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Amnesia Chapter 16 - Kir'manir(to adopt)

Bad Batch Omega centric au

Summary: Freyu is planning something special for Omega, unaware of the revelation her ward had that she's been holding close to the chest.

Word count: 4k

Warnings: self loathing, self deprecation, perceived child abandonment

A/N: Hello there from College Hell! I haven't watched any of season 3 yet, no spoilers please.

Enjoy!

Bad Batch Amnesia AU Masterpost

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Freyu got to Mlikix very early in the morning, the sun hadn't even risen yet but she wasn't worried. She hadn't been bothered since giving her threat five days earlier, and the town would still have enough people around that she felt safe. And Cai would provide what she had requested.

Besides, it was a good day. It was a really great day.

Four months ago today, she had found Omega.

Tesi had been encouraging her to do something for it, a third of a year spent living with someone wasn't nothing. She had relented eventually and was now in town to pick up what she had gotten for Omega.

It was sorta like a birthday? They could call the original date she was found her birthday since they would likely never know when the date actually was, and that seemed appropriate, but waiting another eight months was way too long. She could ask what Omega thought of it too before making anything “official”.

Besides, Omega had been upset lately. Freyu could sense the churning emotions she was hiding, she wasn't going to force the answer out. This little celebration should cheer her up.

Freyu hadn't really celebrated anything in years, Maatsu was the one who liked to celebrate all those traditions and holidays. She hadn't really seen the point in celebrating when he wasn't there, she'd of course do something for Jicelli, but those celebrations always felt so hollow.

Then when Maatsu died they became empty reminders- Nope! She wasn't going there! This was going to be a good day.

She couldn't help the smile on her face as she picked up the crate from the shipping dock, and not just because of the worker's expression at her lifting the crate with ease, it wasn't that heavy anyway. No, she was giddy and smiling because… she hadn't really felt this happy in a while.

She was excited.

She hadn't felt this sort of giddy excitement in years.

Freyu made it back to her house without any incident. Her threat really must have worked wonders, maybe they had even left entirely. That would be nice.

…Maybe a little too nice given her history…

Freyu set the crate on the table and got to work.

XXX

Omega smelled something sweet as she sleepily came downstairs.

Freyu's making something tasty! That excitable, buzzy part of her brain said, silencing the heavy, bitter part that hung around the edges of her mind every time she woke up.

She smiled and excitedly descended, shaking off her negative headspace.

“What are you making Freyu?!” She asked as she jumped the last step.

Boa yipped and sat on her hind legs, licking her cheek with her slobbery tongue. She giggled while patting between the Chrysocy's horns. Cassony padded up and rubbed her legs, curling a tendril around her arm in her usual greeting. Omega made sure to give the older Chrysocy some love too.

“I'm making a surprise! Don't come in the kitchen, why don't you turn on the holonet and watch something, or practice some Mando'a.” Freyy instructed from the kitchen.

Omega peered around the corner and found the kitchen curtain had been drawn, blocking her view of whatever Freyu was doing.

The Pantoran suddenly popped out from behind the curtain and gave her a pointed look.

“No peeking Meg'ika.” She ordered sternly.

“Fine.” Omega huffed, crossing her arms for extra pouting effect.

“Nice try but I am immune to the effects of pouting.” Freyu said, tapping her nose gently.

“Now shoo, I'm busy.” She made a shooing motion and disappeared behind the curtain.

“You've got something in your hair!” Omega called out.

“I know!” Freyu called back.

Omega rolled her eyes and went over to the couch to watch something. She and Freyu had been watching the How To Train Your Mythosaur series together, she felt like watching that today.

Once the show started, Boa lept onto the caf table and curled around her feet. Then Cassony jumped up onto the couch and sat on her lap. And then Iri flew down and sat on her head.

Oh I see what they're doing. Omega scowled.

“You gonna have Asichi come sit on me too?” She shouted towards the kitchen.

“No, Asichi is helping me in here.” Freyu answered.

“Wait, what? Really?” Omega craned her neck to see if she could spot the horse's shadow.

“No, Meg'ika, I'm just messing with you. Asichi is out grazing. Tesi is helping.” Freyu told her.

Omega crossed her arms, to the best of her ability with Cassony laying fully on top of her, and tried to be angry. But Cassony was too cute to ignore and she quickly gave in to the temptation to pet the adorable creature holding her hostage.

It took a little while, and the smell from the kitchen was absolutely amazing. Sweet and spicy and citrusy smells were mixing together in a pleasant aroma that made her even hungrier.

“Freyu, are you going to tell me what you're making yet?!” Omega called out.

“Nope! Hey, what's your spice tolerance? Eh never mind, I think I have a pretty good handle on that.” Freyu called back.

Omega waited a little bit longer, catching spare bits of a conversation between Freyu and Tesi. From what she was hearing, Freyu was nervous about something, which was definitely strange, Freyu wasn't ever nervous, and Tesi was talking her down.

Soon after that, she heard the curtain get pulled open and, before she could react, hands covered her eyes.

“Freyu! What are you doing?!” Omega giggled.

“Making sure you don't peek.” Freyu said.

The Pantoran easily lifted her over the couch and set her on the ground.

“Okay and walk forwards, nothing's in your way.” Freyu told her.

Still giggling, Omega walked forwards with her arms out to feel for the table, though she trusted Freyu to keep her safe. She grabbed onto the table when she found it and stopped.

“Okay I'm taking my hands off but don't peek.” Freyu instructed sternly.

“Alright.” Omega agreed.

She heard Freyu step away and set something up before walking back around to her again.

“Open up.”

Omega opened her eyes to see the table filled with food and a very anxious Freyu.

“Is something important happening today?” She asked.

Freyu didn't make this much food at once unless they were having company.

“Oh! Well, you've been here four months today, Tesi suggested doing something and, well I guess I got a bit carried away.” Freyu said, anxiously fidgeting her fingers.

“You're acting funny.” Omega pointed out.

“I- yeah… I probably am.” Freyu chuckled nervously.

“So um, food! I made some food, what do you want?” Freyu asked.

Omega looked back to the assortment of options laid out for her?

Why would Freyu do all this for me? She knew how much trouble she had brought into her guardian's life.

Only a few options looked familiar to her.

“What is there?” she asked.

Freyu brightened almost immediately.

“There's lots of things. Tiingilar, it's usually really spicy but I made it less spicy for you, Cufiasnip, we've got some fruits from the greenhouse, and I made some tarts from Pantora! It's got raspberries in it.” Freyu pointed to the couple of tarts with blue and purple filling.

“I made an Uj'alayi too, oh, that's a type of cake, it's Mando'a. And there's some snowgrass soup, and I made a couple types of bread, so you can really just take what you want.” Freyu said.

Omega eyed her ori'vod. Freyu was definitely acting weird, but she was smiling and looked happy…?

“Aren't you going to tell her what this means before she partakes in this ritual?” Tesi prompted Freyu.

Her ori'vod's face flushed indigo with embarrassment as she turned on the droid.

“I was going to!” She shouted.

