Overview
¿Quién se anima a mirar a los ojos a sus propias vulnerabilidades?
Conocer los problemas de otros, sus contradicciones y dualidades, a veces resulta la forma más adecuada para abordar con compasión y fortaleza a nuestros propios fantasmas.
Con talento y mirada sensible, Juan Tonelli reúne historias extraordinarias de gente común para retratar y explorar distintos aspectos y tensiones de nuestra vida cotidiana, recorriendo temas como el miedo, las contradicciones, el dolor, los traumas y carencias que nos condicionan, y todo eso que sentimos y no podemos expresar.
La mayoría de estas historias están escritas en primera persona, tal como fueron relatadas por sus protagonistas: seres lastimados, fantasiosos, aterrorizados, a veces delirantes, que nos permiten reflejarnos como en un espejo y mirar eso que nos ocupa tanto espacio, pero no nos animamos a enfrentar.
«Comprendí que el tema no eran las dificultades en sí —que todos tenemos y son similares—, sino ser incapaces de abordarlas porque duelen.» Juan Tonelli
«Un elefante en la habitación nos garantiza instantes de encuentro con nosotros mismos. Por eso vale la pena. » Laura Gutman
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Do you dare come to face to face with your own vulnerabilities?
Analyzing other people’s problems, their contradictions and dualities, can be the best way to take on your own ghosts from a position of strength and compassion.
Juan Tonelli has a talent for empathy, as evident in these extraordinary stories of ordinary people exploring different aspects and tensions in our daily lives. Their stories illustrate the fears, contradictions, pain, trauma and absences that condition us and give rise to deep-seated feelings we are unable to express.
Most of the accounts are written in the first person, as they were told by their protagonists: hurt, frightened, whimsical or deluded individuals who serve as mirror for our own souls and the baggage that takes up so much space inside them, but that we’re never brave enough to clear out.
“I understood that the real issue wasn’t the problems themselves – we all have them, and they tend to be similar – but rather our inability to face them because they are painful.” – Juan Tonelli.
“An Elephant in the Room guarantees instants of self-knowledge. That’s why it’s so worthwhile.” – Laura Gutman
Conocer los problemas de otros, sus contradicciones y dualidades, a veces resulta la forma más adecuada para abordar con compasión y fortaleza a nuestros propios fantasmas.
Con talento y mirada sensible, Juan Tonelli reúne historias extraordinarias de gente común para retratar y explorar distintos aspectos y tensiones de nuestra vida cotidiana, recorriendo temas como el miedo, las contradicciones, el dolor, los traumas y carencias que nos condicionan, y todo eso que sentimos y no podemos expresar.
La mayoría de estas historias están escritas en primera persona, tal como fueron relatadas por sus protagonistas: seres lastimados, fantasiosos, aterrorizados, a veces delirantes, que nos permiten reflejarnos como en un espejo y mirar eso que nos ocupa tanto espacio, pero no nos animamos a enfrentar.
«Comprendí que el tema no eran las dificultades en sí —que todos tenemos y son similares—, sino ser incapaces de abordarlas porque duelen.» Juan Tonelli
«Un elefante en la habitación nos garantiza instantes de encuentro con nosotros mismos. Por eso vale la pena. » Laura Gutman
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Do you dare come to face to face with your own vulnerabilities?
Analyzing other people’s problems, their contradictions and dualities, can be the best way to take on your own ghosts from a position of strength and compassion.
Juan Tonelli has a talent for empathy, as evident in these extraordinary stories of ordinary people exploring different aspects and tensions in our daily lives. Their stories illustrate the fears, contradictions, pain, trauma and absences that condition us and give rise to deep-seated feelings we are unable to express.
Most of the accounts are written in the first person, as they were told by their protagonists: hurt, frightened, whimsical or deluded individuals who serve as mirror for our own souls and the baggage that takes up so much space inside them, but that we’re never brave enough to clear out.
“I understood that the real issue wasn’t the problems themselves – we all have them, and they tend to be similar – but rather our inability to face them because they are painful.” – Juan Tonelli.
“An Elephant in the Room guarantees instants of self-knowledge. That’s why it’s so worthwhile.” – Laura Gutman
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