{"id":21295,"date":"2024-10-24T18:58:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T17:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/la-ricerca-identitaria\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:19:20","slug":"la-ricerca-identitaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/la-ricerca-identitaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21295\" class=\"elementor elementor-21295 elementor-14722\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f398235 xts-section-stretch-content e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f398235\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6eedc8 e-con-full e-flex xts-section-disabled e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6eedc8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af5e423 xts-width-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-xts_title\" data-id=\"af5e423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"xts_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-section-heading xts-reset-mb-10 xts-reset-last xts-textalign-left\" data-animation-delay=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-section-subtitle xts-fontsize-m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"xts-section-subtitle-text\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Journey Through Words, Villages, and Living Memory\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"xts-section-title title xts-design-simple xts-fontsize-xl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"xts-section-title-text\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur identity research\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-section-title-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-section-desc xts-fontsize-m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-section-desc-text xts-reset-all-last\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s not just a matter of words.\nIt\u2019s a matter of identity. Of roots. Of sounds that belong to us, even if we\u2019ve forgotten them.\n\nThis page tells why we began collecting dialects, sayings, and local expressions.\nBecause we believe that behind every word there is a story to preserve, a landscape to listen to, a voice waiting to be brought back into the light.\n\nDiscover what it means for us to make art through dialect.\nAnd why, perhaps, it concerns you too.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26073ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-xts_timeline\" data-id=\"26073ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"xts_timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-line xts-fill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"xts-timeline-dot xts-dot-start\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"xts-timeline-dot xts-dot-end\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" xts-timeline-items\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-first xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-right xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-subtitle xts-fontsize-s\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.0.first_subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tA simple question.<br>One that\u2019s worth more than a thousand stories.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"xts-timeline-title title xts-fontsize-l\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.0.first_title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDe do si?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.0.first_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<em> In the Macerata dialect, it means \u201cWhere do you come from?\u201d. But it\u2019s not just a geographical question. It\u2019s a code. An emotional map. A form of recognition.<\/em><br><br> MarcheLove is a project born in the Marche region. In a beautiful region, yet still little told. Made of villages and silences, craftsmanship and memory. <br><br> Through this journey of dialects, illustrations, and installations, we want to give voice back to the sayings that shaped us. Because dialect is not just language: it\u2019s gesture, relationship, culture.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-second xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-left xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-16440\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2993.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" xts-timeline-items\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-first xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-right xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-subtitle xts-fontsize-s\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.1.first_subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tA place that speaks softly\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"xts-timeline-title title xts-fontsize-l\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.1.first_title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBeing from the Marche\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.1.first_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cBeing from the Marche is a destiny.<br> It means existing in the world in a way that is both earthy and fantastical at the same time.\u201d<br> \u2014 Cesare Cat\u00e0<\/em><\/p> <p><b>Being from the Marche<\/b> is a strange balance.<br> Partly we keep <b>our feet on the ground<\/b>, partly we have <b>our heads elsewhere<\/b>. Partly we want to leave, partly we miss everything the moment we step out the door.<\/p> <p>We live in <b>a land that resembles paradise<\/b>,<br> but <b>without wanting to say it too loudly<\/b>.<br> A land that has learned to be self-sufficient,<br> to <b>speak little<\/b>, to <b>do a lot<\/b>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-second xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-left xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/per_blog_home_05.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.1.second_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have inherited <em>a rough and beautiful language<\/em>,<br> which we often <b>feel embarrassed to use<\/b>.<br> <b>Too harsh, too rural, too \u201cfrom the village\u201d<\/b>.<\/p> <p><em>And yet that language is ours.<br> It is <b>concrete<\/b> and <b>dignified<\/b>.<br> It is made of <b>pauses, gestures, expressions<\/b>.<br> It is made to <b>say things as they are<\/b>,<br> and to <b>laugh about them right after<\/b>.<\/em><\/p> <p><b>The Marche dialect is not meant to please.<\/b><br> It is meant to <b>remain<\/b>.<br> To <b>remember<\/b>.<br> To hold together <b>an identity that changes but does not break<\/b>.<\/p> <p><em>\u201cA desert so similar to paradise that it confuses the angels in their flight.\u201d<br> \u2014 Cesare Cat\u00e0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" xts-timeline-items\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-first xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-right xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-subtitle xts-fontsize-s\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.2.first_subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDialect is not taught. It\u2019s inherited.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"xts-timeline-title title xts-fontsize-l\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.2.first_title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe language that pulses\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.2.first_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s a language that <b>is breathed before it is spoken<\/b>.<br> That is learned <b>by watching hands<\/b>, <b>reading glances<\/b>, <b>listening to pauses<\/b>.<\/p> <p>In the Marche, <b>there isn\u2019t just one Marche dialect<\/b>. There are <b>dozens<\/b>. Sometimes <b>very different from each other<\/b>. The accent changes from valley to valley, from village to village. In some cases, <b>two communities just a few kilometers apart<\/b> speak languages that seem to come from different planets.