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A foreign writer is in Sicily and believes that careful observation is enough to understand Sicilian culture and Sicilians. However, through his stories, he learns that you cannot know or understand Sicily or Sicilians through mere observation. You have to stand beside its people, shoulder to shoulder (Spalla a Spadda), share their struggles and their victories. Only then can you begin to understand
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00:00Well, you said you're stuck, yeah? Struggling to be creative.
00:03You've lost your inspiration, your mojo, your fire.
00:07We need to find it.
00:08You told me that you wanted to be a singer.
00:11I wanted to be a singer, an actor.
00:14A singer?
00:15I couldn't be a singer.
00:17Because we were boys.
00:19Was it your dream?
00:21Was it your dream?
00:22Yes, it was my dream.
00:25If I was born, it was my dream.
00:28Here, take this.
00:30It's lava rock.
00:31Lava rock from Etna.
00:33Your volcano.
00:36Where exactly is this volcano?
00:37Sicily.
00:39Sicilia.
00:40Have you been?
00:41No.
00:43I think you might like it.
00:46But to understand Sicilians, you have to live with Sicilians.
00:49You have to know them.
00:50You don't want to just observe them.
00:52And above all, stay under a tree.
00:54You can only see the orange, but there is nothing.
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