Only Water in the Sea

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Let’s go An old man once took me fishing with him I was a child, around 6 or 7 years old He had a beard and moustache He never slept at night Instead he would take his boat out Suddenly he smelled something “It smells like salt, like bad weather” "How come? The sea is so flat" He told me to call the crew “We have to pull the net in, there’s a storm coming” Let’s go It was such an old boat He shouted “Hoist the foresail” He put one man on the side of the boat with one hand out "Tell me when you touch the water" because you can't see at night So he told him “Yes I can touch the water” or “No I can't" And then he would twist and turn the boat in the sea There were around 150, 200 boats on the water When the others saw he was leaving, they all followed Suddenly we heard a sound It was the storm coming in He saved them all That old man could smell the coming storm through his moustache because of all the storms he had lived through Unbelievable You must learn from people like that, people who lived for 90 years It’s experience We’re just about getting by, what can we do? Just like the dolphins, trying to survive Today the weather’s good, but what about tomorrow? You have to work hard if you don’t want to starve We’ve lived with the dolphins since we were kids But things are more complicated now There are fewer fish There are fewer fish, we catch less, we earn less. It's a cycle That’s how it is You can’t blame the fishermen or the dolphins It's a balance That’s it You buy a new net, it might be destroyed on the first night Nothing left, just holes They can’t find any fish so they eat the ones in the net It’s a cycle It's the struggle for existence for them too Of course, they’re hungry, they’re going to eat They eat part of the fish, they leave the rest But we care about the net It feels like ancient Rome Wait, don't move. Let me do it Now let it go Take this Once you catch Stromboli fever it’s incurable because this island is an addiction I used to enjoy going to the beach with my easel to paint landscapes One day he said, "Can you give me a canvas?" And I said, “What do you want it for?” His first painting was amazing and since then he’s never stopped I was stunned, it was so beautiful And I said to myself: "Don't think you’re an artist, you’re a joke!" I had artist’s block, believe me so I started crochet... Ingrid Bergman wanted to take him with her so he could study When they were shooting that film "Stromboli, Land of God" He was a boy All of us children used to hang around. She was very...

Surrounded by children Always with children And you were her favourite Not just me, she was nice to everyone Because I had freckles She used to tell me I was Nordic, not Sicilian Sitting between her legs Since the days of Ingrid Bergman, everything has changed Life used to be better then because there was more fraternity In the old days there were 5,000 people on Stromboli Then they started emigrating to Australia or America, and they abandoned their land Nowadays it’s all just business, people are only interested in money That’s the way it’s going I remember when I was young Rabbits, chickens, sheep, goats, cows This island had everything Today there’s nothing It’s all based on tourism If you have some land you clear it You can plant trees If you plant... I had cauliflower last winter... delicious In the old days there were so many fish, We didn’t know what to do with them 700-800 kilos of tuna... they were huge Very old fish Sometimes the water turned green from all the foam they made on the surface We’d fish by the pier to catch cuttlefish It would take 10 minutes to 1 hour to catch 10 kilos of cuttlefish and you were done Then the big ships arrived with those devices They drop them to a depth of 500 metres They attract all the squid If there’s 400 kilos of cuttlefish out there they catch it all Including the big ones with eggs Also, those devices are battery powered Some respectful people collect them and bring them back But disrespectful people dump them in the sea and the battery acid does a lot of damage Now there’s nothing left You find such tiny redfish, it should be forbidden to catch them We need a strategy for reproduction and repopulation If we take everything, especially when they have eggs what’s left to do at sea? You’re just doing more damage If we wait any longer, all that’s left will be water We’re nothing compared with nature Nature can destroy us in a second if it wants to. Nothing left After many years of explosions and seaquakes, and I’ve seen a lot myself, I feel a special attachment to the volcano You can’t say “I’m not afraid of the sea” You’re afraid of the sea, of the volcano, of everything The first thing we do in the morning is cross ourselves we thank God, and then we look at the volcano because if he starts doing what he's capable of doing Let’s not even talk about it It’s just one shot In a second, either everything comes to an end or it stays as it was We all need to take action Everyone. From those in power to us

