What is the most perfect escape from the boring everyday, from the monotony of the same place and the same sky that blankets you day and night? Is the spirit of adventure enough? Would the magic of a book, the different worlds that unfold before you, fill that emptiness created when you get the impression that your life has lost its meaning or motivation, and would something different shake you up, to re-evaluate again what you had or what you still have? Would a little of Rimbaud’s poetry and rebellion be enough to shake us from our sleep? Or a stroll with Bukowski in search of women and fate? Or even to be co-authors of some story about the nightlife? Or, seeking the paths where the soul meets the sublime, would a walk through the land of Buddha, Confucius, or Rumi have been more reasonable? Or would you look for Borges, and after finding him in a library as big as a city, ask him if he had crammed enough of all this borrowed knowledge into his head? Or, preferring to stay away from the world of books, would you seek more entertaining alternatives? Would Elvis Presley, for example, entice you with his almost divine music and a return back to those years? Would this be enough? Would it be enough to be in the streets and cafes of Paris with the painters who created styles, movements, masterpieces, and history? Or none of these, but a steady, quiet rain in a field, where, without an umbrella and unable to protect yourself, you surrender to the arms of nature and pray to her like a saint? Or the hidden desire to be like Odysseus, fleeing on journeys across seas and boats of hope, with the desire to return triumphant again one day, more virtuous and enriched in your awareness and conscience? Or would it be better, amidst the jungle of metropolises, streets, and lights, to meet love again, in the likeness of a human being, but who could also be an angel, or the Greek gods themselves incarnated specifically in earthly forms to entice you, devour your soul, and enslave you? So many elements, so many scenarios and existential and spiritual entities would leap to their feet to come to your aid and save you from the boredom of the everyday. But would all of these be enough? Rifat ISMAILI Savona 7- 5- 2023