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Ara wkoll il-blog tiegħi www.pagnawarapagna.blogspot.com għal reċensjonijiet u studji dwar kotba differenti.Patrick Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05365473498372196084noreply@blogger.comBlogger687125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-5815483346352219632022-07-10T10:50:00.002+02:002022-07-10T10:50:23.192+02:00FIORITA DI STELLE di Paola Mara De Maestri, Aletti Editore, 2022<p><i style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77cBKk2sT7P3ki7_GPESr6x7R_qV9S5ZAXOap8C5cwGRzQiYO536zn5uVrx3anzOnVm62lOz_oP3IfzuVdc4vUMBt5ViyKCRjuA99pJEWLLFxwMH6lIVZhKAkoFaHKqYKIM-dZEYR4o8TmqRpvAhal-iHQuKxl7ji21x4RTAnKJvMLsIBUjM/s900/Fiorita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77cBKk2sT7P3ki7_GPESr6x7R_qV9S5ZAXOap8C5cwGRzQiYO536zn5uVrx3anzOnVm62lOz_oP3IfzuVdc4vUMBt5ViyKCRjuA99pJEWLLFxwMH6lIVZhKAkoFaHKqYKIM-dZEYR4o8TmqRpvAhal-iHQuKxl7ji21x4RTAnKJvMLsIBUjM/w266-h400/Fiorita.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></i></div><i style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Fiorita di
stelle</span></i><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"> è una silloge di 40 poesie, divisa in otto parti. Ha una
prefazione scritta dal docente, scrittore e traduttore libanese naturalizzato
italiano Hafez Haidar. La dedica è da parte di una donna madre a suo figlio
Gioele.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">La prima parte è intitolata “Inno
alla vita” e inclusi sono versi di luce e speranza contrapposte a momenti di
buio e morte. “Canto d’amore” è il nome della seconda parte. Qui l’amore
materno viene paragonato a un albero che cresce e che viene associato a
concetti positivi come “azzurro, “pazienza”, “dono”, “aurora”, “poesia” (</span><i style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">L’amore
mio</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">, 23), ma anche “pioggia di stelle”, “perseveranza”, e “sereno” (</span><i style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Il
volto dell’amore</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">, 24). L’amore ha persino dello spazio in cui la poetessa è
cresciuta e vive ancora: “L’amore è poesia/ l’incanto della montagna/ in un
tramonto di fuoco.” (23), e “respira nel sorriso di un bambino.” (24)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">La poesia riesce a carpire il
momento come in <i>Senza parole</i>, dove la poetessa rende eterno un suo
desiderio:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Come vorrei
poter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">fermare il
tempo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">in
quest’istante<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">mentre mi
perdo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">nella
profondità<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">del tuo
sguardo. (26)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Poesia e
amore diventano una sola cosa. Amore e il paesaggio naturale si legano forte
insieme: il tema viene reso tramite immagini prese dal paesaggio naturale noto
alla poetessa: la montagna, il tramonto, il mare, il sole. Il mondo interiore
dei sentimenti viene raffigurato tramite il mondo esteriore del macro e del
microcosmo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">La terza
parte porta il nome di “All’ombra del ricordo”. Alcuni sono versi ispirati alla
figura paterna, “Uomo a righe/ senza cappotto/ in fila al gelo” (<i>Oggi come
ieri</i>, 31), ma anche a quelli che non ci sono più. Nello stesso tempo è
presente il sapere che tutti siamo come “foglia d’autunno/ -aggrappat</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;">[i] alla pianta/ fino
all’ultimo respiro.” (<i>Primi di novembre</i>, 33) Tramite il ricordo, ma
anche attraverso la poesia, si ridà vita e luce ai trapassati (<i>Il filo</i>,
34). La poesia è il mezzo tramite il quale si cerca di contrapporsi al peso del
silenzio e dell’assenza di quelli che non ci sono più.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Anche nella
sezione “Donne” le parole “luce” e “montagna” ripercorrono. Due elementi
contrastanti che caratterizzano la donna sono la fraġilità e la forza. Queste
della De Maestri sono composizioni brevi</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;">, concise, ma che richiedono lo stesso pi</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">ù di una lettura anche
per capire meglio cosa sta alla base della creatura ‘donna’ e della quale De
Maestri ci fornisce più di una descrizione:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“Donna sul
tuo volto è impresso<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>il ricamo del primo giardino” (<i>Per te donna</i>,
40);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“Noi donne
figlie del silenzio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">-sorgente
del primo germoglio” (<i>La voce del silenzio</i>, 41);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“Donna e
nel tuo grembo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">il fiore
della Primavera” (<i>A te donna Primavera</i>, 43).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">La quinta
parte porta il titolo “La prima roccia”. Qui il ricordo del giardino di Eden o
del mondo primitivo quando l’uomo era ancora in armonia con la Terra (<i>Per la
madre Terra</i>), quando gli uomini-contadini faticavano con “schiena a
mezzaluna/ arse dalla fatica” ma primeggiava ancora “nell’aria profumo/ di
famiglia.” (<i>Il Torchio di Cerido</i>, 48)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Qui la
poetessa traduce in parole scritte le caratteristiche del territorio che abita:
“Montagne dalle punte di neve”, “letti erbosi”, “foreste di verde luce”, “Pozze
cristalline”, “tavole di sasso/ -sculture di sole e di vento” (<i>Montagne di
Valmasino</i>, 49), e ancora, cime montagnose come “aguzzi dentelli/ e i rotoni
declivi”, “ruscelli e pendii erbosi.” (<i>Profili di montagna</i>, 52). La
poetessa che cammina letteralmente sul territorio naturale nativo, “sospesa tra
cielo e terra” (<i>Un ponte nel cielo</i>, 53), rallenta il passo e nel
silenzio del tramonto “Sull’orlo del bosco” guarda lontano “e il pensiero si fa
piuma.” (<i>Estate al Parco della Bosca</i>, 50) Essere umano e paesaggio
naturale diventano un’unica cosa. L’io si fonde con il creato tramite lo
sguardo:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“Allo
sfuocare</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;"> </span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">del giorno<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">-nel grembo
dell’estate-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">libero
emozioni, volano pensieri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">sul ponte
alle porte del finito.” (53)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Da non
dimenticare però che questo che descrive De Maestri è anche un territorio che
sa essere duro e se non rispettato può portare a delle conseguenze tragiche,
come l’alluvione della Valtellina del 1987 ricordato in <i>Fusine, 18 luglio
1987</i>, “quando nel fiume/ rotolava la montagna/ a rovescio sul paese.” (51)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Nella
sezione “Ritratti” si legge del ritratto di un padre scomparso che lavorava nel
giardino ma anche in montagna. Dominano il silenzio e la solitudine ma la
fiamma del ricordo paterno continua ad ardere. Viene ritratta anche De Maestri
nei ruoli di madre e figlia:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“È il
sentirsi bocciolo sempre in fiore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">l’essere
madre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">nonostante
il sopraggiungere dell’inverno.” (<i>L’essere madre</i>, 60)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Sono
presenti versi di gratitudine e amore verso dei genitori che hanno vissuto una
vita di sacrificio e amore tra famiglia, lavoro e natura:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“Ritorno a
mio padre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">sospeso tra
i passi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">sommessi
nella sua vigna...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">e raccolgo l’orizzonte
di mia madre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">che nel
silenzio dell’orto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">infrange i
suoi fragili rami.” (<i>Il lavoro</i>, 62)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Nella
sezione “Il tempo” la poetessa riflette anche tramite le stagioni. Per lei,
creatura che apprezza tutti i momenti della vita, “ogni giorno racchiude il
proprio dono” e “oggi il tempo è di vivere.” (<i>È tempo</i>, 65) Ancora qui
l’idea del <i>carpe diem</i>, di non lasciare sfuggire niente e nessuna
esperienza. Per questo il titolo <i>Fermati</i> di un’altra poesia, nella quale
De Maestri ci invita a trovare il tempo per guardare “le punte delle montagne/
-nel fuoco che accompagna alla sera-”, ma anche “il cielo/ oltre i fasci di
luce e gli azzurri stellati/ e il mare...”, per così assaporare “il fremito che
ti lega all’Universo.” (66) In una vita nella quale all’uomo non gli “avanzano
minuti”, sono questi i bei momenti che restano e riverberano nella nostra
memoria.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Ribadisco
che quelli che leggiamo in <i>Fiorita di stelle</i> sono versi di speranza e di
luce, contro la solitudine e il buio. Sono poesie che ci invogliano di amare la
vita con tutto il bello che porta con sè:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“Ma ho
imparato dai miei anni<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">che se
anche ti trovi sul picco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">di una
montagna altissima<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">con il
vento a tutta forza<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">la gola
chiusa e il respiro lento<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">basta il
soffio di una scintilla<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">che
sembrava persa in fondo al cuore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">e riprende
come d’incanto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">il mare
stellato sul tuo domani.” <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(<i>Lettera
ai miei anni</i>, 67)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Tutto si
vive tra due poli dell’esperienza umana: la montagna da una parte e il mare
dall’altra.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Infine, “Pensieri”
è il titolo dell’ultima parte di questa silloge. <i>Per noi</i> sono versi che
ricordano i tempi assurdi e difficili della pandemia che ha seminato paura e ha
separato fisicamente persone che si vogliono bene. La poetessa enfasizza il
bisogno di “fidarsi” e “stringersi” di nuovo, un bisogno tuttora attuale oggi
quando l’Europa sta attraversando altri tempi difficili nei quali gli uomini
ancora una volta non si fidano e sono in guerra. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Leggiamo in
questa sezione pensieri che abitano la mente della poetessa mentre sta negli
ambienti naturali a lei tanto cari: montagna (“il soffitto del cielo/ albero
fiore/ del mio pensiero.”, <i>La mia casa</i>, 72), e mare (“scioglie i nodi”, <i>Nel
mare</i>, 73). Perciò, natura e mente diventano due spazi in sintonia in <i>Solo
pensieri</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“Pensieri
come frange del vento<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">che fischiano
tra le dita degli alberi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">rotolano, scapicollano,
rovesciano,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">scoperchiano
e poi rimbalzano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">sulle
pareti della mente<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">e
scardinano il baricentro.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Si sente
che questi sono versi che esprimono la potenza della Natura, ma anche quella
psichica dell’essere umano.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Già dalla
