There is a moment that I love in my current life, and it is the one that precedes a new laboratory: the slight performance anxiety that catches me when entering the studio, the adrenaline to a thousand, the curiosity in meeting people I have never met (or almost), as happened last Thursday on the occasion of the Open night of Creativity writer. An entirely female audience, nine souls as different from each other as they are equally sensitive. I never know where the evening will go, as much as I have the reins in hand, but every time I am amazed at the directions. A single word can encompass everything: beauty. It is wonderful to discover, minute by minute, a square centimeter of the participants, let them tell a fragment of themselves, of their daily life, of relationships or work, of failures and achievements. It is a surprise, a human enrichment that would tempt any (aspiring) writer. And I enjoy it, as a writer I certainly am not. Another word emerges forcefully from the evenings: empathy. In a handkerchief of time, between me and the participants, a contact is created that allows them to tell each other in depth. I try to put those who come to the studio at ease and what I get in return is total trust . Spectacular.

Double face tears

Thursday's Open Night was exemplary from this point of view: some women cried, but there was also laughter out loud. The alternation of moments of great introspection to others of maximum hilarity, it is now clear, represents a strong point of the proposed laboratory structure. Many may think that writing creativity is just a "game", whether it is trivial exercises or something "scholastic". Not at all. Participants are often called upon to dig deep into their own experiences. And the results are amazing. I receive people sent by psychologists, some from social workers. The word spreads and the experience is seen as "propaedeutic" for those who are facing a particular period of their lives. There couldn't be better gratification than feeling useful and being able to instill some self-esteem through writing. Maybe even get to know each other a little better. Empathizing with oneself even before with others is the number one goal. One of the participants, during the workshop on Thursday, totally surprised me: "Writing creativity does not give a good idea of what you propose: it is much more intense". I try to explain it, but the best thing is to experience it in person. I like to think that this experience should be lived at least once in a lifetime. Perhaps it is a presumptuous thread as a consideration, but what do you want to do: I enjoy them all and I am happy.