Freyu stubbornly turned away from the droid and looked down to her.

“Snowgrass is an important food for Pantorans, a snowgrass soup is a very… significant dish, even more so when it's being presented to someone outside the community or… or a family…” Freyu trailed off with her face turning purple.

“Okay… why are you being so weird still?” Omega asked.

Tesi rolled her electronic eyes and patted Freyu's shoulder.

“You're a mess, cyar'ika, let me handle this.” Tesi said.

“I'm not a mess.” Freyu huffed indignantly and crossed her arms.

Omega giggled, she didn't see Freyu pout that often, it was funny when she did, her cheeks puffed out and sometimes her cheeks turned purple.

“Cyar'ika, you're the color of a rue leaf.” Tesi chided before turning to her.

“What your ori'vod is failing to say without changing color is that this is a Pantoran welcoming ritual, they share significant foods to bring someone new into their family, and it's an offer of a gai bal manda, that's the mandalorian adoption ceremony. It's a welcoming into a family from both cultures, ad'ika.” Tesi said.

Adoption ceremony. Freyu wants to-

“What?” Omega looked to Freyu with wide eyes, surprisingly, her ori'vod almost looked scared. Freyu was never scared.

“You want me in your family?” She asked in astonishment.

She wasn't that great, not really. Her first family hadn't wanted her, she knew that very clearly now. With the bounty hunters and troopers and her unknown past, she was already far too much trouble for Freyu.

She had been too much for her first family, that's why they left her, threw her out and let the galaxy do what it pleased with their unwanted daughter.

Why would Freyu ever want her to join her family? Sure it was nice to think of Freyu as a big sister, but why would Freyu want her to worry about?

Why would Freyu want her when… when, when someone else clearly didn't!

Why would she want someone who had already been tossed out?

Omega felt tears on her face. When had she started crying? She rubbed the stubborn tears away.

“Omega? What's wrong?” Freyu asked, voice raising in alarm.

She turned on the Pantoran, crossing her arms. She couldn't speak, if she tried, her stupid emotions would overtake her and she'd be a sobbing mess. Something was telling her that response was wrong and shameful. Just another reason she was unwanted-

“Are… did I upset you?” Freyu whispered hesitantly, fearfully.

Why does she sound scared? That didn't fit with what she knew about Freyu, but then again, there was a lot she didn't know about Freyu.

“Why… why would you want me?” Omega asked.

“Meg'ika-” Omega didn't let her finish.

“Why would you want someone who no one else does?!” Omega balled her fists as the memory flashed through her mind once again.

She had begged. She had pleaded for them to stay. She had screamed for them to not leave her behind.

And they didn't listen.

She wasn't worth enough to keep around so they tossed her out and left her behind without so much as a second thought of what would happen to her after they flew off. They left her alone to fend for herself in that horrible, hostile place.

They abandoned her because she was so worthless!

“Why would you want someone worthless like me?!” She snapped, whirling around to face the Pantoran.

Freyu was kneeling in front of her, one hand over her mouth as she stared at her in shocked horror.

This is it. She knows how worthless you are now, she'll throw you out too! She thought bitterly.

“I found out why I ended up here.” She stated as bitter anger flowed through her body.

“Yeah, turns out whatever family I had didn't want me. I wasn't worth enough to them to keep around. I was too needy and costly for them! They never cared. They threw me, their stupid, dysfunctional, worthless freak of a child out the second it benefited them! They never even cared!” Omega screamed, she screamed in Freyu's face.

“So there it is! Now you know why I ended up here! They didn't want me!” She snarled.

She seethed, feeling the anger rush through her body with only silence ringing in her ears

“I want you.”

Omega looked up at the small, quiet voice. Freyu was still staring at her, Omega couldn't exactly read her expression, but she recognized anger somewhere in the mix. The rational part of her brain told her Freyu was angry at her first family, but she felt like Freyu was angry at her for the blow up.

“Why would anyone want me?” She scoffed.

“I want you.” Freyu repeated.

“uh huh, why? Give me one reason you would want me.” Omega growled.

“I love you.” Freyu said immediately.

All trace if rage or nervousness was gone from her face, there was only fierce determination.

Omega felt the brunt of her anger fade into confusion and pain, she was hurting inside, she didn't know why.

“Why?” was all she could think of to ask.

“Because I care about you. I love you.” Freyu said.

Omega stared up at those golden yellow eyes looking back down at her with such warmth and honesty. She could believe Freyu's words, her actions more than backed it up.

“You love me?”

Freyu leaned forwards and gave her a light keldabe.

“I love you, Meg'ika.” Freyu said.

Omega cried and hugged her ori'vod. A distressing mix of emotions churned around her insides, anger, confusion, grief, joy, relief, and a hundred others she couldn't name.

“Whoever those demagolka(real life monster) were, they deserve aar'ika(to suffer).” Freyu said.

“If I ever meet them, I will make them feel the pain they caused you.” She swore.

Omega nodded, as bad as it might be, she liked the idea in the moment.

“This is very sweet and all, but the food is going cold.” Tesi said.

Freyu groaned in the droid's general direction and got up.

“Let's get some food, vod'ika, we can talk about whatever you want while we eat.” Freyu said, holding out a hand for her, waiting for her unlike them.

Omega took the offered hand and rose off the floor.

“What's that mean anyway? Vod'ika, you keep calling me that.” Omega asked.

Freyu's face flushed again.

“Little sibling.” She admitted.

“And what's ori'vod?” She asked, she had been using it without knowing the meaning for a while now.

“Big sibling, or special, close friend. It's an important word, it has a lot of responsibility. It's every ori'vod's job to protect their vod'ika.” Freyu explained.

Omega hugged her again, feeling her tense up.

“You're a good ori'vod Freyu.” She said.

“You're a pretty great vod'ika too.” Freyu responded, patting her head lightly.

At Tesi's insistence, they quickly got to eating. Omega helped herself to a heaping serving filled with just about everything at the table that Freyu said she could eat. Some of it was naturally poisonous to her.

Everything was super tasty, each bite was packed full of flavor and it was the best meal she had ever eaten in her life.

Omega got more of the snowgrass soup and the blue and purple rice. It was fresh from Pantora, Freyu had picked it up this morning along with a few other things she had used to make this feast.

“Are Pantoran adoptions really this simple?” She asked.

Freyu glanced up and smiled.

“There's a bit more, the meal is a sign that you're welcome and if you accept, it's a celebration for the following inking ritual.” She answered.

“Inking?” Omega echoed.

“Tattoos, you get the family markings, at least that's how my family does it, I don't know how they do it on Pantora anymore, but that's how it used to be.” She said.

“Do I get a tattoo like you?” Omega asked eagerly, she really liked Freyu's tattoos.

“Oh, no, the flowers aren't ready yet. That's where we get the color from. But once I have it ready, you could do it if you want.” Freyu said.

“That's gonna be so cool!” Omega insisted.

Freyu chuckled and went back to eating.

“Are you forgetting about the gai bal manda?” Tesi asked, leaning towards them from her place at the table sipping some… thing, Omega honestly did not understand that droid one bit.

