My Creative Cup of Tea

    #InPartnershipwithMCCOT 1981 Lab Milan Italy Every human being on this earth is unique, and so is one's life. While most people are destined to live an "ordinary" and quiet life, some others, like Italian entrepreneur and founder Francesca Di Palma , who was born and raised outside the box in an unusual single-parent family, get to experience a resolutely unconventional one from an early age. Like single mother Vianne Rocher and her beloved daughter Anouk, fictional characters from the bestseller and eponymous movie 'Chocolat' by British author Joanne Harris, little Francesca and her beloved late Matera-born mother and muse—a strong, alternative, passionate, independent, vegetarian, and free-spirited young woman—travelled all around Italy for a decade. From her being a small baby to age 10, they both led a one-of-a-kind, rich, and nomadic life on the road that brought them to spend a lot of time in several hippie communities. This formative and emotional moth...