In the Sardinian Campidanese language "a meigàma" is a locution indicating a precise time of the day: the hours immediately after noon which, in southern Italy, are called la controra. Besides giving an indication of time, "a meigàma" implicitly recalls the summer season. The intense heat, the quiet after lunch, the rest in the shade of a fig tree, the buzz of the cicadas and the absolute brightness that dominates the landscape. A suspended time during which one cannot work, not even play, except by risking succumbing under the fury of the "mother of the sun". The project is the result of "Marmilla fotografia contemporanea", an artistic residency promoted by Su Palatu Fotografia that took place in the summer 2021 between the village of Gonnosnò and its small hamlet of Figu, in Alta Marmilla. Alta Marmilla is the northern portion of the Marmilla sub-region, located in the central-southern part of the island, a vast hilly area situated on the border between the provinces of Oristano and South Sardinia, bordered to the east and south by Campidano, to the northwest by Monte Arci, to the north by Giara di Gesturi and Giara di Serri, and to the east by the Flumini Mannu River. I arrived in Gonnosnò one morning at the end of June, in the days of the solstice, where the first summer sun drew the roads with warm, bright light. I crossed those places by drifting along, driven by the pleasure of wandering, immersed in the signs of the passage of time, searching for enigmas and small epiphanies of the everyday. Along the way I met several people who were essential references. I have sought a special confrontation with the younger generations, creating, through photography, a space for listening and reflecting on the many ways of looking at the country and the future, finding wonder even in what is familiar, to continue looking around us with eyes that are never full.