“No, I just haven't gotten there yet.” Freyu huffed.

“What's the gai bal manda?” She asked.

“You'll find out.” Freyu said cheekily.

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Omega laid on the couch with an overly full stomach, Freyu had accidentally over-estimated how much humans could eat, Pantorans could eat much more. That just meant lots of tasty leftovers the next couple of days.

Freyu was finishing up with cleaning, she'd refused her help when she offered. Tesi had said something about her stalling which had Freyu shouting for Tesi to shut up with a purple face.

A few minutes later Freyu came out with a metal pot full of something. The pot was heavily decorated and looked really old. Freyu set it on the caf table and took a deep breath before turning to her.

“I'm going to let you know something that you can't ever tell anyone else, it's extremely important that you understand how secret this is.” Freyu insisted.

I knew there was something she wasn't telling me! Omega thought.

“Omega, this is serious, if it wasn't I would have told you already.” Freyu told her, snapping her fingers to get her attention.

She cocked her head to the side.

“How serious is it?” she asked.

“The Empire would try to kill me.” Freyu said.

Omega gasped, Freyu covered her mouth before she could say anything.

“I didn't say they would kill me, I said they would try to, okay?” She said.

Omega nodded and Freyu removed her hand from her mouth.

“You can't tell anyone about this.” Freyu said one last time.

She sat on her knees and closed her eyes, holding out her arms in front of her chest.

“Oh and stand back, don't wanna burn you.” She added.

Before Omega could ask what she meant, Freyu snapped her fingers and a blue spark burst forth from her hands, erupting into a blue and purple flame that danced above her finger tips.

She stared down at the flickering flame with a saddened smile, then glanced up to her and extended her hands, and the fire, towards her. Omega backed away from the definitely not normal fire and Freyu withdrew her hands, pulling the fire back close to her chest.

Her saddened face was illuminated by her own flames as she moved one hand from beneath the flame.

“I didn't lie to you… but I didn't tell you the truth either.” Freyu said after a moment.

With a flick of her free hand, part of the flame pulled away and danced around her fingers.

“Freyu… how are you doing this…?” She asked.

“You remember when I told you about Maatsu, right?”

She nodded.

“And when I told you about the Force?”

She nodded again.

“I can use it.” Freyu turned her head away as she spoke.

Omega stared at the fire and Freyu, the flames danced calmly as they hovered over her hand. A million questions raced around her head but only one came out.

“Like a Jedi?”

Freyu nodded.

“You said you couldn't be one.” She felt the need to point out.

“I was too old and emotionally unstable for them to be comfortable, my mom didn't make it very far there either. Guess they didn't want to have another failure like her.” Freyu said almost bitterly.

“Your mom was a Jedi? Why didn't she do well?” Omega asked.

“My mom didn't talk about her life much, I didn't know she was one until very recently.” Freyu admitted.

“Okay… so you can do the stuff Jedi can… why is that so bad? It doesn't seem like something that would get you into trouble.” Omega said.

Freyu sighed and closed her palm around the flame, she didn't extinguish it, but she made it incredibly small.

“Do you remember anything about the clone wars? Aside from what people have told you.” She asked.

“No… why? What happened?”

“Honestly I don't really remember, I never paid much attention to the war shit cause I didn't need to, there was just war one day, no war the next time I checked. But there was a bunch of nonsense about the Jedi being traitors, which I seriously doubt is true, and there's that purge you've heard about. I just assumed that the Empire wouldn't react so kindly to someone like me around.” Freyu said.

“It’s not so different from normal, I've never been open about this, I don't just walk around lifting stuff with my mind or starting fires, that isn't smart. I can usually get away with a lot of stuff because I live here and things are just like that here, but I really don't want the Empire finding out. I don't think it would be very fun.” She added.

They'll attack her! She already said they would try to kill her! Omega realized with a jolt of fear.

“They'll take you if they find out, won't they?” She guessed.

Freyu shot her a sympathetic look, nodding.

“They will probably try, but we don't have to worry about that, because they won't find out.” She said confidently.

Omega gave her a small smile and nodded. She would take this secret to her grave. She wasn't going to let anyone take her family away from her again.

Freyu smiled back.

“Alright, let's get on with this.” With a flick of her hand, the lid of the pot she brought in was removed and whatever was within was set ablaze by the spark in her hand.

The flames danced in front of her, bathing the room in a flickering blue and purple light.

“Are you ready?” Freyu asked.

“Yeah, I am.” I'm ready to be wanted.

Freyu took her hand and held it palm up over the fire. She could feel the heat on her skin, but she knew Freyu wouldn't let any harm come to her. A cool liquid was poured into the center of her palm.

“Once I say your name, we turn our hands over.” Freyu whispered.

Omega nodded.

Whatever was in their hands would go into the fire once it was done.

Freyu took in a deep breath and gave her a nervous, excited smile.

“Ni kyr’tayl gia sa’ad, Omega.”

Together, they turned their hands over and let the liquid trickle off into the flame below.

The fire surged, green flashed through the blue flame. For a moment, the flames enveloped her hand but she felt no pain. Freyu held her hand as the fire danced around them before settling back down.

Then she covered the pot again and the fire went out.

“Welcome to the family, Meg'ika.” Freyu said.

Omega slammed herself into her big sister's side and hugged her, Freyu hugged her back and patted her head.

“Just so you know, you're stuck with me forever now. Even if you hate me, I'm going to stick with you no matter what you say, so I hope you're ready to deal with me for the rest of your life.” Freyu teased.

“I wouldn't ever hate you.” Omega told her honestly.

Freyu raised an eyebrow.

“Just wait til I embarrass you in front of someone you have a crush on.” She said.

“Freyu!” Omega whined.

“Now that's more like it.” Freyu said, playfully ruffling up her hair.

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Freyu glanced up from her book as Tesi came into the living room. She and Omega had been watching a movie and Omega fell asleep on her.

“It's good to see you like this again.” Tesi said softly.

“Huh? What do you mean?” Freyu asked the droid, shifting Omega's weight slightly to be more comfortable.

“Happy, peaceful. It's truly been too long since I've seen you comfortable in your own skin.” Tesi said with her literally shining smile glowing softly.

Freyu smiled down at Omega snuggled up next to her.

“It feels good too.”

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Pyrokinesis is a thing in Star Wars

I hope you all have a good day whatever that is for you!

VJS Out!