copertina tutta colorata si capisce che <i>Fiorita di stelle</i> è una silloge
di luce, speranza, e tutto quello positivo possibile, anche se la poetessa ha
avuto anche i suoi momenti difficili nella vita. Colpisce il forte legame tra
poetessa e ambiente naturale, poetessa e genitori, e anche poetessa e figlio,
un legame ben espresso tramite questi versi bellissimi, leggeri ma anche profondi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Patrick
Sammut (maggio 2022)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-56369623313394827282021-11-01T19:05:00.005+01:002021-11-01T19:05:28.935+01:00INTERVISTA MA’ RITA SALIBA DWAR MITT KELMA, Midsea Books, 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B_LqgO27q4A/YYAsELDb-SI/AAAAAAAAwPg/dNlbkEzXbSEm2TBcgqweCzD-JflY2FrdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s568/100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="374" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B_LqgO27q4A/YYAsELDb-SI/AAAAAAAAwPg/dNlbkEzXbSEm2TBcgqweCzD-JflY2FrdgCLcBGAsYHQ/w264-h400/100.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><br /><b> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">X’ħajrek biex tibda tikteb ukoll f’dan l-istil?</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Kienet inizjattiva ta’ Dr Ġorġ
Mallia li ħajritni nibda nimraħ f’dal-ġeneru. Saret sejħa lill-awturi biex
jissottomettu stejjer qosra ħafna, ta’ madwar mitejn kelma għall-paġna fuq
facebook, Għidli Mitejn. Kien żmien li minħabba xi impennji ma kontx qed nikteb
wisq u dħalt għal din l-isfida. Għedt lili nnifsi li jekk xejn dan jista’
jservini ta’ eżerċizzju, iżda hekk kif lestejt l-ewwel storja bdew ġejjin ideat
għal stejjer oħra, li jiġru fi ftit kliem. Nista’ ngħid li dan il-ġeneru
ħakimni.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Il-qosor ta’ dawn il-mikro-rakkonti żgur li mhux
dgħjufija jew żvantaġġ. Minflok bħal jistieden lill-qarreja għal iktar
riflessjoni. Xi tgħid dwar dan?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">L-istejjer madwarna qed jiġru
l-ħin kollu u malajr; aħbar taslilna fuq mobile, fil-qosor iżda xejn ma jnaqqas
mill-effettività tagħha. Fi ftit kliem qed taslilna ġrajja li qed isseħħ jew
seħħet, tħallina naħsbu jekk it-traġedja setgħetx tiġi evitata, jekk kienx hemm
vittmi jew kemm kien hemm vittmi … Storja qasira tista’ tkun b’saħħitha ħafna.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Liema huma l-esperjenzi li tikteb l-iktar dwarhom f’dawn
il-flashes narrattivi?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Huma stejjer mill-ħajja, ta’ karattri, ta’ min qed ibati
jew iħoss in-nuqqas ta’ xi ħadd għażiż. Mhux biss imma ħafna drabi poġġejt lili
nnifsi minflok ħaddieħor; ħassejt l-ansjetà ta’ kieku x’nagħmel meta ninqabad
f’sitwazzjoni li rrid nieħu deċiżjoni. F’oħrajn inbixt lill-qarrej biex jasal
għal tmiem mod ieħor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Toħodna wkoll fi spazji differenti. Bħal kollha jintrabtu
mal-karattri u s-sitwazzjoni li tikteb dwarhom. X’taħseb?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Storja tista’ titrawwam fl-ispazji fejn ngħixu jew fejn
inqattgħu parti kbira mill-ġurnata. Minn postok tista’ tiltaqa’ ma’ diffikultà
jew sitwazzjoni mhix tas-soltu. Kull karattru se jirreaġġixxi bil-mod tiegħu
fis-sitwazzjoni li jinqabad fiha. U kull karattru għandu l-kumplessità u
l-umanità tiegħu. Ġieli anke aħna nissorprendu lilna nfusna meta niġu għal
deċiżjoni delikata. L-istejjer iġegħluna nnemmsu f’ħajjet ħaddieħor iżda ħafna
drabi nkunu qed naqraw l-istorja tagħna stess.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Dawn ir-rakkonti qosra huma kollha marbutin mar-realtà
jew hemm uħud li huma frott il-ħolm u l-fantasija?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Ħafna minn dawn l-istejjer huma
xprunati minn ideat li jolqtuni f’ħakka t’għajn, ftit huma bbażati fuq
realtajiet li qed niltaqgħu magħhom u parti kbira huma frott l-immaġinazzjoni.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Għal min huma mmirati kitbiet bħal dawn, u għaliex mhux
in-novella jew ir-rumanz?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Nazzarda ngħid li huma rakkonti
għal min ma jħobbx jaqra jew min m’għandux ħin jaqra kitba fit-tul.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Hemm min jaħseb li l-kitba tal-mikro-rakkont hi faċli.
Kif tirreaġizza għal dan?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Il-mikrorakkont mhu xejn faċli. Trid twassal ġrajja fi
ftit kliem, tirrakkonta storja kompluta billi tekonomizza; tagħżel il-kliem u
kull kelma għandha postha, xejn nieqes u xejn żejjed. Fl-istess ħin xorta użajt
espressjonijiet idjomatiċi għax inħoss li lill-qarrej għandi nirrispettah.
M’iniex qed ngħaddilu fatt iżda ġrajja rakkontata ... fil-qosor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Inti tikteb ukoll minn punti di vista differenti. Liema
huma dawn u għaliex tagħmel dan?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Naħseb li kull min jikteb
josserva ħafna; kif iġibu ruħhom ta’ madwaru. Ippruvajt nidħol fiż-żarbun ta’
ħaddieħor - ta’ kieku x’nagħmel, kif inġib ruħi ma’ karattru ieħor li forsi ma
tantx naqbel miegħu. Meta nikteb b’vuċi ta’ ħaddieħor nesperjenza ċerta
libertà, li qed nidħol ġo storja li mhix tiegħi iżda li qed ingawdi minnha
xorta waħda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Huma wkoll kitbiet bi tmiem sospiż jew li jħalli
lill-qarrej jhewden. Jistgħu jkunu dawn bidu għal kitbiet ħafna itwal, jew
stedina biex anki l-qarrejja joħolqu ir-rakkonti oriġinali tagħhom?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Ħafna stejjer għandhom tmiem miftuħ għall-possibiltajiet.
Inħobb ninbex lill-qarrej, inħallih jasal għall-konklużjonijiet tiegħu jew
jibni l-karattru ‘tiegħu’, iva. Jien stess bħala qarrejja nħobb nibqa’ newhden
fuq xi ktieb li qrajt, infittex tmiem ieħor u nistaqsi li kieku … Dawn
il-mikrostejjer ma niktibhomx bl-iskop li jwassluni biex nikteb storja itwal.
Inkun diġà ddeċidejt u ppjanajajt li se nikteb storja fil-qosor u nagħlaqha.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><b>Nuqqasijiet u vantaġġi ta’ stil narrattiv bħal dan, kemm
mill-perspettiva ta’ min qed jikteb kif ukoll ta’ min qed jaqra?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Jista’ jkun li kitba daqstant qasira ma tolqotx udjenza
wiesgħa. Tista’ wkoll tħalli lill-qarrej xott mill-informazzjoni. Hawn qarrejja
li jixtiequ jsiru jafuh il-karattru; it-tul tal-mikrostejjer ma jippermettix
wisq deskrizzjoni fit-tul. Il-vantaġġi huma bosta fid-dinja mgħaġġla tal-lum.
Tista’ taqra mikrostorja minn fuq il-pala ta’ idek. Hemm ukoll l-użu tal-kelma
li trid tkun eżatta u f’kuntest. Tgħallimt inħalli barra dak li hu żejjed. Fuq
kollox għeni nikteb mitt storja li kull waħda seħħet f’mitt kelma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-72842228263201487092021-09-01T13:42:00.007+02:002021-09-01T13:45:19.109+02:00IL-PONT Settembru 2021, no. 63 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C2auYet8tb4/YS9npbc8_fI/AAAAAAAAvDU/P0O5v_NknSEGnRtLDYLOVgbzPm7qoqeKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s606/No%2B63.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="428" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C2auYet8tb4/YS9npbc8_fI/AAAAAAAAvDU/P0O5v_NknSEGnRtLDYLOVgbzPm7qoqeKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/No%2B63.JPG" width="226" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pubblikata l-ħarġa ta' IL-PONT ta' Settembru 2021, nu. 63. Editorjal, aħbarijiet mid-dinja letterarja, korrispondenza, intervisti ma' Paul Vella (Awstralja), Lina Brockdorff, Paul Zahra, Marthese Fenech, tagħrif u poeżiji tal-poetessa Siberjana Marija Najthefer Popov, kitbiet ta' Mario Attard, Ramon Bonett Sladden, rigu Bovingdon jikteb dwar il-poeżija ta' Joe Saliba (L-Awstralja), Victor V. Vella dwar Raġel bil-Għaqal ta' Ġużè Galea, reċensjonijiet, poeżiji ta' kittieba Maltin u oħrajn ta' kittieba barranin, u t-taqsima MInn Fuq -Ixkaffa.</span></span><p></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">IL-PONT - rivista letteraria online, nu 63, settembre 2021. Intervistata la poetessa Dalila Hiaoui e poesie di Paola Mara De Maestri, Antonio, Vanni e Marcelo Moretti.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Online literary magazine IL-PONT September 2021, no 63, is out. Second part of interview with Canadian-Maltese author Marthese Fenech and a poem by Hsu ChiCheng (China).</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/settembru_2021">https://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/settembru_2021</a></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-60460480612375630042021-08-21T12:51:00.003+02:002021-08-21T12:51:35.245+02:00“Riflessi”, di Patrick J. Sammut, Volturnia Edizioni, 2021 - Recensione di Paola Mara De Maestri<p> </p><p class="Normale"><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CHC9uso0oMw/YSDai1MPbcI/AAAAAAAAu24/AI7G6R94qNgt4nfoOs58OanLhZR-krelgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Riflessi%2B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1930" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CHC9uso0oMw/YSDai1MPbcI/AAAAAAAAu24/AI7G6R94qNgt4nfoOs58OanLhZR-krelgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Riflessi%2B.jpg" width="302" /></a></div>“La <span lang="IT" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.frasicelebri.it/argomento/poesia/"><span class="Collegamentoipertestuale"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">poesia</span></span></a></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> è
quando un'</span></span><span lang="IT" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.frasicelebri.it/argomento/emozioni/"><span class="Collegamentoipertestuale"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">emozione</span></span></a></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ha
trovato il suo </span></span><span lang="IT" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.frasicelebri.it/argomento/pensiero/"><span class="Collegamentoipertestuale"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">pensiero</span></span></a></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> e
il </span></span><span lang="IT" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.frasicelebri.it/argomento/pensiero/"><span class="Collegamentoipertestuale"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">pensiero</span></span></a></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ha
trovato le </span></span><span lang="IT" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.frasicelebri.it/argomento/parole/"><span class="Collegamentoipertestuale"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">parole</span></span></a></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">” sosteneva a
ragion venduta il poeta statunitense Robert Lee Frost. È quanto Patrick J. Sammut ha cercato di fare
nella sua opera </span></span><span class="Carpredefinitoparagrafo" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Riflessi”(Volturnia
Edizioni”), dando forma e colore alle emozioni e traducendole in parole, per
rendere partecipi anche gli altri del suo ricco mondo interiore. Questa
raccolta di versi e pensieri che abbraccia il periodo dal 2012 al 2020, ben
otto anni di riflessioni, è frutto della passione per la letteratura
dell’artista maltese, che ha però scritto i suoi componimenti in lingua
italiana. Patrick J. Sammut ha molta familiarità con l’italiano, in quanto ha
studiato anche all’Università degli Studi di Firenze ed è docente di maltese e
anche italiano a Malta. Il libro si compone di dieci capitoli, che interessano
temi apparentemente distanti tra loro, ma che in realtà si intrecciano in
un’unica composizione, testimonianza di vissuti carichi di umanità. Il ricordo
struggente dell’amico Americo, il cui “… ricordo viaggia...come eco che
riverbera all’infinito” apre il florilegio, che poi si addentra
nell’esplorazione di temi sempre attuali e pregni di una forte carica emotiva
come quello del “Covid 19” che “Rallenta il genere umano che guarda dietro i
vetri” e che lascia “Niente riposo per
noi vivi…insieme abbiamo trovato rifugio nei nostri gusci… Insieme abbiamo
visto la primavera mutare in un autunno” o dell’immane tragedia dell’Olocausto.
