Foreword [Walking in circles]

Abstract

This foreword poetically contemplates a soul—or perhaps two—in a state of yearning, withdrawal, and quiet suffering, observed by the narrator who attempts to coax it into engagement. Amid silence and uncertainty, it questions the adequacy of words for true communication, quoting Giulia Privitelli's Poem No. 42 on their fragmentation. As trust tentatively builds, a walk begins, symbolizing connection. The piece introduces Privitelli's poems and Steve Bonello's drawings as a symbiotic exploration of solitude in an unrecognizable "homeland," weaving reflections on tradition, art, light and darkness, the sea, death, and the self. Readers are invited to join this grounded journey, not as escape but as a confrontation with gravity, avoiding light-headed detachment.