I DIARI DELLO STARE

Home. We have arrived home. Where is home? These simple questions mark the beginning of *I Diari dello Stare* (Diaries of Being), the story of a static journey co-authored amidst nature. In October 2025, Luigi and Pīnar undertook an artist residency in a magical spot within the Madonie Park (Palermo), staying in a small shelter managed by the Forestry Authority. Isolated from the world and without electricity, they found themselves surrounded by wildlife beneath an endless, starry sky. The residency resulted in an epic, timeless journey defined by light steps and delicate movements—a shared chronicle born from the merging of their individual daily journals. It is an intimate, light, and moving text that—through the observation of wild boars, fallow deer, clouds, moss, wind, dog roses, and all of nature’s invisible magic—speaks to us of life, love, respect, listening, and inner and outer transformation. All it took was “being” and learning to listen. The writing adopts the intimate, informal tone of a diary, lending itself perfectly to direct storytelling; the voices of the two protagonists alternate, blend, and merge with complete sincerity, moving between moments of laughter and deeply emotional words, all interspersed with the musicality of the Turkish language found in Pīnar’s many poems.