My Experience of Italy through Elizabeth Gilbert's Experiences: Part Two

Italy or "Say It Like You Eat It" or "36 Tales About the Pursuit of Pleasure"

Parla come magni is translated to speak the way you eat. Elizabeth Gilbert has a personal translation of this though it is, "say it like you eat it." This is especially present when you're making a big deal out of explaining something, when you're searching for the right words--to keep the language as simple and direct as Roman food. Just lay it on the table.

I think parla come magni is a philosophy is one that should be lived by truly. In today's day in age people make everything so complex, and I know that I'm guilty of this too, when really life would be so much easier. If everyone just laid what they are trying to get across on the table. If its a touchy subject, people normally feel the need to make the subject seem less controversial by making it seem less bad than it normally is. But that little bit of bluntness on a subject could be just what the situation needs.

This doesn't just apple to conversation either, at least I think. From what I've noticed is that our era continues to progress everything becomes more and more complex, from technology to food. Sometimes its the simple things in life that makes everything and everyone happier. Sometimes the simplicity of Roman food is just what you need in your life to make sure you aren't getting to bogged down with the complexity of everyday life.