</span></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“La </span></span><span lang="IT" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.frasicelebri.it/argomento/poesia/"><span class="Collegamentoipertestuale"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">poesia</span></span></a></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> è come
l'acqua nelle profondità della </span></span><span lang="IT" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.frasicelebri.it/argomento/terreno/"><span class="Collegamentoipertestuale"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">terra</span></span></a></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. Il </span></span><span lang="IT" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.frasicelebri.it/argomento/poeti/"><span class="Collegamentoipertestuale"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration-line: none;">poeta</span></span></a></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> è
simile a un rabdomante, trova l'acqua anche nei luoghi più aridi e la fa
zampillare” sono le parole dello scrittore Alberto Moravia. La poesia infatti
non è solo il canto della bellezza, come si evince dagli scritti di Patrick, ma
in quanto fonte privilegiata di comunicazione ha il diritto e dovere di
addentrarsi anche in questioni dolorose,
ferite sempre aperte, per tenere accesa la memoria segnata anche dai luoghi
dell’orrore nazista dove</span></span><span class="Carpredefinitoparagrafo" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
“Un’aria pesante/pende da centomila cipressi”</span></span><span class="whole-read-more" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. Questa
consapevolezza deve però “creare un futuro-tela a colori/non in bianco e nero”.
Alcune poesie sono dedicate alle festività, con un occhio speciale a quelle
religiose del Natale “…quando l’albero di Natale/ sembrava altissimo /e tutta
la famiglia/aiutava a renderlo magico/con luci e colori di ogni tipo” e della
Pasqua “vicino …quest’alito divino, genuino/si tocca la pace, lontana ogni
strage…”. </span></span><span class="Carpredefinitoparagrafo" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “La poesia è una presenza gentile…un sorriso
leggero” per Patrick, che accarezza momenti di dolcezza parlando del figlio
“Nel tuo piccolo ho sentito/il battito della terra/magma presente…”, “mentre respiri
figlio, caro figlio mio,/ti guardo nel silenzio e nel silenzio/io
imparo…”. In questo percorso in versi
troviamo anche “la speranza,/linfa che
rigenera/in questa terra umiliata…”. Consiglio quindi di trovarsi “…un posto
tranquillo,/ una sedia comoda/ … per nutrirsi/ con tutti i sensi” e lasciarsi
trasportare nel mondo di “Riflessi”.</span></span><p></p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-55864924999643580042021-03-28T19:17:00.005+02:002021-03-28T19:18:59.696+02:00Tnedija tal-ġabra ta' poeżiji tiegħi bit-Taljan RIFLESSI<p> Hawn issibu s-serata ta' tnedija tal-ġabra ġdida ta' poeżiji RIFLESSI li saret virtwalment mill-Italja nhar is-Sibt 27 ta' Marzu 2021.</p><p>Ħajr lil Ida Di Ianni, Giuseppe Napolitano, Irene Vallone, Tobia Paolone, it-tekniku Vincenzo, u dawk li kienu preżenti għal-lejla, kemm minn Malta kif ukoll mill-Italja. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJqpyQUGhzI" width="320" youtube-src-id="LJqpyQUGhzI"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-20863513434200442962021-03-21T08:16:00.004+01:002021-03-21T08:18:16.905+01:00RIFLESSI, una raccolta di poesie di Patrick J Sammut, pubblicata da Volturnia Edizioni.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUXEP-z21dc/YFbyTkH0c8I/AAAAAAAArpQ/fEzTwpy_Ef84HB47ZSzdnjJO_BXTM8mMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Capello.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2035" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUXEP-z21dc/YFbyTkH0c8I/AAAAAAAArpQ/fEzTwpy_Ef84HB47ZSzdnjJO_BXTM8mMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Capello.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YH5-5rW5EFo/YFbyWhrVnyI/AAAAAAAArpU/2rgubBPMs44FA5mpXyty8J9FCobw-NDvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/RIFLESSI%2Bbook%2Bcovers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YH5-5rW5EFo/YFbyWhrVnyI/AAAAAAAArpU/2rgubBPMs44FA5mpXyty8J9FCobw-NDvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/RIFLESSI%2Bbook%2Bcovers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>RIFLESSI</i></b>, il-ġabra ta' poeżiji bit-Taljan tiegħi ppubblikata fl-Italja waslet Malta. Min jixtieq jakkwista kopja jista' jiktibli messaġġ privat hawn stess. Kull kopja tiswa 12-il ewro, posta inkluża. Min jistieq jakkwista kopja jista' jikteb fuq ilpontliterarymagazine@gmail.com u jirċeviha direttament id-dar.</span></span><p></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Per quelli che desiderano comprare una copia di <b><i>RIFLESSI</i></b>, una raccolta di poesie scritte in italiano da me stesso, possono farlo direttamente su ibs.it o dalla casa editrice info@volturniaedizioni.com Costo copertina 12 euro.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-59214178018818497282021-03-19T10:10:00.001+01:002021-03-19T10:10:37.613+01:00AMMA'S GOSPEL by Indian Poet Rajender Krishan is out in its Maltese version translated by Patrick J Sammut<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZcX4CVxIw8/YFRmcZSNQcI/AAAAAAAArmo/zvtW311Mpf8Q__dGGld_2NUi1x0eNaY5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s595/Van%25C4%25A1elu%2Bta%2527%2BAmma%2Bfinal%2Bcovers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="595" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZcX4CVxIw8/YFRmcZSNQcI/AAAAAAAArmo/zvtW311Mpf8Q__dGGld_2NUi1x0eNaY5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Van%25C4%25A1elu%2Bta%2527%2BAmma%2Bfinal%2Bcovers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCXUiNjtZcQ/YFRmvhznWwI/AAAAAAAArm4/pRQRQRkVR34NyrfyObmQIBCPddq1gsuawCLcBGAsYHQ/s590/Van%25C4%25A1elu%2BKonnessjoni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="590" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jCXUiNjtZcQ/YFRmvhznWwI/AAAAAAAArm4/pRQRQRkVR34NyrfyObmQIBCPddq1gsuawCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Van%25C4%25A1elu%2BKonnessjoni.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Għadu kemm ħareġ <b>IL-VANĠELU TA' AMMA</b>, poeżiji tal-poeta Indjan Rajender Krishan, maqlubin mill-Ingliż għall-Malti minn Patrick J. Sammut. Il-ktieb jinkludi 45 poeżija li jittrattaw fost l-oħrajn il-figura materna ta' Amma li toffri lill-poeta mogħdija fejn jista' jimxi f'armonija miegħu nnifsu, ma' dawk ta' madwaru u mal-ħolqien inġenerali.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;">Huma kollha poeżiji sempliċi, imma profondi u jħallu lill-qarrej jirrifletti. Din ta' Rajender hi poeżija li tilħaq il-qiegħ ta' ruħ u qalb il-qarrej...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>IL-VANĠELU TA' AMMA</b> (a translation of <i>Amma's Gospel</i>) has just been published. It is a collection of 45 poems by Indian poet Rajender Krishan, translated to Maltese by Patrick J. Sammut.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The maternal figure of Amma shows the poet a path where he can walk in harmony with hmself, with those around him, and with Creation in general.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">These are simple but profound poems that help the reader reflect. Krishan's poetry reaches deep in the soul and the heart of the reader...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">People interested in buying a copy can reach me on </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">ilpontliterarymagazine@gmail.com</span></div><div><p></p></div></div>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-49083985654749525532021-03-13T18:19:00.001+01:002021-03-13T18:27:23.667+01:00A new publication - Amma' s Gospel by Rajender Krishan in Maltese<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_lt89QogdQ/YEzz0aeucDI/AAAAAAAArbk/cYspuNK4EzQ43zk6TVrjEuqzzV7C73zFwCPcBGAsYHg/s2590/IMG_20210313_160303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2590" data-original-width="1779" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_lt89QogdQ/YEzz0aeucDI/AAAAAAAArbk/cYspuNK4EzQ43zk6TVrjEuqzzV7C73zFwCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_20210313_160303.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yc4xdeGK_48/YEzz0UXwXSI/AAAAAAAArbk/ry3NQfOjLmUaJ3Bm-zCcU6-ikh4uXJERQCPcBGAsYHg/s3486/IMG_20210313_160017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2621" data-original-width="3486" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yc4xdeGK_48/YEzz0UXwXSI/AAAAAAAArbk/ry3NQfOjLmUaJ3Bm-zCcU6-ikh4uXJERQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_20210313_160017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Mar għall-istampa IL-VANĠELU TA' AMMA, poeżiji tal-poeta Indjan Rajender Krishan, maqlubin mill-Ingliż għall-Malti minni.<p></p><p>Il-ktieb jinkludi 45 poeżija u daħla kritika mill-pinna tiegħi.</p><p>IL-VANĠELU TA' AMMA, my translation from English to Maltese of AMMA'S GOSPEL by Indian poet Rajender Krishan, is at the printing press.</p><p>It includes 45 poems and a critical introduction penned by me.