{"id":12048,"date":"2021-06-23T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italics.art\/?post_type=tip&p=12048"},"modified":"2021-06-23T22:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T20:45:56","slug":"pezzo-the-landscape-of-the-strait","status":"publish","type":"tip","link":"https:\/\/italics.art\/en\/tip\/pezzo-the-landscape-of-the-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"The Landscape of the Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pezzo, once a fishermen\u2019s quarter in Villa San Giovanni, is on the Calabrian shore of the Strait of Messina. Sometimes, the phenomenon of the Fata Morgana makes the two coasts seem very close together, so much so that you can glimpse cars and people moving on the other side. As a swimmer, I have had the privilege of crossing this rough stretch of water, experiencing its powerful and changing currents firsthand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A small world made up of land and sea, where nature and life seem frozen in time, or better, go through such almost imperceptible changes that they can only be noted through careful, repeated observation. The scirocco wind that ripples the sea and the ferries that cross the Strait are daily sights that rhythmically repeat, always different, unstable epiphanies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n