The title L'erba voglio stems from the Italian proverb "L’erba voglio non cresce neanche nel giardino del re" (The grass called 'I want' doesn't even grow in the king's garden). Historically used to discipline children into suppressing their whims, Fachinelli and his collaborators reclaimed the phrase to champion:
: His essays, such as those in the 1971 anthology that birthed the journal, recount experiments in anti-fascist schooling and the chaotic, sometimes violent, reality of total freedom.
: Fachinelli explored how the "I want" is a mythical representation of crisis , where the individual seeks a new way of communicating that the "judicial mausoleum" of society often rejects. Cultural and Literary Contexts of "Voglio"
: Even in religious contexts, the term is used to frame a divine desire for human fulfillment, as seen in Pope Francis’s writings titled Ti voglio felice (I want you to be happy).
: A radical insistence on individual needs and collective liberation against institutional control.