La giovinezza è felice perché ha la capacità di vedere la bellezza. Chiunque sia in grado di mantenere la capacità di vedere la bellezza non diventerà mai vecchio.
(Franz Kafka)
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Ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers, branches, stems and leaves in vases, best embodies the concepts of wabi-sabi and mono no aware, creating harmony between lines, colours and spaces. Fascinated by this art form during my long stay in the Far East and always eager to deepen my understanding of Eastern philosophical concepts, I recently attended the event Timeless Harmonies - Ikebana between tradition and modernity at the MUDEC in Milan, organised by the Garden Club Milano.
In the 1970s, in the United States, during a time of great social and feminist awakening, the International Women’s Forum was founded — an initiative aimed at giving a voice to women leaders and promoting gender equality across the political, economic, entrepreneurial, academic, and scientific spheres.
Enrica Maria Ghia, a lawyer based between Rome and Milan, leads the Italian chapter of the IWF and speaks about the models and visions of womanhood that have the power to change the world — a conviction shaped by a long-standing awareness.