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earthling-wolf · 1 year ago

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Cognitive Typology Lecture Series

Identifying Introversion & Extroversion

The Problem in Typology

Developing an Objective Typology

Four Energetics & Function Hierarchy

Four Judgment Functions

Four Perception Functions

Identifying TeSi Vultology

Identifying NiFe Vultology

Identifying SiTe Vultology

Identifying FeNi Vultology

Identifying SeTi Vultology

Identifying TiSe Vultology

Identifying NeFi Vultology

Identifying FiNe Vultology

Delta & Beta Psychology

Identifying TeNi Vultology

Identifying NiTe Vultology

Identifying FiSe Vultology

Identifying SeFi Vultology

Identifying FeSi Vultology

Identifying SiFe Vultology

Identifying NeTi Vultology

Identifying TiNe Vultology

Alpha & Gamma Psychology

Metabolism PT1: Te Mechanics vs Fe Teleology

Metabolism PT2: Ti Platonism & Fi Animism

Metabolism PT3: Si Locality & Ni Translocality

#Masterpost

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chez-mimich · 2 years ago

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BRUCE NAUMAN: “NEONS CORRIDORS ROOMS” (parte I)

Forse non tutti sanno che Bruce Nauman, da giovane, aveva intrapreso studi matematici, ma invece di un razionalissimo matematico è diventato un razionalissimo artista, sfatando, ancora una volta, se ce ne fosse bisogno, che arte e razionalità, spesso, molto più spesso di quanto si ami credere, non possano convivere. Ed è proprio applicando il metodo rigoroso dell’indagine scientifica che verità, spesso indiscusse e tramandate, possono non bastare a fornire una percezione univoca e rassicurante della realtà. Visitare la magnifica mostra “Neons Corridors Rooms” del Pirelli Hangar Bicocca di Milano conferma ampiamente questa tesi ed è quindi fortemente consigliato, fino al 26 febbraio, costringere il vostro corpo a visitarla, visto che anche il vostro corpo diventerà parte della ricerca del grande artista americano. Bruce Nauman usa il corpo (soprattutto quello del visitatore), come materiale scultoreo umano e le sue installazioni non potrebbero vivere senza il corpo di chi le attraversa e le percorre. Il corpo del visitatore si trova a vivere in una sorta di “dasein” per usare un termine caro all’esistenzialismo, nell’opera stessa. “Esserci” questa potrebbe essere la traduzione del termine tedesco: esserci per esperire ed essere esperiti. La prima opera della mostra curata da Roberta Tenconi e Vincente Todoli, è “Dream Passage with Four Corridors”, una struttura a croce greca fatta di quattro strettissimi corridoi, illuminati da ossessivi neon di colore rosso e giallo, con al centro una piccolissima stanza centrale, arredata da un tavolo di acciaio con due sedie nella parte inferiore e due sedie ancorate al soffitto. Il senso di oppressione data dalla perdita dei riferimenti spaziali consueti, è totale. Del resto è piuttosto chiara la dichiarazione d’intenti sui neon multicolori a forma di spirale appesi nella parete più lunga dell’Hangar “The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths”. Le verità mistiche di cui parla Nauman sono però piene di razionalità geometrica, come nell’antico “Perfomance Corridor” del 1969, semplicissimo, rigorosissimo e strettissimo corridoio bianco. Sempre a proposito di ossessioni ecco “Get Out of My Mind, Get Out of This Room” del 1968 dove due casse emettono la voce dell’artista che ripete all’infinito il titolo dell’opera e invita il visitatore ad uscire dall’angusto spazio (o forse invita l’ossessione a lasciare la testa dell’artista, ma in questo dubbio sta la magia dell’opera). Tra le opere della navata centrale dell’Hangar mi piace ricordare la straordinaria “Left or Standing, Standing or Left Standing” costruzione rettangolare che ingloba un’altra costruzione trapeziodale pervasa da un’invasiva ed intensa luce gialla, realizzata per Leo Castelli a New York negli anni Settanta e che indaga sulla capacità degli spazi interni di creare ansia. Ancora spaesamento in “Changing Light Corridor with Room” con due luci, a intermittenze sfalsate, e collocate in due diverse stanze che provocano un suggestivo disorientamento spaziale. (Continua)

#bruce nauman #neons corridors rooms #mostre #pirelli hangar bicocca

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notasfilosoficas · 2 years ago

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“Hacer lo útil, decir lo justo y contemplar lo bello es bastante para una vida de hombre”

T.S. Eliot

Thomas Stern Eliot, fue un poeta, dramaturgo y critico literario británico estadounidense nacido en San Luis Misuri en septiembre de 1888.

Representó una de las cumbres de la poesía en lengua inglesa del siglo XX.

Su padre era un importante hombre de negocios, y su madre una aficionada a la literatura.

Debido a limitaciones físicas desde su niñez, y debido a este aislamiento desarrolló su pasión por la literatura.

Una vez aprendió a leer, se dejó envolver por las historias del salvaje oeste y por las peripecias de Tom Sawyer de Mark Twain.

De 1898 a 1905, Thomas estudió en la Smith Academy de Saint Louis destacando en todas las materias desde latín a física, comenzando a escribir poesía a los 14 años, de donde las Rubaiyat de Omar Jayam, le servirían de inspiración.

En 1906 ingresa a la Universidad de Harvard done estudió griego, literatura inglesa, alemán, historia medieval e historia del arte, doctorándose en 1911 en filosofía, con una tesis sobre F.H. Bradley filósofo británico exponente del idealismo absoluto, derivado de la obra del filosofo Friedrich Hegel.

En Harvard, es nombrado profesor ayudante de filosofía y conoce al británico premio Nobel Bertrand Russell, quien juzga a T.S. Eliot como su mejor alumno y en donde es becado para estudiar en Alemania, estudios que no pudo realizar debido a la guerra, y ante el inicio de esta, huye del país trasladándose a Inglaterra.

Es Ezra Pound, el poeta y músico estadounidense quién lo introduce en el mundo literario inglés.

En 1917, aparece su primer gran poema: “La canción de amor de J. Alfred Prufrock” una de las obras mas citadas del autor, quien pone en manifiesto su vocación experimental.

Después de publicar un conjunto de obras poéticas y ensayos críticos, y de su poema “La tierra baldía” quién lo haría célebre a nivel mundial. Funda en 1922 la revista Criterion.

En 1943 aparecerá el libro que tanto él mismo como gran parte de la critica considera su obra maestra “Four Quartets�� Esta obra, está compuesta de cuatro poemas relacionados entre si, abarca 30 años de filosofía y misticismo, en donde la imaginería cristiana y el simbolismo abundarían en sus poemas. A partir de entonces su poesía no volverá a alcanzar tales cotas de calidad, sin embargo, el máximo reconocimiento le llegará en 1948 con el otorgamiento del Premio Nobel de Literatura y la Orden del Mérito del Reino Unido, ambos en el mismo año.

Eliot fallece en Londres a la edad de 76 años de un enfisema pulmonar,

Fuente Wikipedia.

#frases #Frases Inspiradoras #poetas #poetas contemporáneos #t.s. eliot #premio nobel #literatura #literature #frases motivadoras #citas de la vida #citas celebres

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funkymbtifiction · 2 years ago

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TeNi vs TiNe

Hi Charity! I guess it's for a reason Ni is considered the most "mysterious" function of them all, because I don't think I can understand it properly, haha. I wanted to ask how TeNi and TiNe users would go along solving the same problem.

