Thank you!
Luca
(source: Future of 01/26/2011)
many people can say what is true of some paintings, that is the most valuable part of the frame. It happened to an artist that I know certainly not memorable: he donated a painting to an institution housed in a sumptuous antique frames. One night the robbers came in that building: the next morning the keepers found themselves on the ground the picture, no frame, the only loot in question (probably correctly) worthy of being stolen. This event is a bit 'special, which could turn into a moral parable, it contains a valuable lesson for all, it is well expressed in the sentence of whipping Franco-Romanian writer Emile Cioran (1911-1995) that we have proposed for common reflection . There are unfortunately a lot of reality in contemporary society decorated with bows, wrapped in precious containers where the price is high but very low. There are people whose appearance is great, but the human and spiritual substance of which is almost nothing. Impeccabili nel vestire, seducenti nel parlare, talora "scolpiti" da qualche chirurgo plastico per togliersi di dosso la patina del tempo, si sono trasformati quasi esclusivamente in cornice, in addobbo, in apparenza. Gusci dorati, vuoti all'interno; abiti eleganti, sorretti solo da manichini. Già nel Seicento lo scrittore spagnolo Baltasar Gracián y Morales osservava: «Ci sono individui composti unicamente di facciata, come case non finite per mancanza di quattrini. Hanno l'ingresso degno di un grande palazzo, ma le stanze interne sono paragonabili a squallide capanne».
Gianfranco Ravasi
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