[HERBAL BELONGINGS]
I was born in the province of Modena to a family from southern Italy. When I was three years old, we moved to Piacenza, a shift to the west of less than 150 kilometres as the crow flies. Five years later, we moved east 75 kilometres to Reggio Emilia. This was nothing in relation to the geography of the planet. It was an immensity in my child’s geography of belonging. The difficulty of locating myself in a precise place of origin has led me to perceive every place as my own, rather than being a ‘stateless person’. I belong to the place where I am and I observe it. I am increasingly convinced that only the ordinary has the power to amaze us now. These are some wild herbs from my garden.
