In front of the destiny and the art of Giorgio Ferrara. Applause
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An intense and beautiful secular funeral. There was something important and true in the ceremony: the footage that gathered many of his performances, his life as a director, actor, conductor
Our society hits its lowest point in funerals. Unless a person can take advantage of the legendary choreography of royal funerals, the norm only provides us with lackluster secular funerals, in which the memory of the deceased is presented in an untruthful and superficial way, I would even say with embarrassment. We are not used to funeral oratory, secular funerals are still a fairly recent novelty for us. But even the religious ones have lost their profound dignity. The sloppy liturgy – as it almost always does by now – and a poor homily, which continually takes refuge in invoking love, not to mention death. While we, those present, are all faced not only with the death of the deceased, but also with our own. A religious rite, the Catholic one, which has been inexplicably lightened, depriving it of ritual words of great power such as the de profundis.
What a beautiful surprise then to participate in an intense and beautiful secular funeral, that of Giorgio Ferrara. The few but perfect words with which he was remembered not only reminded us who he was, but also made us discover aspects to which perhaps even those who knew him well had not paid much attention. Words that confronted us with a fulfilled human destiny. Because it is only with death that human destiny is fulfilled, that one can understand the true meaning of a life. Death turns life into a destiny, wrote Malraux. And faced with Giorgio’s fate, we were able to look without too much anxiety at our own fate, and therefore at our death.
But there was still something important and true in this ceremony: the footage that collected so many of his shows, of his life as a director, actor and manager. A life of continuous contact with art, an art that recognized and passed on to others, an art that, like any form of art, puts you in contact with spirituality in its successful forms. And this reminded us of that it is not only religion that makes us feel the presence of the transcendent.
I hate applause at funerals, but in this case they were due, no less.
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