</p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-43252020236916306182021-01-19T08:23:00.003+01:002021-01-19T08:23:38.014+01:00ALLA FINESTRA - una raccolta di racconti scritti durante il lockdown<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vu9Jc2Kdiog/YAaIuuRXOzI/AAAAAAAAqXI/i_DFMLtK5CogT1GcS2_4JS9FjfMGv7_iACLcBGAsYHQ/s626/Alla%2Bfinestra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="417" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vu9Jc2Kdiog/YAaIuuRXOzI/AAAAAAAAqXI/i_DFMLtK5CogT1GcS2_4JS9FjfMGv7_iACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Alla%2Bfinestra.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Un posto bello, un posto brutto. 'E vabbè, professore, ma che cambia per me. Sono lontana, sono fuori casa, siamo in questa situazione storica assurda, impensata, piena di paure... Che cambia per me dormire qui o lì?' Lui sorride discreto e gentile. 'Cambia quello che puoi osservare, cambia l'orizzonte che hai davanti. Se puoi aprire la finestra a gettare lo sguardo sul golfo di Manfredonia, sul mare, sulle montagne, sei già felice e fortunata. ..." (di Matilde Iaccarino)</span><p></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">da ALLA FINESTRA, Autori Vari, a.c. di Ida Di Ianni e Matilde Iaccarino, Volturnia Edizioni, 2020.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">È una raccolta di racconti scritti durante il periodo del lockdown. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">13 autori in tutto. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Incluso un mio racconto. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Mille grazie.</div></div>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-36820434550730183322021-01-11T18:29:00.000+01:002021-01-11T18:29:20.474+01:00INTERVISTA MA’ ANTON SAMMUT DWAR IL-VANĠELU SIGRIET TA’ ĠESÙ (2020)<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Dan tiegħek hu rakkont li jimxi
parallelament mar-rakkonti li naqraw fit-Testment il-Ġdid, imma b’ċerti
dettalji li ma nsibuhomx f’dawn tal-aħħar. Xi tgħid dwar dan?<br /></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sd_uUJW2UJ8/X_yJbfahl6I/AAAAAAAAqOw/79lMTS7xJ50v8VJDmXE3-34nerDRuGaCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/Anton%2BSammut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sd_uUJW2UJ8/X_yJbfahl6I/AAAAAAAAqOw/79lMTS7xJ50v8VJDmXE3-34nerDRuGaCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Anton%2BSammut.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><b> </b>Bħalma taf perfettament, kull rumanz jew ktieb
jeħtieġ l-istil letterarju tiegħu, u dan għandu jkun biex b’hekk ikun jista’
jirrifletti t-tema tal-istess ktieb jew rumanz. F’dan il-każ, fejn jidħol </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Il-Vanġelu Sigriet ta’ Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù</span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">, ridt inżomm
l-istil tal-Vanġeli biex b’hekk f’dan l-ambjent bibliku l-qarrej ikun jista’
jirrelata mat-test aktar faċilment.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rigward dawk id-dettalji li qed tirreferi
għalihom nixtieq nissottolinja l-fatt, li dawn ma ivvintajthomx <st1:state w:st="on">minn</st1:state> żnieti, imma huma bbażati u kultant imniżżla <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">verbatim </i><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">minn</st1:place></st1:state> Vanġeli Njostiċi u dokumenti storiċi
oħra li kienu ġew imwarrba jew kważi meqruda mingħand dawk li biex iżommu
l-poter fuq in-nies ma ridux li joħorġu fid-deher. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Prova ta’ dan huwa l-fatt, li </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">s-27 ktieb tat-Testment il-Ġdid huma
frazzjoni żgħira ħafna mil-letteratura Kristjana li ġiet prodotta fl-ewwel
tliet sekli wara Ġesù; Vanġeli magħrufa bħala Apokrifi; testi sagri, li kellhom
rispett kbir mingħand il-komunità bikrija tal-ewwel żminijiet, u għaldaqstant,
xi wħud minnhom inkorporajthom ukoll f’dan ir-rumanz. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>D<span style="background: white;">awn id-dettalji huma
kruċjali ferm biex il-qarrej ikun jista’ jikkomprendi l-umanit</span></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>kollha ta’ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù. Dan qed ngħidu għax fil-verit</span></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">, dak li
jiġi ppreżentat fil-Vanġeli tat-Testment il-Ġdid huwa aktarx </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù psikoloġikament inkomplut; fis-sens, li f’dawn
it-testi ma nsibuh qatt jidħak jew jiċċajta mal-ħbieb, u ma jgħidulna xejn fuq
x’kien jagħmel ngħidu aħna fil-ħin liberu tiegħu, u/jew fejn vjaġġa f’ħajtu
kollha. Allura hawnhekk wieħed jista’ jistaqsi, possibbli ħajjet </span>Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù kienet tikkonsisti
f’dak biss li ġie ridott fi ftit kapitli ġewwa t-Testment il-Ġdid? </span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Min-naħa l-oħra hawn min jirraġunalek, li dak
li għallem </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù f’dal-Vanġeli huwa biżżejjed għas-‘salvazzjoni’
tiegħu. Imma wisq nissuspetta, li dawk li jirraġunaw b’dan il-mod ikunu qed
jagħmlu dan biex b’hekk jippruvaw jissalvagwardjaw l-interpretazzjoni romantika
li ġew indottrinati biha sa <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">minn</st1:place></st1:state>
meta kienu għadhom tfal, u dan mingħajr qatt ma indenjaw ruħhom jinvestigaw kif
marru verament l-affarijiet. Infatti, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">minn</st1:state></st1:place>
dan l-aspett, il-Vanġeli tat-Testment il-Ġdid għandhom diversi żbalji
speċjalment fejn tidħol it-traduzzjoni mill-oriġinal. Pereżempju, insemmu biss </span></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">is-sekwenza ta’ meta
idden is-serduk (Mattew 26:34), li fil-verità, dan ma kien serduk xejn, imma
raġel/gwardjan li kien ikun għassa mat-Tempju, u ma’ kull erba’ sigħat kien
idoqq bħal speċi ta’ trumbetta li kienet magħrufa bħala <i>Shofar</i>, biex
b’hekk, biha seta’ jindika li għaddiet sahra, li tfisser ammont ta’ ħin.
Il-problema tinsab li meta l-kelma <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">S<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">hofar</span></i> ġiet tradotta għal-Latin, ġiet
maqluba għall-kelma <i>Gullicinium</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">,</span>
li tfisser l-‘iddin tas-serduk’, li dan seta’ jirreferi għal dak il-ħoss partikolari
li kienet tagħmel dit-trumbetta meta kienet tindaqq. Tant kemm huwa minnu dan,
li l-Liġi Ġudajka, permezz tal-Ktieb tad-Dewteronomju, kienet tgħid, li
fil-Belt Imqaddsa m’għandu jidħol ebda annimal ‘imniġġes’ bħalma kien is-serduk.
Issa dan hu eżempju wieħed biss minn ħafna oħrajn aktar serji li jeżistu
fit-Testment il-Ġdid, u jekk bniedem ikun interessat, dawn l-iskorrettezzi bibliċi
jista’ jsibhom fil-ktieb tiegħi <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In-Naħa
l-Oħra tal-Istorja Ġudeo-Kristjana</i>, fejn fih dħalt ferm aktar fid-dettall
minn dan l-aspett. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RE9rMGH4MGU/X_yJtpiMDqI/AAAAAAAAqO4/zxAdpcQS9LYHTTI_9n7SqSTNpGknzINoACLcBGAsYHQ/s268/In-naha%2Bl-ohra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="188" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RE9rMGH4MGU/X_yJtpiMDqI/AAAAAAAAqO4/zxAdpcQS9LYHTTI_9n7SqSTNpGknzINoACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/In-naha%2Bl-ohra.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Madankollu, ħafna nies xorta waħda se jibqgħu
jirromantiċizzaw l-istorja ta’<span style="background: white;"> Ġes</span>ù, għaliex ħafna drabi, il-finzjoni tiġi
metabolizzata ferm aktar faċilment mill-verità.<span style="background: white;"> B’romantiċiżmu nkun qed nifhem, li
ħafna nies ma jkunx jinteressahom kif seħħew verament l-affarijiet, imma minn
dak biss li jaqbel jew jirrifletti lill-identit</span>à<span style="background: white;"> kulturali tagħhom skont kif ġew
indottrinati biha sa minn mindu kienu għadhom ċkejknin. Biex nagħti eżempju
nista’ ngħid, li kull min isegwi strettament xi forma ta’ reliġjon, jaħseb, li
r-reliġjon tiegħu hija l-verit</span>à<span style="background: white;">, u dan minħabba l-fatt għaliex l-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">egoic structure </i>jew l-identit</span>à eżistenzjali
<span style="background: white;">tiegħu,
tkun teħtieġ li tiġi ‘leġittimizzata’ b’kull mezz – u huwa proprju minħabba
f’hekk li matul iż-żminijiet popli sħaħ ġew meqruda fi ‘gwerer qaddisa’ kontra
reliġjonijiet oħrajn – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ego </i>personali,
li se ssibu dejjem<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>jiġġieled kontra <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ego</i> ieħor li jkun qed jikkonfrontah, sew
individwalment, kif ukoll kollettivament (Narċisiżmu Kollettiv). Infatti, dawn
in-nies qatt ma ġġieldu dal-gwerer jekk mhux biex jissalvagwardjaw lill-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">egoic structure</i> tagħhom, li huma
jsejħulha ‘fidi’, li jkunu bnewha fuq sempliċement indottrinazzjoni li
ħaddieħor iddeċieda għalihom mingħajr qatt ma indenjaw isibu l-verit</span>à<span style="background: white;"> ġo fihom stess</span>;
u huwa proprju hawnhekk li toħroġ l-importanza vera ta’ dawn id-dettalji li
niżżilt f’dan ir-rumanz. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kontra kif jistgħu jaħsbu ħafna nies, <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù qatt
ma ħoloq xi forma ġdida ta’ reliġjon; kien ħaddieħor, li bl-ingann tiegħu għamel
dan minn fuq <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù.