Here is where I am probably be wrong, so please, correct me! I see it as a TiNe user would consider different solutions, almost picking out from the possibilities around them, until they find a solution that satisfies their subjective view of the world (might be way too long-winded and unnecessary complex, but it works for them). Whereas, I think TeNi user would find the fastest, most efficient solution that is provable with outside facts and is "objectively" good (?). But... I am having troubles picturing what Ni does. I think I can vaguely imagine how it works with TeSi, where, along with objective facts, personal experiences, memories, learned skills come into play, where Te user refers not only to outside world, but to their "inner catalogue" as well.

Somehow, I can't wrap my head around how exactly Ni works, because even reading the abstract descriptions of functions doesn't help. I understand that it's all about looking into the future and into the abstract but I can't see how it would manifest. Setting on a one idea and fiercely pursuing it? (Almost like a tunnel vision...?) But that's more about WHAT they do, not HOW they come to that conclusion. Do they have a certain insight, which they then prove to be real/make real with tangible facts and efforts?

An ENTJ would want to find a workable solution that will still be valid and efficient ten years from now. They think in terms of long-term potential and goals, so they want to implement something now that may come into full fruition much later on. They envision the pattern of what might happen in the future and anticipate it, and incorporate that into their solution. They are better at long term thinking than NTPs, because Ne is present ideas / immediate future, and Ni is distant future-based. Sometimes, ENTJs have a particular vision of what they want to accomplish, and have to wait for the technology to catch up to their idea -- like James Cameron having the idea for Avatar about fifteen years before he could film it, and in the meantime, investing in developing CGI so that EVENTUALLY he could carry out his vision. Pretty awesome, huh? (And now he has filmed three sequels simultaneously, after waiting a few years for, again, the computer technology to catch up to his ideas.) If you study him, you will get a sense of how an ENTJ gets things done and the process of doing so.

I don't think I ever had a close relationship with a high Ni-user, so I never had the chance to observe them and what goes through their mind when they do things. (Because even if you don't personally understand, if you observe, you can get a general gist of what's going on... but having no high-Ni users in me life makes me really clueless in that regard). Especially, how Ni works combined with Te. I am really eager to know, though. Thank you so much! I hope you have a great day.

Get my book and read it, if you haven't already. I did all the hard work for you of talking to Ni users, finding out how their intuition works, and then integrating it with thinking and feeling functions, from an inward perspective. In essence, its' about taking an unusual vantage point, having a specific idea in your mind (no exceptions), and working toward that by making every decision about whether this will take you closer to what you want or not. NTJs think in terms of long-term strategies (if you put this shopping complex here, in ten years it's going to cause traffic backups on these four streets...).

#question #mbti #entj

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rainbow-burst · 5 years ago

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They better not put me or have me be at cashier

Going to cashier training for 8 hours yallllllllllllllllllll, Hope it goes well

#i freaking failed four questions on the tabacoo tesy #they better jist keep me in the back #seriously fuck ***'s test

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thelivebookproject · 3 years ago

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Beat the Backlist 2021 Update!

[Don’t know what I’m talking about? EXPLANATION LINK HERE]

One of my (many) 2021 goals was to participate in the Beat the Backlist 2021 challenge, because I’m a simple person: I see book bingos, I want in. I chose the 24-square bingo to start off easy, and I’ve already finished it! Under the cut you can see my complete bingo card and the list of books I’ve read.

And if you thought this was the end of it, you thought WRONG: I downloaded the 52-square bingo right this morning and tried to complete the maximum numbers of prompts with what I’ve read so far this year, because I might as well do things the right way. Right now the full challenge is 65% done, according to my StoryGraph progress bar, so I’m right on schedule to finish it! Yay!

* Means the book doesn’t have an English translation

If a translator isn’t named, it’s because I read the book in the original language regardless of how it appears here!

WTF plot twist: Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1) - Seanan McGuire --> 4/5 [Review]

Kept you up late reading: The Art of Showing Up: How to Be There for Yourself and Your People - Rachel Wilkerson Miller --> 3.5/5

Set in a major city: Brexit romance - Clémentine Beauvais --> 3/5

A book with illustrations: Camp Half-Blood Confidential (The Trials of Apollo #2.5) - Rick Riordan --> 3.5/5

First line is less than 10 words: Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women #1) - Evie Dunmore --> 3/5

Good book, bad cover: La tesis de Nancy (Nancy #1) - Ramón J. Sender * --> 3.5/5

Second book in a duology: This Coven Won't Break (This Witches Don't Burn #2) - Isabel Sterling --> 3.5/5

Multiple points of view: Tyll - Daniel Kehlmann (Trans. Isabel García Adánez) --> 3.5/5

Standalone: Evelina - Frances Burney --> 3/5

Genre you never/rarely read: Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi --> 5/5

Picked by a friend/trusted reviewer: The Switch - Beth O'Leary --> 4.5/5

Cover features your favourite colour prominently: Kiki's Delivery Service (Kiki’s Delivery Service #1) - Eiko Kadono (Trans. Rumi Sato) --> 3/5

Character lets out a breath they didn't realize they were holding: How to Fail at Flirting - Denise Williams --> 3.5/5

Black and white: So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo --> 5/5

From your 2020 backlist TBR: Diary of a Newlywed Poet - Juan Ramón Jiménez --> 2.5/5

Book you forgot you had: Loki: Where Mischief Lies - Mackenzi Lee --> 3.5/5

Caused a major book hangover: Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton --> 2.5/5

Person on the cover: The Real Deal - Lauren Blakely --> 2/5

Has a map: Making a Tinderbox (The Tinderbox Takes #1) - Emma Sterner-Radley --> 2/5

Anthology: Four Fumbling Fairy Tales - Lia London --> 3/5

More than one author: Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19 - Ed. Jennifer Haupt –> 2.5/5

On the Indie Bestseller list in 2020 or earlier: Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other - Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish with Charlotte Reather → 3.5/5

Banned book: The Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig --> 2.5/5

Non-binary protagonist: Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Impostors #1) - Cat Sebastian --> 3.5/5

I didn’t write reviews, but I’m more than happy to talk about any of these books if you’re curious so don’t hesitate to reach out!

How are your challenges going?

