The Art of Balance #91 | Giulia Roitero, what dreams will you dream?
The student of Modern Literatures and fantasy and poetry writer is the 91st participant in the initiative “The Art of Balance / Pandemopraxy”, launched by Cittadellarte. Giulia Roitero talks about the importance writing has had in her personal growth and in building her dreams. After a thought on her personal sphere, she offers a reflection at collective level: “With time,” she said, “I have learnt that dreaming dreams is good, but working to achieve them is even better. I wish for everybody to act in order to bring reality closer to their fantasies and ambitions”.

What dreams will you dream?
2020 was a year in which talking about dreams was a bit harder than at other times. The truth is that these are the instances in which we need to identify our dream. I started writing when I was eleven, and I did not stop throughout my whole adolescence, not even in my darkest moments: writing was my happy dream, irrespective of what the world could tell me, irrespective of what I was writing. I loved fantasy because of all genres it is definitely the one closer to daydreaming, but with time I have learnt that dreaming dreams is good, but working to achieve them is even better. The dream I wish for everybody is to act in order to bring reality closer to their fantasies and ambitions. Which, admittedly, is not easy, but if we can really learn something from dreams, it is that there is no arrival point, the best part is actually creating them. They are our instrument to plan reality and not to allow ourselves to be swept away by the flow. Rather than escapist excuses, they could therefore be a way to remind our life: this is me! If I had to imagine something to help us overcome this difficult year, I would like to see people not only still stop to dream, but working to get closer and closer to living their fantasies.

 


Cover image credits: Enrico Giansanti.