if we want to survive Otherwise there’ll be no more creation There will only be water in the sea How did you sleep? Peacefully? Look at this, not even... Fabrizio caught a mullet and five squid I caught two, there’s nothing there A big cuttlefish, half eaten Devoured There are vampires down there Vampires? Moray eels, that’s what it is The eels are the vampires Let’s see if the dustmen are coming... the seagulls are the dustmen – Do you know what the Americans did last night? – What did they do? They attacked Assad The Americans did? Yes. He has to go It’s going to be even more of a mess now He killed all those children – They killed children with chemical weapons – With chemical weapons See what I caught today? Just fishbones All the fish are half-eaten Eat up! Eels, a few dolphins, you name it Here they come, there’s another one It’s all for them, nothing for me All half-eaten In one bite Dolphins, rocks, eels They eat everything These are the chicks, the young ones Here, I’ve got something for you, you’re just a baby Something for the little one These ones are a year old In one bite! He ate it right away That’s hunger Get out of here! They even eat fish from my boat Not this one. This is mine!

This one’s still alive so I’ll throw it back but I have to fight with the dolphins... Not dolphins, the seagulls I throw stones to scare them off, otherwise they’ll eat it They’ll eat it otherwise That’s a redfish, it gets very big All half-eaten? They eat everything What a catch I was taught to respect the island and do things properly While other people don't respect the island, they just want to make money It’s not good to behave badly Some people aren’t from here... with all due respect, as they also help us survive There are good people who bring culture Others come and behave badly They misbehave at their own place, and when they come to Stromboli they do the same In time maybe people will start to understand where they live, to respect nature We’re here We’ve respected nature since the day we were born with the principles our parents taught us It’s not about us It’s nature that tells you what you are He’s a free-spirited dog Every dog is different – Some people leave their dog out here all night – That’s not good They start going through the rubbish You have to look after your dog That's why I don’t have dogs. I have chickens Nice At least I have some eggs for myself So they’re healthy? Of course. Chickens, a few rabbits

They also give me fertiliser for the garden So you have a vegetable garden too? A small one, just for myself I grow onions, potatoes, everything I need Lettuce Everything That way I have a healthy diet I catch the fish, but I have to buy the wine So I don't know what I’m drinking, maybe it contains preservatives Good morning Francesco Hi Francesco “Mister Geppetto" Did you finish the boat? He’s our maestro I did something wrong instead of fixing it Mister Geppetto The master boat builder Creator of Pinocchio He uses magic wood He only goes fishing thanks to Mister Geppetto Mister Geppetto fixes our boats We pay him though, he doesn't do it as a favour This is still a quiet place If you have a job you’re the happiest person in the world All the people working in factories They’re not free, they work non-stop Not like my job, I work for myself It's different There are other obligations in the city Of course they’ve got everything there, but sometimes everything is not enough We have our problems, they eat our nets But what can we do? That’s nature, there’s nothing to be done We have to watch out for the big ships that catch all the fish, that's for sure But with our way of fishing... We show respect... it’s small-scale fishing We can't run out of fish, the fish are there You have to believe in something when you like it If you don't believe in it, you don't do it You have to believe in it Otherwise life doesn’t give you many emotions I always think you have to believe in good, you can’t believe in evil Of course I go up there if I want to...

I’ve been up there many times, it’s not that appealing... ... a little bit It's beautiful there... it's something... There’s a monster there, the sound of the volcano He’s alive But sometimes he blows, and he scares us When he first explodes it gives you a fright Then you see what’s going on, you have to check if he’s sending rocks your way He can scare us The Stromboli That's why I don't go there often, I go sometimes and that's enough

2022-10-26 04:48

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