#btb2021 #beat the backlist #2021 goals #booklr #thelivebookproject #july 2021

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rosiefridayrogersunday · 3 years ago

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nickname: tes, tesa, tis, otis, tazza, tesy

zodiac sign: cancer

height: 150cm

last movie i watched: the photograph 🥰

last thing i googled: dark tv series

favorite musicians/artists: the supremes, tame impala, haim, stevie nicks, earth wind n fire, the 1975, salt n pepa, harry styles

current song stuck in my head: angel baby✨ troye sivan

lucky number: 16

currently wearing: pjs

dream job: curator

dream trip: greece/india

languages: indonesian & english

ocean side or mountain: ocean side

do you play any instruments? I wishhh

current favorite song: still water (love) - four tops / so hot you’re hurting my feelings - caroline polachek

one random fact about yourself: i have dry eyes 👁👄👁

describe yourself as an aesthetic: equal parts confetti and flowers 🎉💐

tagged by: sweet @queenofthefaceless ❤️

no pressure tags: @acourtofsnakes @myoddramblings @chasingdreamer @ithinkwehitametaphor @clumsy-stormtrooper

#tag games #bisous!#🎉it’s a party on the inside💐#about me

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gregor-samsung · 4 years ago

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“ Negli anni settanta, dopo una generazione in cui era stato rimosso, venne rievocato l'olocausto. Le ragioni erano molte, ma una di queste era la necessità del ricordo dell'antisemitismo. I giovani nei college erano i più inclini a credere che la loro generazione non corresse più alcun pericolo e che avessero l'opportunità di mescolarsi agli altri nella società americana. Nei moltissimi nuovi centri di studi ebraici fondati negli anni settanta, l'argomento di cui si parlava di più era l'olocausto. Nei più profondi recessi del loro cuore i giovani ebrei venivano esortati a vivere una contraddizione: dovevano accettare gioiosamente l'America liberale che gli ebrei avevano contribuito a costruire ma dovevano continuare ad aver paura. L'insegnamento era che, in definitiva, gli ebrei sono soli. Questo isolamento interiore seminascosto rappresentava il loro "essere ebrei". Nel 1975, quando l'interesse per l'olocausto stava raggiungendo il suo apice, Lucy Dawidowicz pubblicò La guerra contro gli ebrei: 1933-1945. Poiché il suo libro era basato su una tesi chiaramente "ebraica" - "l'idea che Hitler aveva degli ebrei occupava un posto centrale nella sua mente; essi furono alla base della sua visione del mondo e delle sue ambizioni politiche, la matrice della sua ideologia e il nucleo inestirpabile della sua dottrina nazionalsocialista" - la Dawidowicz descriveva un olocausto che conferiva grandeur al ruolo degli ebrei, in quanto combattenti perseguitati che avevano tuttavia continuato a combattere. L'olocausto era un ricordo terribile. Evocava colpa, compassione e paura. Ricordava agli ebrei americani, in un periodo fondamentalmente ottimistico, che essere ebreo è sapere che la vita volge spesso in tragedia, sofferenza e odio assassino. Anche il nuovo stato d'Israele, centro della speranza e della potenza ebraica, non era soltanto gloria e trionfo; la sua esistenza era messa in pericolo dai nemici arabi. Gli ebrei venivano invitati a stringersi attorno a Israele con lo slogan "mai più". Questo "esercito" era unito non solo dal cameratismo della lotta, ma anche da alcuni riti come il seder pasquale o l'accensione delle candele dell'Hanukkah per esprimere il proprio sentimento di attaccamento verso tutti gli altri ebrei, del passato e del presente. La comunità ebraica in America, quindi, era modellata de facto non come una comunità religiosa, ma come una comunità etnica. Gli ebrei d'America avrebbero definito la propria identità combattendo i nemici e stringendosi l'uno a fianco dell'altro. Negli anni ottanta alcuni sociologi ebrei, con alla testa Calvin Goldscheider, si diedero un gran da fare per esaltare questa novità. La loro tesi fondamentale era che la comunità ebraica americana aveva "trasformato" il proprio ebraismo in una forma adatta all'America. Sostenevano che questo giudaismo americano si era stabilizzato: veniva continuato, per niente indebolito, dalla terza e dalla quarta generazione. Gli ebrei americani non si assimilavano. Al contrario, alcuni dei sociologi sostenevano che la percentuale di matrimoni misti si era stabilizzata al trenta per cento, e gli ebrei americani osservavano diverse delle festività - la Pasqua, Hanukkah e lo Yom Kippur - con lo stesso fervore di sempre. All'osservanza di questi riti questa generazione aveva anche aggiunto una nuova passione per Israele che non aveva precedenti. Questo ottimismo sulla continuità non rispondeva al vero. Negli anni ottanta matrimoni misti, l'indicatore più sensibile della stabilità della comunità ebraica, continuavano ad aumentare. Anche Goldscheider stava diventando meno ottimista. Insieme a Sidney Goldstein, suo collaboratore, nel 1987 egli condusse un'indagine demografica sulla comunità ebraica del Rhode Island: la percentuale dei matrimoni misti che nel 1960 ammontava al quattordici per cento, era salita al ventisette per cento nel decennio successivo, e stava crescendo ancora negli anni ottanta. “

Arthur Hertzberg, Gli ebrei in America. Storia, cultura, società, (traduzione di Fiorenzo Fantaccini e Luigi Marinelli), Bompiani, 1993¹; pp. 374-76.

[ Edizione originale: The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter, published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989 ]

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les-larmes-d-eros · 2 months ago

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Universum, par Tesi Four

#Tesi Four #Femme Photographe #female photographers #allure #nude portrait #fine art nude #Intimité intérieure #photographic nude

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narraboths · 6 years ago

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Aron I will need extensive comment on that episode and on that insta live from you. Because I can't. I need a full on tesis.

well i hope the past four hours sufficed lol

#Anonymous

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magicnightfall · 6 years ago

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ICEBERG, RIGHT AHEAD

Io sono tirchia economicamente oculata.

Il solo pensiero di separarmi fisicamente dal contante mi provoca spasmi muscolari, sudorazione, tic all’occhio, asma, sinusite, prurito, rinite allergica, congiuntivite, tosse, tachicardia, bradicardia, ballo di San Vito, ballo del qua qua, ballo del mattone e tuca tuca.

Così, quando mi si è presentata la scelta di Sophie se spendere undici (UNDICI) euro per andare al cinema a vedere Titanic in occasione della celebrazione del ventennale (dopo averlo già visto al cinema nel 1998 - due volte - e nel 2012 per la riedizione 3D, aver comprato il cofanetto dvd, e guardandolo ogni volta che lo passano in tivì al punto che so esattamente dove cascano gli stacchi pubblicitari) e risparmiare la pecunia alla luce del quadro clinico di cui sopra, beh

io ieri alle 17:17 ero in fila alla cassa dell’UCI Cinemas (si noti che il lunedì la biglietteria apre 17:15) a chiedere un biglietto per lo spettacolo delle 20:00.

Perché, non so se si è capito, a me Titanic piace appena appena un tantino.

La sala, comunque, era bella pienotta, segno che evidentemente, pure dopo vent’anni, ‘sto film tira ancora parecchio. Io, dal mio posto G10, mi esibivo in una disgustosa ostentazione di plutocratica sicumera del fatto che tanto no, tutti gli altri spettatori non potranno certo arrivare ad un livello ossessivo-patologico pari o superiore a quello della sottoscritta.

sbagliavo.

Perché nella mia fila c’era lui: un ragazzo che sapeva a memoria tutte le battute e no, non è un eufemismo.

Tutte.

Non solo le frasi epiche.

Tutte.

Anche quelle più banali.

Anche “Tutti i bauli su quell’automobile lì, dodici di questi, e la cassaforte, vanno nelle suite presidenziali B52, 54 e 56”.

Conosceva ogni brano della colonna sonora.

Anticipava gli attacchi della musica.

Perfino la melodia tipo carillon che suona quando Cal regala a Rose il Cuore dell’oceano.

