Be OBjective Magazine #1

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L O NELY?

Soundtrack 10+1Dallas vs. MilanHeadphonesWild ThingsThe Melancholy of ModernityPills of Wisdom

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EDITORIAL TEAM

DIRECTORKiki SiderisCHIEF EDITORAlix DoranART, CULTURE, INTERACTION EDITORSNeri BastiancichCamilla PietrabissaGiovanni SaladinoMEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT EDITORSLivia Andrea PiazzaFilippo NavaPHOTOSPECTIVES EDITORStephanie SerraUPSIDE DOWN EDITORSonia FanoniBLOGRosa PlijnaarCOMMUNICATIONMatteo Zanetti Julia WestermannValia Xanthopoulou-TsitsoniLorenzo TubertiniFINANCESSofia Adamantopoulou

©Sonia Fanoni

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ISSUE #1

Alone in the dark

Loneliness can be interpreted in so many ways that, as a theme, it might scare for different reasons. It may seemlike such a broad term that one should narrow it down before even thinking about dealing with it, or it might simply seem so vast and common to all of us that it is better left alone, a theme to be dealt with privately. It is a both anextremely personal theme (the things that make us feel lonely are deeply connected to who we are and what weexpect from, or want to share with, others), but it simultaneously touches every single one of us (who can honestly say they have never felt lonely?).Precisely because it is personal but also common to all of us, what better way to talk about loneliness than througharticles related to a variety of themes, and involving the reader in different worlds and 'minds'? These articles will give us the opportunity to reflect on other ways of interpreting loneliness, or other people's way of dealing with it.But reading is also a moment for each and every one of us to be alone, to take the time to lock ourselves in our own'bubble', and read about others. Our own loneliness becomes less present when we ourselves feel the presence, evenonly on paper, of others feeling the same way we do. By retrieving ourselves from the surrounding agitation and letting ourselves be absorbed by others' stories and adventures, we decide to be alone so we can think about how not to be lonely.Loneliness means different things to each of us, and also changes meaning over time. But as it is generally accepted as a rather sad feeling, perhaps what matters more to us is how to deal with loneliness: the one that enables anartist to create, the need to be alone to appreciate company, or even simply things that we would otherwise not appreciate as much, loneliness that therefore also teaches us to appreciate what surrounds us... Loneliness may emerge as a feeling that is not all negative and potentially destructive.As we were preparing this issue, and as I was reading the articles published in the following pages, loneliness was in fact not the feeling I felt. On the contrary. Even though it was the theme we were focusing on, I only witnessed a willingness to get involved, to share, to communicate. And sharing with you what we have selected as lonely themes and diverse approaches to deal with being lonely is perhaps, for us, our own way of dealing with our occasional loneliness, and turn it into a productive process.As loneliness is a universal feeling interpreted and dealt with in a variety of ways, the variety of articles included inIssue#1 of BOB Magazine will I hope illustrate the different ways in which loneliness was interpreted by the authors of the articles. This issue brings together diverse themes such as difficult break-ups, empty worlds and places,isolated people and objects, but also hope. Hope that by expressing loneliness and accepting it, we can use lonely moments to grow and find solutions.BOB Issue#1 Alone In The Dark is not meant to be depressing for the reader! I personally even believe that you will find energy and life in the articles published in the following pages.As a last point before letting you read Alone In The Dark, I would simply like to introduce the new sections of BOB Magazine. After Issue#0, so many ideas came to our minds that it was difficult to keep exactly the same sections that had been created for the very first issue of BOB Magazine. Issue#1 therefore includes new sections that I hopeyou will enjoy: Interaction is our new interview section, designed to let people express themselves freely; 10+1invites you to sit down and listen to music while reading BOB Magazine; Editor's Choice offers space for an extra article I will let you discover in your own time. And after all this, if you feel like reading more, we will not let you down and feel lonely without BOB Magazine: We will regularly publish articles on the BOB Magazine blog! And now... time to read!

-Alix Doran

CHIEF EDITOR