<span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù
ried biss li jillibera lill-bnedmin billi jwassalhom jiksbu ġewwa fihom is-Saltna
tas-Smewwiet, jew dak li fil-Buddiżmu u f’dixxiplini spiritwali oħrajn hu magħruf
bħala l-Istat Illuminattiv. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ġesù u l-imħabba
tiegħu lejn id-dgħajfin, fosthom in-nisa, it-tfal u l-annimali. Kemm kien
rivoluzzjonarju Ġesù fi żmienu u fl-ispazju fejn kien jgħix?</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Naturalment, għal bnedmin
illuminati bħalma kienu l-Budda u <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù, kienet tkun xi ħaġa naturali li permezz tal-<em><span style="background: white;">Morphic Resonance </span></em><em><span style="background: white; font-style: normal;">tagħhom,</span></em> jew permezz tal-interkonnektività
totali li kellhom mal-kreaturi kollha kienu jaqbżu għal dawk li kienu l-aktar
emarġinati fis-soċjetà. Infatti, fattur ieħor li xtaqt noħroġ f’dar-rumanz kien
fuq ir-rapport sabiħ li <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù kellu mas-sess oppost; tant, li f’dar-rumanz,
huma n-nisa li kienu l-aktar dixxipli devoti tiegħu, u fuq kollox, kienu huma,
bl-intwizzjoni straordinarja tagħhom, li fehmu perfettament it-tagħlim ta’ <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù,
fosthom Mari ta’ Magadha, li llum nafuha aħjar bħala Marija ta’ Magdala; mara
straordinarja, li m’għandha x’taqsam xejn mal-mod kif ġie mħammeġ isimha
fil-Vanġeli mbagħbsa tat-Testment il-Ġdid, kif probabbilment se naraw aktar
tard.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mefeot43c48/X_yJ6tDYrDI/AAAAAAAAqO8/AhIew9G9PrE5kZ4PF0VriZmUaXHL2A0QQCLcBGAsYHQ/s972/Il-Van%255Belu%2BSigriet%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mefeot43c48/X_yJ6tDYrDI/AAAAAAAAqO8/AhIew9G9PrE5kZ4PF0VriZmUaXHL2A0QQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Il-Van%255Belu%2BSigriet%2B%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Min-naħa l-oħra nifhem ukoll, li t-term
‘rivoluzzjonarju’ li qiegħed talludi għalih qed tużah mill-aspett pożittiv,
fis-sens, li t-tagħlim ta’ <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù kien bil-ferm aktar avvanzat u radikali miż-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Zeitgeist</i> jew mill-Ispirtu taż-Żmien li s-soċjetajiet
kontemporanji tiegħu kienu maqbudin fih. Madankollu, dan it-term ma tantx
għandna nużawh spiss fuq il-persuna ta’ <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù, jekk mhux b’mod korrett kif użajtu tajjeb
int, għaliex psikoloġikament nitkellem, dan it-term jimplika kunċett duwalist,
jiġifieri li <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù
kien jidher kontra xi forma ta’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Status
Quo</i>. Irridu noqogħdu ferm attenti hawnhekk, għax <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù ma kellu ebda intenzjoni
li jkun rivoluzzjonarju minn dan l-aspett. Biex ikun ‘rivoluzzjonarju’, bniedem
bħal dan ikun jeħtieġ li jsib xi ħaġa fuq xiex l-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ego</i> tiegħu għandu jkun kontriha. Pereżempju bniedem ta’ dat-tip,
ikollu dejjem bżonn jagħmel mill-inġustizzji tad-dinja, jew xi ħaġa simili, il-‘missjoni
tiegħu’ (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Narcissistic supply</i>), iżda
ħafna drabi dan iwettqu mhux biex iġib xi forma ta’ gustizzja globali – anki
wkoll għaliex dan ma jista’ qatt ikun – imma biex b’hekk iħossu li moralment hu
aħjar mill-oħrajn (Narċisiżmu Eżistenzjali) – u dan ma jistax ikun mod ieħor,
ġaladarba dak li suppost għandu jirranġa ġewwa fih ikun qed jippretendi li
għandu jirranġah fid-dinja esterna.<span style="background: white;"> Fis-sens, immaġina dinja perfetta mingħajr inġustizzji – fuq
xiex se jilmentaw ruħhom Eżistenzjalisti bħal dawn? U madankollu, xorta waħda
se tibqa’ ssibhom jirribellaw kontra xi ħaġa biex ikunu jistgħu jiżvogaw, u dan
għaliex l-Eżistenzjalist ta’ dat-tip huwa dak li jekk Alla jagħmillu l-ilma
jiżfen xorta waħda se jispiċċa jakkużah li ma jeżistix. Dawn huma dawk li
f’Mattew 11:17, Ġes</span>ù jgħid għalihom, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Daqqejnielkom
il-flejguta, u ma żfintux, newwaħnielkom, u ma bkejtux.”</i><span style="background: white;"> Tant kemm ikunu
persuni spiritwalment inkonxji, li dat-tip ta’ nies jaslu biex saħansitra jieħdu
gost jekk tindirizzahom b’dan il-mod, u dan ikun ġej mill-fatt għaliex l-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ego</i> tagħhom jibda jaħseb li sab xi forma
ta’ rivali ma’ min jista’ jirrikonoxxi lilu stess. </span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="MT" style="background: white; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F</span><span lang="MT" style="mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">il-verità, ma teżisti
ebda rivoluzzjoni ħielsa <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">minn</st1:place></st1:state>
dan l-aspett, minħabba li dan ma jkun xejn għajr reazzjoniżmu teoretiku li
ssibu dejjem kontra xi forma ta’ sistema politika għal oħra li tiffavurixxih, u
għaldaqstant, kulma jkun qed iseħħ ikun biss li jinbidel ‘ħabs’ partikolari ma’
ieħor aktar gradit.<span style="background: white;"> Iva, vera, kien jiġġieled ukoll f’isem il-ġustizzja u f’isem
iż-żgħir,</span> bħalma kien jagħmel ngħidu aħna Gandhi permezz tas-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Satyagraha</i><span style="background: white;">, imma Ġes</span>ù ma kienx
rivoluzzjonarju minn dak l-aspett li semmejt aktar qabel, għax ta’ bniedem illuminat
li kien, hu ma kienx jaħdem fuq l-illużjoni tas-separazzjoni duwalista,
jiġifieri b’dik il-mentalità ta’ ‘jien’ versu l-‘oħrajn’, imma kien jara kollox
bħala ħaġa waħda mal-Etern. Għaldaqstant, ġaladarba <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù kien jitkellem b’mod
ħieles mill-preġudizzji tal-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ego</i> uman,
allura dan kien jimplika li tagħlimu kien jispiċċa jċaqlaq bl-ikrah
il-preġudizzji duwalisti tas-soċjetà. Huwa minn dan l-aspett biss li fl-opinjoni
tiegħi għandna nużaw it-terminu ‘rivoluzzjonarju’ fejn tidħol il-personalità
straordinarja ta’ <span style="background: white;">Ġes</span>ù.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hemm min iqabbel lil
dan il-personaġġ ma’ hippie li ma kellu rbit ta’ xejn, bi skop uniku, dak li
jxerred il-kelma tat-Triq. Dan joħroġ sewwa f’dan ir-rumanz tiegħek. Kif
tintlaqa’ idea bħal din mill-qarrejja tiegħek?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">U le x’hippie hu – ma
tarax! Il-fatt hu, li Ġesù kien Jogi Ebrew, li f’dan is-sens, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yogi</i> jfisser bniedem illuminat, u allura
wkoll individwu liberu totalment minn kull forma ta’ reliġjon li ivvintaw
il-bnedmin. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EnLpq3u_f24/X_yKIsMsIJI/AAAAAAAAqPA/IuLmQUvNJScTcgSU8bPkHB-AN__uwz3WwCLcBGAsYHQ/s271/Il-filosofija%2Btal-mohh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="186" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EnLpq3u_f24/X_yKIsMsIJI/AAAAAAAAqPA/IuLmQUvNJScTcgSU8bPkHB-AN__uwz3WwCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Il-filosofija%2Btal-mohh.jpg" /></a></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Min-naħa l-oħra, il-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hippies </i>oriġinali kienu dawk iż-żagħżagħ ġejjin mill-klassi medja
Amerikana, li minħabba l-ħajja vvizzjata tagħhom u fatturi soċjoloġiċi oħrajn,
ma riedu jagħmlu xejn għajr jgħixu mhux fil-libertà, imma fil-libertinaġġ; iżda
fl-istess ħin, kien ikun il-papà sinjur tagħhom li kull xahar kien jgħaddilhom
salarju ġeneruż biex b’hekk setgħu jixtru l-imbarazz tal-moħħ, u fl-istess ħin
joqogħdu jduru d-dinja bil-fjuri f’rashom u x’naf jien. Issa kif tintlaqa’ idea
bħal din mill-qarrejja tiegħi m’għandi ebda ħjiel, anki wkoll għax kull
individwu se ssibu dejjem f’<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">level of
Consciousness</i>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>jew il-mod kif
iħares lejh innifsu u lejn id-dinja, differenti minn tal-oħrajn; suġġett, li
elaborajt ħafna fuqu fil-ktieb tiegħi <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Il-Filosofija
tal-Moħħ</i>.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">X’ħajrek tikteb rumanz
bħal dan? </span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">Liema huma s-sorsi li użajt?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rigward is-sorsi li użajt
kienu ħafna, fosthom dawk li tkellimt fuqhom aktar qabel, imma wkoll testi
storiċi oħra bħal ngħidu aħna skrizzjonijiet Brahmisti, Ħinduwisti, Buddisti, u
oħrajn. Iżda fuq dar-rigward inżid ukoll, li mhux kulħadd jista’ jkollu aċċess faċli
jew dirett għal xi wħud minn dad-dokumenti. Wieħed hawnhekk jista’ jirraġuna u
jgħid, li dawn it-testi, bħal ngħidu aħna l-Apokrafi u testi Njostiċi oħrajn, ma
jagħmlux parti mit-Testment il-Ġdid, imma bl-istess argument ngħid ukoll, li
lanqas li Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù</span>
suppost twieled f’għar ma nsibuha fit-Testment il-Ġdid, imma ħafna nies jaħsbu
li hekk marru l-affarijiet. Li forsi ma jafux huwa l-fatt, li din li Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù</span> twieled
f’għar ġiet mittieħda minn dawn id-dokumenti li użajt għal dan ir-rumanz – iżda
jekk minn naħa ħafna nies se ssibhom lesti jibqgħu jemmnu li Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù twieled ġo
għar, min-naħa l-oħra, se jsibuha ferm aktar diffiċli biex jemmnu li fost
oħrajn </span>Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù studja fil-Librerija ta’ Lixandra, kif ukoll li wettaq vjaġġi twal