Il fottuto carillon.

Nemmeno io, che pure conosco ogni battuta a memoria, anche le più banali, ho idea di come faccia la melodia del carillon.

NEMMENO JAMES CAMERON HA IDEA DI COME FACCIA LA MELODIA DEL CARILLON.

Si è fermato a cantare My Heart Wil Go On.

Credo, per la prima volta in vita mia su questo argomento, di aver trovato un mio degno avversario. Allora che ho fatto? Nella mia testa sono entrata in modalità competitiva, e quindi ho pensato di scrivere questo post.

Perché lui avrà pure visto il film quarantotto milioni di volte, ma ha letto l’inchiesta del Senato americano a seguito del naufragio? L’ha letta? Perché io sì.

Mentre le ragazzine della mia età leggevano Twilight, io leggevo l’inchiesta del Senato americano a seguito del naufragio.

(vabbè, che vol dì, Twilight l’ho letto pure io - ma le ragazzine della mia età hanno letto l’inchiesta del Senato americano a seguito del naufragio? Eh? EH?)

(a questo link un post che prende le mosse dall’inchiesta, e relativo agli italiani ai tempi del Titanic)

Perché lui avrà pure visto il film quarantotto milioni di volte, ma ha fatto la tesi di laurea sui sinistri marittimi?

Perché io sì.

Praticamente, entrambi gli emisferi del mio cervello sono composti da nozioni varie ed eventuali sul Titanic e il suo naufragio. Non c’è dentro nient’altro.

Potrebbero chiedermi: ma ti serve a qualcosa sapere che il Titanic si differenziava dalla sua gemella Olympic perché la seconda aveva il ponte di passeggiata A aperto? O che il quarto fumaiolo era finto e aveva solo funzione decorativa? O che le porte dei compartimenti stagni funzionavano “a ghigliottina” nel senso che per chiuderle in assenza di elettricità sarebbe stata sufficiente la forza di gravità? Ti serve forse per lavoro? No. Certo che no. Tutt’al più mi serve per avere sempre qualche argomento di conversazione alle feste.

Posso dire che ho sempre modo di... rompere il ghiaccio.

Too soon?

It’s been eighty-four years

E quindi niente, ho deciso di pubblicare qui di seguito un estratto del capitolo terzo della mia tesi in diritto della navigazione, nella parte relativa al Titanic, perché la gara a chi è più fulminato co’ ‘sto film - gara di cui l’altro ragazzo è totalmente ignaro - la devo vincere io.

LE INCHIESTE SUI SINISTRI MARITTIMI

- Alessandra Pierandrei Università degli studi di Macerata - Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza - Anno Accademico 2014/2015

LE INCHIESTE SUI SINISTRI MARITTIMI NEL DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE

1. Le ripercussioni del naufragio del Titanic sulle normative domestiche e su quella internazionale.

Il naufragio più celebre della storia, quello occorso al transatlantico Titanic nel 1912 a seguito della collisione con un iceberg, ha giocato un ruolo estremamente importante sulla sicurezza della navigazione e sulla preservazione della vita umana in mare, tanto da avviare un vero e proprio processo di riforma della legislazione marittima, rendendola più rispondente alle esigenze emerse l’indomani del disastro.

Affondato la notte del 15 aprile a qualche centinaia di miglia dall’isola di Terranova (Canada), il Titanic, con le sue 1517 vittime (su 2228 persone a bordo) rese infatti evidente l’inadeguatezza delle norme allora vigenti: inadeguatezza ampiamente sottolineata dalle due inchieste che vennero condotte per far luce sulla dinamica dei fatti, una negli Stati Uniti (da parte di una sottocommissione del Senato), e l’altra nel Regno Unito (da parte di una commissione del Board of Trade, il Ministero del commercio).

Entrambe le inchieste si conclusero con l’enunciazione di numerose raccomandazioni in materia di sicurezza, che si tradussero in altrettanti atti normativi. Raccomandazioni che, peraltro, andavano adeguandosi al progresso tecnologico: l’invenzione di Guglielmo Marconi, il radiotelegrafo (il cui brevetto risaliva al 1896, poco più di un decennio prima) si era dimostrata efficace anche nelle trasmissioni transoceaniche, tuttavia non vi era ancora una normativa che le regolamentasse in maniera puntuale: non solo sulle navi non era previsto un servizio radio di ventiquattro ore, ma anche il linguaggio morse utilizzato non era uniforme. Ad esempio, contemporaneamente al segnale di soccorso introdotto nel 1904 dall’azienda Marconi’s Wirless Telegraph Company, il CQD, esisteva anche il nuovo segnale convenzionale, il SOS (1), adottato nella seconda conferenza radiotelegrafica di Berlino nel 1906 (e in vigore dal luglio del 1908).

Le due inchieste, svolte in maniera indipendente poco tempo il naufragio (2), produssero tuttavia raccomandazioni simili.

La commissione del Senato degli Stati Uniti, nel rapporto finale (3), prese atto della necessità di modificare la legislazione vigente e di produrne ulteriore, al fine di garantire la sicurezza della vita umana in mare. Tra le numerose raccomandazioni proposte, si ricordano in particolare quelle che riguardano le scialuppe, il radiotelegrafo e i requisiti strutturali da rispettare in sede di costruzione.

Per prima cosa, venne esortata l’installazione di scialuppe in numero sufficiente per tutte le persone a bordo (il Titanic disponeva di scialuppe soltanto per un terzo delle persone trasportate [4]), e si ritenne che i membri dell’equipaggio dovessero essere adeguatamente istruiti sul loro funzionamento (5), anche attraverso delle frequenti esercitazioni durante la navigazione.

Venne sottolineata la necessità di disciplinare in maniera puntuale il servizio radiotelegrafico: in particolare, le raccomandazioni riguardarono l’esigenza di avere almeno un operatore in servizio giorno e notte (6), e che fosse coadiuvato da efficiente sistema di comunicazione tra la sala radio e il ponte, così che la postazione non restasse mai sguarnita; l’esigenza di impedire qualsiasi interferenza da parte dei radioamatori e, infine, quella di avere un generatore ausiliario di corrente che consentisse alle apparecchiature radiotelegrafiche di poter funzionare il più a lungo possibile.

Per quanto riguarda invece i requisiti strutturali delle navi, le raccomandazioni hanno avuto ad oggetto la necessità di un ulteriore scafo rinforzato (7), i compartimenti stagni, e il modo in cui questi dovessero essere disposti, così che la galleggiabilità o la stabilità della nave non venissero compromesse in caso di allagamento.

L’inchiesta britannica pervenne alle stesse conclusioni, e in aggiunta venne suggerito di ridurre la velocità di navigazione nelle vicinanze del ghiaccio (8).

La tragedia del Titanic non influenzò soltanto le normative domestiche statunitensi (9) e britanniche: poiché ebbe risonanza globale, consentì di ripensare l’intero settore della navigazione marittima.

