The design of the Baron in the Trees was founded a few years ago from the desire of a few friends-then-teenagers to create an environment of free thought, which was somehow a space in which to develop and elaborate their ideas on society. Still believe that an area of \u200b\u200bopen debate at this level is necessary to be able to read reality often difficult to interpret. For this we open a blog.
Keys Reading
The place to start is the complexity. The scientific discoveries of the last 150 years show that even the earth we live on is a complex system: indeed, it is formed by the integration of numerous systems within them extremely complex. Equally complex is the story of the past 150 years, which were full of contradictions and divisions, both inner and social history. These contradictions have led to deep wounds next to illuminating insights, on which much has been said, but there is still much to say and understand.
Yet still there is (especially in Italy, but not only) to strong efforts to reduce the complexity of events and groups trapped in stale and banal, often with intent consumerism.
the contrary we believe that without the assumption of complexity, any attempt at critical reading of the story (or even small events) is doomed to fail. What we want is to present a comparison of space-deep, but not-categorical, that is far from banal and reductionist thinking proposal to the great mass, and might be in his small, a change of logic.
A little 'history ... ours!
The choice of name is not accidental, nor metaphorical: the first to have been born one summer night, just one on top of a wild pear tree!
Since then, the parallel with the wonderful novel by Italo Calvino has risen almost alone, because we, like the Baron Cosimo Piovasco of Rondo, we felt uncomfortable immersed in the logic of power and consumption of which, we things, the world, and ourselves, we were soaked. We needed to "cleanse" to go further, not to succumb to this logic. So we decided to break away from the ground, have a vantage point from which to descend and take refuge and find that, from time to time.
climb a tree gave us the exhilaration of freedom and found a superiority over their environment. However soon we realized what those feelings were short-lived, even illusory, if you cultivate the spirit of children who simply want to escape from the world. Our adventure starts from the challenge of a freedom that does not escape.
The invention of the symbol and motto (in Latin, because we liked best!) Explains the contradiction between the desire to feel that climbing trees and the knowledge that freedom is not star on a tree ( Libertas non est super arborem Morari ), as the song says Giorgio Gaber " Freedom " .
Years later, we still find a means to climb onto our independence of thought and feeling, not more so, as a teenage rebellion, but as a platform for comparison, also and especially with those who have a different view from ours.
With this blog we offer to anyone who wants the opportunity to climb a tree to talk to us.
you soon!
