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= Contemplating the Rondanini Pietà =
  
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'''''Maria Angela Padoa Schioppa''''' -- Sunday, June 11th 2006
  
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Today I went to visit the Pietà Rondanini at the Castello Sforzesco. I've tried to write down the thoughts and feelings it aroused in me.
  
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'''Marco '''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Ho appena letto il bellissimo libro di Edward Wilson, Metà della Terra, Salvare il futuro della vita, 2016. Il quadro che egli traccia è impressionate. Se è vero che le due massime sfide che il mondo di oggi deve affrontare sono il mutamento irreversibile del clima e il declino della biodiversità sino alla possibile estinzione delle specie, non c’è da stupirsi se tra quei giovani che si interessano del futuro dell’umanità queste sfide impegnino spesso il meglio dei loro pensieri sul futuro e il meglio delle loro energie per tentare di cambiare lo scenario apocalittico ormai reso ben chiaro dalle revisioni degli scienziati. E non mi meraviglio, allora, che l’ideale europeo possa venire in secondo piano per alcuni di loro. O tra i due piani c’è correlazione.</span>
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If you observe the whole statue from various perspectives, you are led in a movement that from the curve of Christ's feet to the right continues climbing with a curve to the left up to Mary's head, and then descends along Mary's entire back until it rejoins the feet of the Son.
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Seen from the right side, a curved line stands out that runs through the whole statue as in a single large well-characterized movement: as if to express, in my opinion, the mental attitude of someone who - in the face of severe pain experienced - does not stiffen in a straight position and petrified, but instead "moves" with a multiplicity of inner attitudes (concentration, gentleness, strength, acceptance...) surrounded and supported by a large curved gesture of protection that contains them all in itself.
  
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'''Aps '''Sì, è proprio questa correlazione che ho cercato di mettere in luce in alcuni passaggi del nostro dialogo. Il momento in cui il mutamente climatico determinato dall’eccesso di anidride carbonica diverrà irreversibile è molto vicino, pochi decenni. Il momento in cui l’estinzione delle specie raggiungerà un tasso non più recuperabile e porterà alla distruzione della natura è anch’esso molto vicino, pochi decenni. Entrambe queste prossime catastrofi saranno state causate dalla specie umana. Entrambe possono ancora essere evitate. Però bisogna intervenire da subito e con misure molto più drastiche di quelle già avviate, anche se praticabili e non distruttive. Un’economia biocompatibile, rispettosa delle risorse del pianeta, è certamente possibile. Ma interessi economici e politici molto potenti e bene organizzati la ostacolano; e le misure necessarie per realizzarla sfuggono all’ottica di breve termine e al corto raggio di incidenza delle politiche nazionali.  
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I was particularly struck by the deep curve of Mary's back, which can be observed from the rear: it is imposing and seems to physically express how strong the experience of total commitment and dedication to support the other can be at certain moments, when at the moment of loss of vital forces and exhaustion.
  
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È proprio qui che, una volta di più, la presenza attiva dell’Unione europea potrà risultare determinante, a condizione che l’Europa sia davvero unita: l’Europa è più avanti su questo terreno, ma deve poter contare di più, dialogare alla pari con le altre potenze. In altre parole, l’impegno mondialista e l’impegno federalista, che trova il suo centro oggi in Europa ma ha portata planetaria, possono e debbono convivere in ciascuno di noi. Sono, per così dire, due “militanze” ideali complementari. E quella di chi si batte per l’Unione europea ha anche una valenza direttamente politica, oltre che democratica, perché i cittadini europei hanno una struttura già operante e un potere di voto.  
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It makes one think of the ability in man to take charge of the other, or to the strength of com-passion.
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If you look at the statue from the front, it can almost seem that it is the Son who is supporting Mary, while seen from the back it is seen that it is Mary who is holding the lifeless Christ in her arms.
  
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'''Marco '''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Ci sono anche altre sfide (come se queste non bastassero…)?</span>
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This made me think that of a "therapeutic" experience of participation and support; for example, of a doctor towards a patient or a parent towards a child in difficulty, or in many other cases, the inner enrichment that arises is always reciprocal and, at least potentially, it's never in just one direction.
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The two faces of Christ and Mary, in some respects very similar but also very different, seem to express a multiplicity of feelings and moods: concentration, commitment, seriousness, pain but not despair, calm? serenity... and they almost seem to lead those contemplating them to see how the human being can transform himself on his journey of disembodiment towards the spiritual world, when he approaches the threshold of death. Death on earth and birth to the spirit world.
  
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'''Aps '''Dice bene, Marco. Le sfide non sono soltanto il clima e la biodiversità. Dobbiamo quanto meno menzionare l’intelligenza artificiale e le sue interferenze possibili con le scelte individuali e collettive; le manipolazioni genetiche non solo terapeutiche ma potenzialmente invasive sulle generazioni future; gli enormi spazi (e i connessi rischi) che si aprono per le neuroscienze; i meccanismi delle comunicazioni via internet e la minaccia molto reale di controllo capillare sulla vita e sulle preferenze degli individui…. E mi fermo qui.  
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The two figures express a profound union between them that almost borders on the fusion of the two bodies, so much so that in some parts it is not easy to distinguish the body of Christ from that of Mary. But on the other hand, the two individualities clearly stand out.
  