A Londra, in risposta al disastro, il 12 novembre 1913 si aprì una conferenza internazionale sulla sicurezza della vita umana in mare. I lavori della conferenza vennero formalizzati nella prima versione della convenzione SOLAS (“International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea”), firmata il 20 gennaio 1914 ma mai entrata in vigore (10). Tra le varie risoluzioni ivi adottate si ricorda l’istituzione, il 7 febbraio 1914, dell’International Ice Patrol (IIP): amministrato dalla guardia costiera degli Stati Uniti (11), l’IIP è un ente deputato al monitoraggio degli iceberg nel Nord Atlantico al fine di promuovere la sicurezza della navigazione, diramando segnalazioni atte a scongiurare il rischio di eventuali collisioni (12).

La SOLAS, in questa sua prima versione, tocca in linea di massima tutti i punti sollevati dalle due inchieste (oltre a prenderne in considerazione anche di ulteriori), disciplinando: il comportamento da tenere in caso di presenza di ghiaccio (l’articolo 8 prescrive l’obbligo di informare le navi nelle vicinanze, e il 10 di moderare la velocità o di cambiare rotta); i compartimenti stagni (articoli 21 e seguenti); il radiotelegrafo, reso obbligatorio (articolo 31); l’obbligo, a carico del capitano, di fornire assistenza a qualsiasi nave in difficoltà (articolo 37) (13); e un numero di scialuppe proporzionato alle persone a bordo (articolo 40, rubricato peraltro “principio fondamentale”).

1 Il segnale SOS, codificato in tre punti, tre linee, tre punti, era di più immediata e facile interpretazione rispetto al CQD (linea, punto, linea, punto / linea, linea, punto, linea / linea, punto, punto). I due marconisti del Titanic (Jack Phillips e Harold Bride, solo il secondo sopravvisse) lanciarono dapprima il CQD, e poi decisero di intervallarlo con il SOS.

2 L’inchiesta americana - presieduta dal senatore William Alden Smith - si svolse dal 19 aprile al 25 maggio 1912, e quella britannica - presieduta da John Charles Bigham - dal 2 maggio al 3 luglio.

3 T. KUNTZ (a cura di), The Titanic disaster hearings: the official transcripts of the 1912 Senate investigation, New York, 1998, p. 554.

4 Uno degli aspetti più controversi del naufragio del Titanic riguarda infatti il numero delle scialuppe (oltre al fatto che molte vennero calate in mare vuote per metà): il transatlantico disponeva di 20 barche (16 standard e 4 canotti pieghevoli), per una capacità di 1178 persone, circa un terzo della capacità totale della nave. Tuttavia, come emerge chiaramente dalle testimonianze rilasciate durante l’inchiesta britannica e in uno dei rapporti dell’inchiesta stessa, il Titanic era perfettamente in regola con le normative allora vigenti: le previsioni del Merchant Shipping Act del 1894 sul numero di scialuppe da installare su ogni nave si basavano infatti sul tonnellaggio, e non sulle persone trasportate. Si riteneva che per una nave di oltre 10.000 tonnellate (all’epoca la nave più grande - la Lucania - raggiungeva le 13.000) fossero sufficienti 16 scialuppe, per una capacità di 962 persone. Quindi non solo il Titanic era conforme alla legge, ma addirittura la capacità delle sue scialuppe eccedeva di 216 rispetto a quanto previsto dai regolamenti. All’indomani del naufragio, le norme del Board of Trade apparvero subito sorpassate e inadeguate, in quanto il limite del tonnellaggio non teneva in considerazione il progresso tecnologico: il Titanic raggiungeva infatti le 46.000 tonnellate, e molte altre navi, seppur in regola, disponevano di scialuppe in numero drammaticamente inferiore rispetto a quanto fosse ragionevolmente auspicabile.

5 Già durante l’affondamento del Britannic (il terzo transatlantico di classe Olympic, gemello dell’Olympic e del Titanic), avvenuto il 21 novembre 1916 dopo aver colpito una mina tedesca nel Mar Egeo mentre svolgeva il servizio di nave ospedale, il migliore addestramento dell’equipaggio consentì un’evacuazione più celere, nonostante la difficoltà creata dalla forte inclinazione del lato di dritta (cfr. M. CHIRNSIDE, The Olympic-class ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic, Stroud, 2004, p. 322).

6 L’importanza di garantire un servizio radiotelegrafico ventiquattr’ore su ventiquattro emerse nell’ambito della testimonianza rilasciata al Senato da Cyril Evens, marconista a bordo della Californian, la nave che verosimilmente si trovava più vicina al Titanic e che era stata costretta a fermarsi perché circondata dal ghiaccio. Evans, alle 22:55, aveva avvertito i suoi colleghi sul Titanic della presenza di iceberg, ma gli venne intimato di tacere perché stavano trasmettendo i messaggi dei passeggeri, trovandosi nel campo di ricezione di Cape Race, sull’isola di Terranova. Evans rimase in ascolto fino alle 23:35 (il Titanic avrebbe colpito l’iceberg cinque minuti più tardi), dopodiché spense la radio e andò a dormire, non potendo così captare le richieste di soccorso. Venne svegliato intorno alle 5:30, e avvertito che durante la notte una nave aveva sparato dei razzi di segnalazione.

7 Il Britannic, varato nel 1914 e la cui costruzione fu molto influenzata dall’incidente del Titanic, disponeva infatti di un ulteriore scafo rinforzato, che tuttavia fu severamente danneggiato dall’esplosione in cui fu coinvolto, rendendolo di fatto inutile.

9 Se le esortazioni circa le scialuppe, la costruzione e il radiotelegrafo avevano comunque portata generale e dunque “internazionale”, la prima raccomandazione emessa all’esito dell’inchiesta americana riguardava in realtà la normativa interna: fino a quel momento, infatti, gli Stati Uniti riconoscevano ed accettavano i certificati di ispezioni di quegli Stati terzi che avessero una legislazione simile alla propria. Alla luce del naufragio del Titanic, sembrava opportuno che questa pratica venisse interrotta, e che non si consentisse ad alcuna nave di trasportare passeggeri da porti americani a meno che questa non si conformasse esattamente ai regolamenti e alle leggi statunitensi.

11 L’articolo 7 della prima convenzione SOLAS invitava infatti il governo degli Stati Uniti di farsi carico dell’osservazione e dello studio del ghiaccio, con la collaborazione di una serie di Stati interessati (tra cui l’Italia), elencati nell’articolo stesso.

13 Se davvero fosse la Californian la nave in lontananza avvistata dai passeggeri del Titanic al momento dell’affondamento fu (ed è tuttora) questione controversa, tuttavia i rapporti finali di entrambe le inchieste - in cui le commissioni si dicono positivamente persuase che si trattasse proprio della Californian - condannarono il comportamento del suo capitano, Stanley Lord, per non aver fornito l’adeguata assistenza nonostante l’avvistamento di segnali di pericolo (nello specifico i razzi, in quanto il marconista stava dormendo e venne svegliato soltanto ore dopo, per iniziativa personale di uno degli ufficiali).

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