childhood, I have had friends who are still part of my path for over forty years. Friendships are a significant slice of life; friends accompany us in many situations and make the journey with us. Even though friendships, we change, evolve, and become great. And then also love the one with a capital L that makes your heartbeat. I have always fallen in love so much; I am passionate, and when I fall in love, I fall in love so much. The cover behind me is the new edition that comes out next month of your book in Italian, in a vacuum, which already exists in the English version. Even if it was released a couple of years ago, we remember a little of what it is about. As you define it, it is a pink yellow. Yes, it is pink and yellow! In addition to the mystery of a person’s death, a particular suicide, as many have told me after reading it, is a photograph of a neighborhood and the people who live within this neighborhood. So this mystery wraps everything around this neighborhood and this community of people. And then, there is the protagonist who goes to live in the house where this person committed suicide, and for particular reasons, she begins to wonder why he died, if it is true that it is a suicide or not, and begins a sort of investigation. She also meets love with a capital A, so here is that pink aspect: I fall in love, and therefore I make the protagonists of my books fall in love too! The most extraordinary encounter you have had in your life? Yes, there was, it lasted 22 years, and it is the meeting with my cat Camillo, now he is gone, but he has accompanied me for 22 years of my life. And he is the protagonist of my next novel. So this is a surprise, when do you finish it? I have yet to start it! Do you see that scoop? I've got it all inside; I have to get it out. Then I leave you, thank you, and then we meet again. See you soon because we are indispensable to each other with our meeting! True! It is essential to keep the encounter; I embrace you.
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