Observable.

Indifference to crying and not interest in the world.

In the photo: the white marble stones of the Carrara beach on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

To benefit from one’s calling[1] / 77.

It is even possible to observe the expenditure of energy that a newborn[2] decides to exert to reach the point of crying, and crying loudly, louder and louder, with a power of voice that surprises the adult, and is audible even at a significant distance.

But crying and screaming will not make them a stronger adult: on the contrary, more easily manipulatable by those who will allow them that saving of energy which smiling requires. Indifference to crying makes the crying cease and, with it, the interest in the world.

Marina Bilotta Membretti/ Cernusco sul Naviglio – May 5, 2026

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[1] www.tutorsalus.net/index.php/en/pensare-da-partner-2/358-psychoanalyst-and-profession-1

[2] ‘Inherit from a child. Why not ?’, Marina Bilotta Membretti/ NeP edizioni Srls (2024) – Chapter 3/ ‘A four-stroke start? p.82