Ischia, “A heart with wings to free us from fear”: the drawings of children in conversation with psychologists

In the center of the sheet Teresa drew a big heart. Inside, however, there is a flame that burns and probably represents the fear of the landslide. On the sides, two tiny wings: “I’m for freedom”, to fly towards the life of before which after that night suddenly stopped. In children’s games and in the silences of the elderly, the Casamicciola disaster is not only the collective tragedy of a community, but also a wound in the soul of the weakest and most fragile, a trauma, destined not to go away any time soon, from which it reacts differently depending on the age.

«I