Dear Aldo,
The Murgia goes to great lengths to stand out from the crowd, making deliberately extreme statements and delighting in scandalizing with the arrogance typical of the countercurrent role they play. I found it unacceptable to talk about cancer as a very harmless disease. And I feel sorry for cancer patients who have read this ridiculous and provocative statement.
Andrea Mengo, Venice
Allow me to criticize Murgia’s statements for two reasons: I disagree with the publicity of the disease; the fact that beyond the Meloni government one resists an illogical resentment towards a freely elected government.
Guido Ragni, Milan
Dear readers,
Many of you have written to comment on the interview with Michela Murgia. Someone, following Professor Burioni, claims that his illness can still recede. One sent me a very detailed account of a miraculous healing in Lourdes. Many ask me for updates on how the dialogue went: it certainly wasn’t easy, sometimes we were both moved; But it has always annoyed me to read how and when interviews take place and in doing so to take the space out of the interviewee’s words, the only ones that count. Most readers express their admiration for the dry severity with which Michela Murgia broke the news. Someone doesn’t forgive her for criticizing Giorgia Meloni, to which I think she responded effectively. As Guia Soncini observed, the best thing to do for a dying person is to continue treating them as if they were alive. Michela doesn’t want to be pitied; and she hasn’t ruled out the possibility of being both hated and loved. As a strong woman, she has the hardness and sweetness of her Sardinia. Had she lived in the Dakotas two centuries ago, she would have been the leader of an inveterate tribe, one of those who would rather ride against the Seventh Cavalry than be sealed off on reservations. His book “Three Bowls” is only published on Tuesdays, but has been the most-ordered book on Amazon for a week. an important book that will remain. There is nothing exhibitionistic about the author’s choice. All literature. And politics. In our day, sickness is often disguised as shame. Death was exorcised, hidden. No more public death as before; When a famous person goes missing, there is little evidence of a long or short illness. But after Covid it is more difficult. For death has entered life and we can no longer deny it.
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The good bye
Dear Matteo, 43 years and seven days with you. Thank you
In a very short time, on May 14th, a year since you left Across the Universe, too early, too young. They abused you in all sorts of ways, but you were just a free, gentle, and much-loved artist. A refined artist who has crossed different arts, from drawing to painting, from writing to teaching, from art history to music. Defined by critics as a contemporary Bosch… a renaissance man with lush tribal worlds. A very beautiful, cultured and sincere person, an insatiable worker who in his works never tired of talking about the diversity, the beauty of beings and the universe and who always stressed the importance of knowing where the things come. A generous artist who has left us a wealth of fantastic images with a distinctive line and full of symbolic meaning, and who through his art has always observed the state of things and acted accordingly, with kindness, empathy and a wonderful smile. His works have been exhibited in major international museums and galleries. For the culture he was a fantastic storyteller. He has done a lot for the city of Milan and I think and hope that Milan themselves will give him the credit they deserve. Matthew was always drawing, drawing up to his passage through the universe. I miss you and everyone very much. With great love and forever my hand in yours. Thank you for the 43 years and 7 days with you surrounded by beauty, thank you Matteo Guarnaccia. Your wife.
Titian Corbella
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