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'''Marco '''<span style="color:#0000ff;">C’è anche su questi versanti una correlazione con l’Europa?</span>
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This can be a symbol of those life experiences in which symbiosis and otherness are experienced at the same time.
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If you look at the statue from the left side, you can see the broad and strong gesture with which Mary supports the inert body of Christ: it seems that she is resting him on her lap, between her legs, to better support him with all her strength.
  
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'''Aps '''Sì. Perché in ognuno di questi terreni, fondamentali per le loro prospettive positive ma anche per i rischi immensi che possono comportare per le libertà individuali e collettive, la sfida sta nel saper dominare il campo, nel condurre ricerche indipendenti, nel mettere in atto strategie di governo e di difesa dai pericoli. E l’Europa non dovrebbe dipendere da altri. Non è un caso se oggi Cina e Usa stano impegnando risorse enormi sull’intelligenza artificiale, ad esempio. L’Unione europea può e deve investire a sua volta su ciascuno di questi fronti. Una volta di più, i nostri singoli Stati nazionali non sono in grado di farlo.
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This position of Mary reminded me of the gesture of giving birth.
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A circle closes for Mary between the birth and death of her Son, in two similar and polar gestures: "giving birth" and "supporting in dying out", the alpha and omega of a journey.
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The statue evidently bears the contrast and the coexistence in the same work between the perfectly smooth, completed parts and the chiseled and scratched, incomplete parts, between harmonious and plastic bodily forms, and other only sketched, almost disembodied forms.
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It seems to me that the sketched part makes this Pietà particularly special and evocative, almost as if Michelangelo wanted to offer anyone who contemplates it the possibility of "continuing the work" - with his own thought and heart - finding within himself so many possible messages and impulses, aroused precisely by the fact that the work is only sketched and not completed.
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Versione attuale delle 19:51, 20 giu 2023

Contemplating the Rondanini Pietà[modifica]

Maria Angela Padoa Schioppa -- Sunday, June 11th 2006

Today I went to visit the Pietà Rondanini at the Castello Sforzesco. I've tried to write down the thoughts and feelings it aroused in me.

If you observe the whole statue from various perspectives, you are led in a movement that from the curve of Christ's feet to the right continues climbing with a curve to the left up to Mary's head, and then descends along Mary's entire back until it rejoins the feet of the Son.

Seen from the right side, a curved line stands out that runs through the whole statue as in a single large well-characterized movement: as if to express, in my opinion, the mental attitude of someone who - in the face of severe pain experienced - does not stiffen in a straight position and petrified, but instead "moves" with a multiplicity of inner attitudes (concentration, gentleness, strength, acceptance...) surrounded and supported by a large curved gesture of protection that contains them all in itself.

I was particularly struck by the deep curve of Mary's back, which can be observed from the rear: it is imposing and seems to physically express how strong the experience of total commitment and dedication to support the other can be at certain moments, when at the moment of loss of vital forces and exhaustion.

It makes one think of the ability in man to take charge of the other, or to the strength of com-passion.

Pieta-rondanini 1b.jpg

If you look at the statue from the front, it can almost seem that it is the Son who is supporting Mary, while seen from the back it is seen that it is Mary who is holding the lifeless Christ in her arms.

This made me think that of a "therapeutic" experience of participation and support; for example, of a doctor towards a patient or a parent towards a child in difficulty, or in many other cases, the inner enrichment that arises is always reciprocal and, at least potentially, it's never in just one direction.

Pieta-rondanini 2b.jpg

The two faces of Christ and Mary, in some respects very similar but also very different, seem to express a multiplicity of feelings and moods: concentration, commitment, seriousness, pain but not despair, calm? serenity... and they almost seem to lead those contemplating them to see how the human being can transform himself on his journey of disembodiment towards the spiritual world, when he approaches the threshold of death. Death on earth and birth to the spirit world.

The two figures express a profound union between them that almost borders on the fusion of the two bodies, so much so that in some parts it is not easy to distinguish the body of Christ from that of Mary. But on the other hand, the two individualities clearly stand out.

This can be a symbol of those life experiences in which symbiosis and otherness are experienced at the same time.

Pieta-rondanini 3b.jpg

If you look at the statue from the left side, you can see the broad and strong gesture with which Mary supports the inert body of Christ: it seems that she is resting him on her lap, between her legs, to better support him with all her strength.

This position of Mary reminded me of the gesture of giving birth.

A circle closes for Mary between the birth and death of her Son, in two similar and polar gestures: "giving birth" and "supporting in dying out", the alpha and omega of a journey.

The statue evidently bears the contrast and the coexistence in the same work between the perfectly smooth, completed parts and the chiseled and scratched, incomplete parts, between harmonious and plastic bodily forms, and other only sketched, almost disembodied forms.

Pieta-rondanini 4b.jpg

It seems to me that the sketched part makes this Pietà particularly special and evocative, almost as if Michelangelo wanted to offer anyone who contemplates it the possibility of "continuing the work" - with his own thought and heart - finding within himself so many possible messages and impulses, aroused precisely by the fact that the work is only sketched and not completed.

Pieta-rondanini 5b.jpg
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