lejn l-Orjent fosthom fl-Indja u fil-Kashmir, hekk kif jinnarraw dawn l-istess
manuskritti li minnhom ħarġet ukoll l-istorja li </span>Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù twieled f’għar.</span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Għaldaqstant, li ħajjarni nikteb dar-rumanz kien
li noħroġ min kien verament Ġesù mill-aspett uman aktar minn dak ‘divinizzat’;
nozzjoni teoloġika, li hi magħrufa bħala <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Apotheosis</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><span class="apple-converted-space">jew id-divinazzjoni ta’ figura
mitoloġika li fil-każ ta’ </span>Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù</span><span class="apple-converted-space">,
dal-proċess kien ġie kkupjat totalment mir-reliġjon ta’ Mithra fejn
id-‘divinazzjonijiet’ tagħhom huma prattikament l-istess. Infatti, </span>kien
hawnhekk li seħħet waħda mill-akbar manipulazzjonijiet fl-istorja
tal-Kristjanità, jiġifieri l-amalgamazzjoni tal-Mitraniżmu u l-Kristjanità
Ellenista li kien ivvinta San Pawl.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Għal
min forsi ma jafx, il-Mitraniżmu kien kult Sirjan li oriġina miż-Żoroastriżmu
Persjan, fejn eventwalment, dan ġie introdott f’Ruma Imperjali għall-ħabta
tas-sena 67 qK. Insibu li fil-mitoloġija tiegħu, Mithra, l-alla Persjan
tad-dawl u tal-għerf, twieled minn verġni f’għar fil-25 ta’ Diċembru, u li
mbagħad, meta kiber, wettaq vjaġġi kbar biex jillumina lill-bnedmin. Bħala
dixxipli kellu tnax; ġie ttradut, ikkundannat għall-mewt, u wara mewtu ġie
midfun f’qabar li minnu reġa’ qam minn bejn l-imwiet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em><span style="background: white; font-style: normal;">Naraw ukoll li biex intlaħaq dal-kompromess bejn
dal-mit ta’ Mithra u l-Kristjanit</span></em>à<em><span style="background: white; font-style: normal;"> Ellenista li kien ivvinta San Pawl, kellu jidħol fis-seħħ </span></em>proċess
psikoloġiku pjuttost kumpless, magħruf bħala </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance" title="Cognitive dissonance"><span lang="MT" style="mso-ansi-language: MT;">Cognitive
Dissonance</span></a></span></i><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">, li fi
ftit kliem, dan ifisser meta grupp ta’ persuni jibdew joħolqu rikostruzzjoni
ta’ event falz li jkunu jridu jibqgħu jemmnu fih, strateġija memorjali, li fil-letteratura
tissejjaħ l-Ipoteżi Rikostruttiva. <span class="apple-converted-space">Kien
minħabba f’hekk li f’dar-rumanz ridt ‘nofroq’ lil </span>Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù romantiċizzat
tar-reliġjon, minn </span>dak<span style="background: white;"> storiku bħala esseri uman, u kienet din waħda mir-raġunijiet
li ħajritni nikteb dan ir-rumanz. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Hija interessanti
l-parti li tikxef ir-rabta ta’ Ġesù mal-għerf u t-tagħlim tal-kulturi
Orjentali. Dan hu dak li jorbot dan ix-xogħol ma’ kotba oħra li ppubblikajt.
Reazzjonijiet tiegħek?</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Infatti, dan ix-xogħol
huwa l-prodott finali ta’ tliet kotba ta’ studju oħra li kienu ġew qabel dan
ir-rumanz, li huma <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In-Naħa l-Oħra
tal-Istorja Ġudeo-Kristjana</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Il-Filosofija
tal-Ispiritwalità Kożmika</i>, u <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Il-Filosofija
tal-Moħħ</i>, li lkoll ġew tradotti bl-Ingliż. Il-fatt li dal-kotba fassalthom taħt
forma ta’ triloġija kien biex l-ewwel nett immexxi lill-qarrej minn stadju għal
ieħor, u t-tieni, biex b’hekk jissokta jifhem ukoll li t-tagħlim ta’ Ġesù kien
wieħed universali li ma kien jintrabat ma’ ebda forma ta’ reliġjon, tant, li l-għerf
tiegħu kien l-istess wieħed li għallmu persuni illuminati oħrajn. Pereżempju minn
dan l-aspett naraw, li dak li għallem il-Budda – li ġie 500 sena qabel Ġesù – kien
l-istess tagħlim li pprietka Ġesù. Ngħidu aħna, fis-Sutra Buddista Dhammapada (10:1),
il-Budda jg</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ħid, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">“Ikkonsidra
lill-oħrajn bħalek innifsek</span></i><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">” </i>mentri Ġesù jgħid,</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">“Kif tridu li jagħmlulkom
in-nies, hekk agħmlu lilhom.”</span></i><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imbagħad
fis-Sutra </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Majjhima
Nikaya (21:6), il-Budda jg</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ħid, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">“Jekk xi ħadd jagħtik
daqqa ta’ ħarta b’idejh, int għandek tabbanduna kull vendetta;” </span></i><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">waqt li min-na</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ħa
l-oħra,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġesù jgħid, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Min jagħtik daqqa ta’ ħarta fuq ħaddek, dawwarlu l-ieħor.” </i>Imbag</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ħad
fid-</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Dhammapada (4:7),
il-Budda jg</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ħid, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">“Tħarsux lejn id-dnubiet
ta’ ħaddieħor, imma osserva dak li għamilt u x’m’għamiltx int;” </span></i><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">waqt li Ġesù jgħid, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Min minnkom hu bla dnub jitfa’ l-ewwel ġebla,”
</i>u </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ħafna tagħlim ieħor li jirrifletti l-istess ħsieb.
Tajjeb li nkunu nafu li dal-paraguni huma frazzjoni żgħira ħafna minn dawk li tennew
il-Budda u </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġesù
b’mod eżatt bħal ta’ xulxin; u jekk bniedem ikun interessat jista’ jsib
dal-paralleliżmu kollu </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">fil-ktieb tiegħi <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Il-Filosofija
tal-Ispiritwalit</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kożmika</span></i><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">, fejn fih
dħalt ferm aktar fid-dettall minn dan l-aspett. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>B’xi mod dan hu rumanz
li jistedinna nwarrbu dak kollu li hu superfiċjali u żejjed biex fl-aħħar naraw
il-veru Dawl. Għaliex, u x’inhu dan?</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Minn dan l-aspett naraw
li sa minn elfejn sena ilu, u allura sa minn dak iż-żmien meta l-Għerf jew
id-Dawl beda jiġi mwarrab biex jagħmel spazju għar-reliġjonijiet tal-Kollettiv,
il-Bniedem waqa’ fi dlam ta’ injoranza spiritwali ferm akut; mhux għax
l-umanità marret lura minn dan l-aspett, imma għax dawk li wettqu din
l-akrobazija perversa riedu li jibqgħu jżommu l-poter fuq in-nies. Dawn
il-‘linji gwida reliġjużi’, madankollu, mhumiex, u qatt ma jistgħu jirriflettu
l-għerf li għallmu bih Ulied id-Dawl, proprju għaliex dal-forom ta’ reliġjonijiet
se ssibhom jaħdmu biss fuq il-livell kunċettwali tal-moħħ, jiġifieri f’dak
id-dipartiment psikoloġiku li fih jiffunzjona l-ego illusiv ta’ kull esseri uman
(Sanskritu, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Karmaja-adhyasa</i>). Infatti,
kien proprju minħabba f’hekk li l-umanità, speċjalment dik tal-Punent, inħakmet
minn psikożi ta’ biża’ reliġjuż tremend, fosthom permezz tal-invenzjoni
tal-infern, li permezz tiegħu, il-massa setgħet tiġi taħt il-kontroll totali ta’
dawk li sa mill-bidu ma kellhom qatt grazzja mad-Dawl Divin, proprju għaliex
dan tal-aħħar kien se jispiċċa jeħles lill-umanità minn kull forma ta’ skjavit<span style="background: white;">ù</span>, sew
fl-ispirtu kif ukoll fil-qalb, jiġifieri eżatt dak li ried jagħmel Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Issa hawnhekk ikun tajjeb li niftħu parentesi
żgħira fejn jidħol dal-kunċett tal-infern biex il-qarrej ikun jista’ jifhem xi
ftit aħjar. Minn dan l-aspett naraw, li jekk wieħed jasal biex janalizza t-testi
oriġinali tal-Vanġeli – li fost ħafna veritajiet li ġew eliminati minnhom kien
hemm ukoll ir-rinkarnazzjoni u l-karma li tkellem fuqhom Ġesù (għalkemm
fil-Vanġeli għad fadal xi ftit minnhom ’l hemm u ’l hawn) – isib ukoll li
f’ċerti sekwenzi, Ġesù juża t-term ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gehenna’</i>.
Il-kelma <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Gehenna’</i> ġejja mill-Ebrajk <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gehinnom</i>, li tfisser il-Wied ta’ Hinnom,
post imwarrab barra minn Ġerusalemm fejn fih fi żmien Ġesù kien iservi bħala
miżbla li fiha l-awtoritajiet kienu jwaddbu u jaħarqu l-katavri tal-kriminali
ta’ dak iż-żmien. Kien għalhekk li Ġesù kien jinqeda b’dal-post miskerrah
mil-Lhud, biex bih, simbolikament seta’ jfisser f’liema stat imniġġes ikun fih
l-ispirtu/psike uman meta ma jkollux is-Saltna tas-Smewwiet ġewwa fih. Fi kliem
ieħor, dal-kliem simboliku ta’ Ġesù kien ifisser, li peress li dal-post
mistkerrah mill-Ebrej kien jinsab barra mill-ħitan ta’ Ġerusalemm, fejn
fl-antik fih kienu jsiru saħansitra sagrifiċċji f’ġieħ alla Moloch (2 Slaten
23:10), u allura għall-Ebrej dan kien post misħut għal darbtejn – Ġesù ried
jurihom, li min ma jiksibx is-Saltna tas-Smewwiet ġewwa fih kien ikun bħal qisu
maqtugħ mill-grazzja t’Alla bħalma kienet dil-miżbla fil-Wied ta’ Hinnom
maqtugħa lil hinn mill-ħitan tal-belt qaddisa ta’ Ġerusalemm, li naturalment,
fis-simboloġija ta’ Ġesù, dil-belt qaddisa kienet tirrappreżenta l-preżenza
t’Alla fl-esseri uman (Ebrajk, <em><span style="background: white;">Š</span></em><i><span style="background: white;">ekīnah</span></i>).
