Baroness Karen Blixen, known by her pen name Isak Dinesen, once claimed to have promised her soul to the devil so that every experience she lived could be transformed into literature. This idea raises profound questions: How do we write about experiences that seem beyond words? Or when the words are so abundant and sharp that they cut like little knives? What role does writing play in addressing violence? Where does the wound reside in our narratives? Writing becomes a quest to trace the origins of malevolence, blending autobiographical elements with torrents of pure imagination. In this encounter, writer and theatre director Carolina Bianchi shares burning questions that compel her to write. This meeting is intended for artists who write or feel an irresistible urge to begin writing.

‘All this that I write to you is like a hot egg that passes from one hand to the other (...) What I write to you is an 'it'. It won't stop: it goes on. What I write to you goes on and I am bewitched.’ — Clarice Lispector