Rene Volpi
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I'm from Italy and write every day. Being a storyteller by nature, I've entertained (and annoyed) people with my “experiments” since I was a child, showing everyone my primitive drawings, doodles, and poems. Still do! Leave me a comment! :)
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The Importance of Living in the Present
We live in a world that would have been incomprehensible to our ancestors as early as just a few years back. And the further back we go, the stronger the shock would've been. In this world that imitates fiction, we are at the mercy of our instincts. Our instincts make us constantly vigilant, checking for thieves or scammers who are lurking at every turn.
By Rene Volpi 2 years ago in Writers
The Trouble With PTSD...and What I Did To Conquer It
I didn’t think I was affected by it. I thought I was too strong to allow it to get me down. I believed, foolishly, that only soldiers who saw battle or civilians who experienced psychosis were the only ones who would get it. Not me.
By Rene Volpi 2 years ago in Humans
This is Not the Kind of Work I signed Up for, Ever.
They sweat non-stop under the hot sun and the suffering is atrocious. The host country had taken away all of their passports when they arrived --under contract-- to work on whatever labor they were directed to do.
By Rene Volpi 3 years ago in Journal