Iżda meta mas-sekli bdew ġejjin l-edituri ta’ dal-Vanġeli oriġinali, bdew jaraw
kif jagħmlu biex jagħwġu t-tagħlim ta’ Ġesù skont il-bżonnijiet teoloġiċi u
politiċi li kellhom bżonn, biex b’hekk, bihom setgħu jassikuraw il-poter fuq
il-Kollettiv, u huwa proprju minn hawn li bdew jivvintaw il-kunċett falz
tal-infern.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Madankollu, il-maġġoranza ta’ dawk li kienu u
għadhom jaderixxu ma’ dar-reliġjonijiet, ftit li xejn ikun jinteressahom minn
dawn il-veritajiet, u r-raġuni hija li għalihom ikun biżżejjed li jibqgħu ‘jemmnu’
dak li ġie dettat lilhom mill-passat. Ftit li xejn tista’ tagħmel ma’ nies bħal
dawn, għax hekk kif tipprova tagħmel dan se jispiċċaw jagħmlulek reżistenza
ferm atroċi, mingħajr ma jkunu qed jintebħu, li hija din l-istess reżistenza kontra
l-ħelsien interjuri tagħhom (li Ġesù kien jirreferi għalih bħala s-Saltna
tas-Smewwiet) li tkun qed tissokta teżawrihom <span class="fwbfcg">mill-</span><em><span style="background: white;">élan vita</span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;">l</span></i><span style="background: white;"> jew mil-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">life force</i> </span><span class="fwbfcg">li
tinsab ġo fihom stess, b’konsegwenza, li se tibqa’ ssibhom dejjem jissupplikaw
lil xi ‘entit</span>à’ li jaħsbu li tkun tinsab <span class="fwbfcg">barra
minnhom biex ‘issalvahom’. </span>Persuni bħal dawn ikun għalxejn li turihom li
r-reliġjon hija biss fabbrikazzjoni tal-moħħ uman, għax tant kemm ikunu ġew
indottrinati fiha, li l-identità eżistenzjali tagħhom (Sanskritu, <i><span style="background: white;">ālaya-vijñāna</span></i><span style="background: white;">)<i> </i></span>ma’ tkun trid taf b’xejn għajr b’dak li ġew
indottrinati bih sa minn mindu kienu għadhom tfal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Min-naħa l-oħra, b’daqshekk ma jfissirx li dal-persuni
ma jkunux individwi tajbin; anzi, ħafna minnhom ikunu persuni tajbin ferm. L-ewwel
u qabel kollox nixtieq niċċara l-fatt, li m’hemm xejn ħażin li bniedem iħaddan
reliġjon. Li jridu jifhmu biss dal-persuni huwa l-fatt, li dan it-tajjeb tagħhom
ma jkunx ġej għax ikunu qed isegwu xi forma ta’ reliġjon, imma għax ikunu
jinsabu f’<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">level of Consciousness </i>avvanzat
(biex bniedem jifhem tajjeb xi rrid ngħid fuq dar-rigward nistiednu jaqra
l-ktieb tiegħi, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Il-Filosofija tal-Moħħ</i>,
jew <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Consciousness</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Concept of Mind, and the Transcendence
of Conventional Thought</i>). Pereżempju, bniedem jista’ jkun illitterat u ma
jkun iħaddan ebda forma ta’ reliġjon, u madankollu, jista’ jkun l-aktar bniedem
ġust li hawn fuq din l-art; mentri min-naħa l-oħra, bniedem ieħor jista’ jkollu
tilja dottorati fit-teoloġija u x’naf jien, imma bħala persuna jkun wieħed
diżonest. Ngħidu aħna, matul iż-żminijiet kien hemm diversi papiet fuq
dal-mudell pervers. Wieħed minnhom kien Papa Serġju III (904-911), li kien dak
li ordna l-assassinju ta’ papa ieħor, u li l-pontifikat tiegħu kien ġie
deskritt bħala renju ta’ <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">pornokrazija</span>
fejn fih kienu <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">jirrenjaw il-prostituti.<i>
</i></span>Warajh ġie Papa Benedittu IX (1032-1048), li kien jgħix ħajja
dissoluta u sfrenata għall-aħħar; tant, li d-Duttur tal-Knisja San Pietru
Damjanu (ċ.1007-1072) iddeskrivieh li kien <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">jogħxa bl-immoralità<i>. </i></span>Infatti, fil-<i>Liber Gomorrhianus </i>tiegħu,
trattat fuq il-korruzzjoni u abbużi sesswali papali, Pietru Damjanu jkompli jakkuża
lil Benedittu IX, li b’mod regolari kien iwettaq atti omosesswali u bestjalità
ta’ kwalunkwe tip<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dxmaJp-d1Fo/X_yKnbcdGdI/AAAAAAAAqPI/CBao3tWBnZgch1bMM328C5-qt7VCWahpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s471/Metanoia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dxmaJp-d1Fo/X_yKnbcdGdI/AAAAAAAAqPI/CBao3tWBnZgch1bMM328C5-qt7VCWahpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Metanoia.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">. U dawn li qed
insemmi huma frazzjoni żgħira ħafna minn fost diversi papiet oħrajn li kienu
korrotti sa dal-livell. Dan qed ngħidu biex nissottolinja l-fatt, li mhijiex
ir-reliġjon li tagħmel minnek bniedem ġust, imma kemm tkun kapaċi tirbaħ lilek
innifsek u ssir bniedem aħjar; jiġifieri kemm jirnexxilek twettaq dik
it-trasformazzjoni spiritwali li tista’ sseħħ ġo fik biss; trasformazzjoni, li
bil-Grieg oriġinali hi magħrufa bħala <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Metanoia</i>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>jiġifieri dik l-istess waħda li tant
kien jitkellem fuqha Ġesù, li dan inzerta wkoll it-titlu ta’ wieħed mir-rumanzi
tiegħi li ktibt f’dawn l-aħħar snin. Huwa dan, il-veru Dawl li bniedem għandu
jaspira għalih; Dawl, li ma tista’ ssibu mkien jekk mhux ġo fik stess, hekk kif
kien jgħallem Ġesù permezz tas-Saltna tas-Smewwiet li tista’ ssibha ġo fik
biss.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>L-aħħar taqsimiet
jieħdu l-għamla ta’ rakkont <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">detective </i>fejn
tispjega x’seta’ seħħ minn Ġesù wara li tniżżel minn fuq is-salib. Mill-ġdid
hawn qed timraħ f’ilmijiet perikolużi ladarba qed tikxef li hemm veritajiet li ġew
imwarrba għal sekli sħaħ. Xi tgħid dwar dan?</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Huwa minnu dak li qed
tgħid, u l-fatt li dal-kapitli bnejthom fuq forma ta’ rakkont <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">detective</i> kien biex b’hekk stajt
ninvolvi lill-qarrej b’mod ferm aktar dirett, peress li dal-kapitli huma
kruċjali biex wieħed jifhem sew il-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gist</i>
kollu tar-rumanz.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Min-naħa l-oħra, hawnhekk ikun tajjeb li
naraw għaliex jien imraħt f’dawn l-ilmijiet ‘perikolużi’ kif iddeskrivejthom
tajjeb int.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kif taf perfettament, is-soċjetà hija int u
jien ilkoll flimkien – tirrikonoxxik, imma b’ebda mod ma tkun trid tarak
realizzat lil hinn mill-kanoni tagħha, fosthom lil hinn mir-reliġjon
tal-Kollettiv li tirrappreżentaha, proprju għaliex dir-reliġjon tiddependi biss
mill-kaos organizzat li joħroġ mill-istess dinamika tal-aġir inkonxju
tal-Kollettiv. Tant kemm huwa minnu dan, li r-reliġjon kollettivista
tippermettilek kważi kollox – tidneb, tikser il-liġi, u l-kumplament, barra li
ssir taf lilek stess, biex b’hekk tħallik inkonxju biżżejjed sabiex b’hekk tkun
tista’ ‘taħfirlek dnubietek’ u tikkoreġik meta jkollok bżonn, mingħajr ma tkun
qed tintebaħ, li f’dal-proċess tkun spiċċajt taħt il-kontroll totali ta’ dawk
li ironikament issibhom, li ‘qas biss ikollhom il-kontroll tagħhom stess, bħal
ngħidu aħna dawk il-papiet korrotti li semmejt hawn fuq. Iżda kif taf
perfettament, dan it-tip ta’ kontroll fuq il-massa jġib miegħu il-poter assolut,
u huwa proprju dan biss li jkun jinteressahom dawk li mit-tagħlim pur ta’ Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù biddluh
f’diktat reliġjuż. </span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="MT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Wieħed hawnhekk jista’ jistaqsi,
imma l-għaliex is-Sistema ġiet mibnija b’dal-mod daqstant antagonista kontra
l-ispirtu ħieles tal-esseri uman. Dan ġej mill-fatt għaliex bażikament
il-ġeneru uman huwa ta’ natura etnoċentrika, jiġifieri li aħna nikbru u niġu
mgħallma f’tip ta’ kultura u reliġjon li nkunu nagħmlu parti minnha. F’soċjetà
komuni bħal din, il-membru tagħha jiġi mgħallem li għandu jħares lejn id-dinja
mhux kif jaħseb hu, imma permezz ta’ regoli prestabbiliti li jiġu pprovduti
lilu mis-soċjetà sa minn meta jkun tfal. Huwa minħabba f’hekk li hu daqstant
diffiċli biex individwu joħroġ barra minn tali kultura jew reliġjon li tkun
ilha tindokrah sa mit-twelid. Tant kemm hu f’saħħtu dal-mekkaniżmu nevrotiku,
li llum il-ġurnata, ċerti reliġjużi li jaħsbu li għandhom ‘fidi ferma’ jaslu
biex iwarrbu anki evidenzi xjentifiċi li jikkontradixxu twemminhom (jew l-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">egoic structure</i> tagħhom). Tant kemm sirna
esperti f’dal-qasam, li biex nilħqu dan il-għan, ħafna drabi naslu biex
inqarrqu anki bina nfusna, mekkaniżmu mentali, li fil-psikoloġija huwa magħruf
bħala<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><em><span style="background: white;">self</span></em><span style="background: white;">-<em><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">fulfilling prophecy </span></em><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">jew</span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
motivated reasoning</i></span>; jiġifieri proċess mentali li jwassal lil
persuna partikolari biex tibda taċċetta dak li tkun trid tibqa’ temmen fih, u
jekk dan ma jkunx biżżejjed nispiċċaw nirrikorru <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>għal <span style="background: white;">grupp ta’ persuni speċifiċi li minħabba li jkunu
fuq l-istess dgħajsa reliġjuża tagħna nafu li se jagħtuna raġun; tattika
psikoloġika oħra, li hi magħrufa bħala <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">confirmation
bias</i>. </span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="MT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Għaldaqstant, </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">jekk int tinzerta wieħed
minn dawk li ma taqgħax taħt dal-mudell reliġjuż, għal din l-entità se tiġi
awtomatikament ittimbrat bħala ‘bniedem perikoluż’, u dan għas-sempliċi raġuni