<\/p> <p>In Italy, there are estimated <b>over 30 main linguistic varieties<\/b>, and at least <b>6 distinct dialect groups in the Marche<\/b>: from Gallo-Piceno to southern Marche, including Maceratese, Pesarese, Ascolano, Anconetano\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-second xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-left xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/okstep_blog_02.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-14609\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.2.second_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This linguistic mosaic is <b>a fragile heritage<\/b>,<br> at risk of quickly disappearing \u2014<br> also because we often <b>feel ashamed of our dialect<\/b>.<br> We find it \u201cugly,\u201d \u201crural,\u201d \u201cunpleasant-sounding.\u201d<\/p> <p><b>A word in dialect is a gesture,<\/b><br> an intention, a memory taking vocal form.<br> It is something that <b>cannot be translated<\/b>, because <b>it contains a whole world<\/b>.<\/p> <p>In this language, <b>there is no nostalgia, only presence<\/b>.<br> <b>No folklore, only substance<\/b>.<br> <b>No past, only body<\/b>.<\/p> <p><em>We want to listen to it as it changes.<\/em><br> As it mixes with the English of memes,<br> with the Italian of social media, with the silences of teenagers.<br> <b>Not to save it, but to live it.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" xts-timeline-breakpoint\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-breakpoint-title xts-textcolor-white xts-fontsize-l xts-with-bg-color\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhatYouSay: an identity map under construction\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" xts-timeline-items\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-first xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-right xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"xts-timeline-title title xts-fontsize-l\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.4.first_title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe are looking for words. Sounds. Expressions.\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.4.first_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>WhatYouSay<\/b> is an artistic and relational project born from a simple question:<br> <em>\u201cHow do you say it?\u201d<\/em><br> But behind every local word, there is much more.<br> There is a story, a gesture, a bond. An emotional geography.<\/p> <p>We are building an <b>identity map of the Marche<\/b> through dialects, sayings, and everyday expressions.<br> Not a fixed linguistic map, but <b>a living map<\/b> that grows thanks to those who explore it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-second xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-left xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/logo_what_you_say-qvk8wmwrrm554o1d67ognjz5ksb0m1wpcq124dp4hs.png\" title=\"logo_what_you_say\" alt=\"logo_what_you_say\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"xts-timeline-title title xts-fontsize-l\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.4.second_title\">\n\t\t\t\t\te tu come lo dici ?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.4.second_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every installation in the villages, every product we create carries this question with it.<\/p> <p>Through QR codes, t-shirts, posters, micro-sheets, and digital forms, we collect the answers. Every voice, every dialectal variation is a piece of the map we are building together.<\/p> <p><b>WhatYouSay<\/b> also aims to be a cultural and tourist tool: an invitation to discover the Marche villages through their words. We play with the contrast between dialect and English, between roots and contemporary life. To showcase the Marche through the voices of those who live there.<\/p> <p><b>Help us collect words<\/b>, sounds, expressions, memories.<br> Your \u201cnothing\u201d could be our starting point.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" xts-timeline-items\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-first xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-right xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"xts-timeline-title title xts-fontsize-l\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.5.first_title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tVillages as a living map\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.5.first_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>It\u2019s not just a matter of beauty.<\/b><br> We choose villages because identity is felt here. It is lived. It is recognized. Dialect is not a dead language: it is <em>a voice that walks through village streets<\/em>, a greeting at the bar, <b>a laugh of the vardasci<\/b>, an <b>\u201cEh Sci No\u201d<\/b> carried by the wind in your face.<\/p> <p><b>In the villages, language becomes landscape<\/b>.<br> Every stone, every alley, every voice helps tell who we are. Villages are not just a backdrop, but <em>narrative devices<\/em>:<br> spaces where memory is never entirely private.<\/p> <p><b>Here we don\u2019t impose a new story<\/b>, but bring forward the one that already exists.<br> One word at a time. One story at a time.<br> Through <b>light, relational, temporary installations<\/b><br> that integrate with architecture, community, and local history.<\/p> <p>Every stop is a collection. Every collection is a new voice on our identity map.<br> <b>Because our goal is not to preserve, but to regenerate relationships, memories, imaginaries.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-second xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-left xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blog_home_paesaggi01.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14196\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blog_home_paesaggi01.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blog_home_paesaggi01-500x764.png 500w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blog_home_paesaggi01-900x1375.png 900w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blog_home_paesaggi01-654x1000.png 654w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blog_home_paesaggi01-393x600.png 393w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blog_home_paesaggi01-768x1174.png 768w, https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/blog_home_paesaggi01-1005x1536.png 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" xts-timeline-items\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-dot\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-item xts-timeline-item-first xts-reset-all-last xts-reset-mb-10 xts-textalign-right xts-textalign-sm-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"xts-timeline-title title xts-fontsize-l\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.6.first_title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s nothing. But it\u2019s everything.\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xts-timeline-desc\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"timeline_items.6.first_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Things are done well and spoken softly.<\/b><br> We were born among those with golden hands and broken tongues. Among those who know, but don\u2019t boast. Among those who create, but say \u201cit\u2019s nothing.\u201d Among those who look at you and whisper: <em>\u201cWho even cares?\u201d<\/em><\/p> <p><b>We come from the edges of sentences.<\/b><br> From diminished stories, from forgotten dialects. And we carry with us the doubt that raised us.<\/p> <p><b>What if dialect were art?<\/b><br> What if that rough word were truer than the dictionary? What if a QR code could open invisible worlds? What if an illustration could give a voice to those who have never written anything?<\/p> <p><b>We don\u2019t want to be modern.<\/b><br> We want to be sincere. We use digital tools like a hoe: to till, to bring to light, to dig into identity.<\/p> <p><b>We are no longer ashamed of being \u201ctoo rural.\u201d<\/b><br> In those roots lies the only language that saves us: the one that speaks of us, without fear of sounding crooked.<\/p> <p><b>WhatYouSay is not a melancholic memory.<\/b><br> It is a landing. The return of an ancient language into the contemporary world. 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