għax tkun ġejt <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">aware</i> ta’ min int
verament. Infatti, jekk irid, il-Bniedem għandu ġewwa fih volontà biżżejjed
f’saħħitha li permezz tagħha kapaċi joħroġ mid-dlam għad-dawl. F’wieħed
mill-akbar xogħlijiet tiegħu, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Nicomachean Ethics</i>, il-filosfu Grieg Aristotli (384-322 qK) kien qal li
aħna l-bnedmin għandna tabilħaqq il-kontroll ta’ dak li nagħmlu, u li l-azzjonijiet
tagħna jiddependu minna biss<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>(Grieg, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">eph’ hemin</i>). Dan l-aġir pożittiv huwa
dak l-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">appetitus rationalis </i>li kienu
jitkellmu fuqu ħafna mill-filosfi tal-passat, jiġifieri l-kapaċità tal-ħsieb
razzjonali li bih bniedem jagħraf jiddeċifra l-finzjoni mill-verità. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="MT" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">Għedt
dan kollu, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ħaġa waħda oħra nixtieq
inżid fuq dar-rigward, li bniedem liberu interjorment, se jibqa’ tali anki jekk
ikun imsakkar f’ħabs, bħalma kien Gandhi; waqt li bniedem ħabsi interjorment, se
jibqa’ tali anki jekk imur idur id-dinja għal seba’ darbiet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Dan ix-xogħol ifakkarni f’<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Last Temptation of Christ </i>ta’ Nikos
Kazanstakis, u <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo </i>ta’
Pier Paolo Pasolini. Hemm xi rabta bejn ix-xogħol tiegħek u dawn iż-żewġ
xogħlijiet?<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; position: relative; top: -7pt;">Mill-film ta’ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; position: relative; top: -7pt;">Pasolini apprezzajt l-aktar in-Neorealiżmu li
adotta fuq stil <i><span style="background: white;">Cinéma
vérité</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;">,</span></span> u allura sa ċertu
punt, dal-film joffri ambjentazzjoni ferm aktar rustika u realistika minn dik
idealista u romantiċizzata li nsibu ngħidu aħna f’<i>Jesus of Nazareth </i>ta’ Zeffirelli. Iżda fejn jidħol ir-rumanz tiegħi
ma hemm ebda rabta <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">minn</st1:place></st1:state>
dan l-aspett.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bħala
regola ġenerali, meta niġi biex nikteb rumanz storiku ma nikkonsulta ebda
rappreżentazzjoni artistika, imma mmur dirett fuq fonti storiċi. Madankollu, jekk
nieħdu ngħidu aħna <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Last Temptation of
Christ</i>, fih hemm sekwenzi li jistgħu jiġu rikonċiljati pjuttost faċilment mar-rumanz
tiegħi. Pereżempju, jekk f’dal-ktieb – jew fil-film li
Scorsese kien adatta fuqu – naraw lil </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġesù jgħaddi minn ħafna tentazzjonijiet,
fosthom dawk karnali, fir-rumanz tiegħi, it-tribulazzjonijiet tiegħu kienu fuq
livell ferm aktar traxxendentali, b’mod speċjali fejn jidħol il-Lejl Mudlam
tar-Ruħ li Ġesù kellu jgħaddi minnu meta kien fid-deżert. Fl-Ispiritwalità
Mistika,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>din l-esperjenza hi magħrufa bħala <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dark Night of the Soul</i>; stadju
psikiku/spiritwali, fejn fih l-individwu jidħol fi speċi ta’ vortiċi
psikoloġiku jew f’dipressjoni spiritwali fejn fiha jħossu bħal qisu ġie
diżintegrat mill-umanit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tiegħu
stess; għad li minn din l-esperjenza trawmatika jkun hemm dejjem eżitu
pożittiv; anzi, kultant ikun wieħed illuminattiv. Fuq dar-rigward, fit-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thus Spoke Zarathustra</i> tiegħu,
il-filosfu Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) kien qal hekk, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of
my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.”</i> Il-psikjatra
u psikologu Pollakk, Kazimierz Dąbrowski (1902-1980), kien semma lil dal-proċess
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Positive Disintegration</i>; jiġifieri
d-diżintegrazzjoni tal-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">egoic mind</i> eżistenzjali
li nkunu identifikajna ruħna miegħu f’ħajjitna stess, biex b’hekk naslu biex
naraw il-vera Natura Eterna tagħna li ma taf b’ebda twelid u mewt; Entit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Immortali, li bis-<span style="background: white;">Sanskritu hi
magħrufa bħala <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Paramātmā</i></span>. Fir-rumanz
tiegħi, huwa dan li kiseb Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù wara li ġie lura mit-tribulazzjonijiet li għadda minnhom
fid-</span>Deżert ta’ </span><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Khirbet </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">Qumrān</span></st1:place><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">.<span style="background: white;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Imbagħad, </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">jekk
niftakar sew, f’dal-ktieb/film hemm is-sekwenza meta Ġesù ġie salvat minn speċi
ta’ anġlu minn fuq is-salib, waqt li fir-rumanz tiegħi, Ġesù jiġi salvat minn
‘qabru’ minn mara partikolari li min qara l-ktieb jaf perfettament għal min qed
ngħid. Imbagħad hemm is-sekwenza fejn jidħol Sawl (ċ.3-63 wK), li f’dak ta’ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Kazanstakis</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">, San Pawl jgħid lil Ġesù (wara li
ġie salvat mis-salib), li għalkemm ir-reliġjon il-ġdida tiegħu, jiġifieri dik
Kattolika li kien ivvinta San Pawl, hija Gidba Kbira, id-dinja kienet se tilqa’
u taċċetta l-Gidba tiegħu ferm aktar minn dak li għallem Ġesù verament.
Għalkemm storikament dan hu kollu minnu, fir-rumanz tiegħi ġibt provi storiċi
kif seħħew verament l-affarijiet; fatti, li jmorru ferm lil hinn minn dir-rappreżentazzjoni
artistika. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Xi tgħid jekk jingħad li dan hu ktieb
antiklerikali?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">M’għandi ebda problema b’dan, ġaladarba f’dar-rumanz
kxift ħafna mill-gideb tal-Kleru Ruman, u għaldaqstant, l-ekwazzjoni toħroġ weħidha:
jekk dar-rumanz storiku huwa antiklerikali, allura dan jimplika li l-Kleru
Ruman huwa antiverit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">. Barra <st1:state w:st="on">minn</st1:state>
hekk ma ninsewx ukoll, li anki l-Budda, Sokrate, u Ġesù kienu ‘antiklerikali’
kbar <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">minn</st1:place></st1:state> dan
l-aspett.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Hu interessanti u provokattiv il-fatt li
n-nisa setgħu jgħallmu t-Triq u li kienu saħansitra awturi ta’ vanġeli (bħal
Mari ta’ <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Magadha</st1:place></st1:country-region>).
Xi tgħid dwar dan?</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">L-ewwel
u qabel kollox irridu nżommu f’moħħna, li sa <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">minn</st1:state></st1:place> meta twieldu dar-reliġjonijiet kollettivisti
tal-Punent, il-ħsieb, ħafna drabi kien jiġi assoċjat mal-intellett maskil, u
dan minħabba kampanja miżoġina feroċi li kienet ilha għaddejja għal dawn
l-aħħar elfejn sena sħaħ. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Pereżempju fuq dar-rigward, wieħed
mill-akbar Dutturi tal-Knisja Kattolika, Santu Wistin ta’ Hippo (354-430) kien
qal, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“In-nisa m’għandhom b’ebda mod jiġu
edukati. Fil-fatt, in-nisa għandhom jiġu segregati għaliex huma l-kawża
tal-erezzjoni tal-irġiel qaddisa; u minnha nnifisha, il-mara mhijiex l-immaġni
t’Alla. Ma nistax nifhem x’użu l-mara jista’ jkollha għar-raġel, jekk wieħed
jeskludi l-funzjoni tal-prokreazzjoni.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dan qed ngħidu biex nurik x’pożizzjoni
diżumana kienet tinsab fiha l-mara f’dar-reliġjonijiet miżoġini tal-irġiel. Iżda
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">qabel ma feġġew dal-forom varji ta’ psikożi
perversi, il-mara kienet ikkunsidrata ferm fid-dinja ta’ dak iż-żmien. Pereżempju,
in-nisa edukati Indjani – u hawn qed nitkellmu fuq mijiet kbar ta’ snin qabel
Ġesù – kienu sa mill-bidu nett parteċipi fid-dibattiti filosofiċi, sew bħala
skulari kif ukoll bħala saċerdotessi tal-Vedas; jiġifieri ta’ dawk it-Testi Sagri
Indjani li ġew miktuba sekli sħaħ qabel</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġesù,
u li Ġesù stess kien saħansitra jikkwotahom anki fil-Vanġeli tat-Testment
il-Ġdid, għalkemm ħafna nies m’għandhom ebda ħjiel ta’ dan. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ġo Lixandra
tal-Eġittu, min-naħa l-oħra, kien hemm l-istess moviment, fejn f’dil-belt kien
hemm fost oħrajn is-sede tal-Kult ta’ Isis, li hija l-Omm Universali u r-rappreżentazzjoni
tal-Għerf Divin; kult, li kien jitmexxa mis-saċerdotessi ta’ Isis, li kienet ukoll
l-aktar divinit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>maħbuba
mhux biss f’Lixandra imma miċ-ċivilt</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>kollha tal-Mediterran. Iżda hekk kif mar-raba’
seklu, il-Knisja Kattolika kompliet tieħu r-riedni f’idejha mal-firxa kollha
tal-Kontinent l-Antik, bdiet tara x’tagħmel biex lil Isis u lis-saċerdotessi
tagħha teliminahom kompletament, u huwa proprju hawnhekk li r-reliġjon Kattolika
li kien ivvinta San Pawl ġietha l-idea li tibdel lil Omm Ġesù ma’ Isis il-ġdida
bħala r-‘Reġina tas-Smewwiet’; tattika, li kif stajna naraw hi teknikament
magħrufa bħala <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Apotheosis</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">, </span><span class="apple-converted-space">jew id-divinazzjoni ta’ figura speċifika bħalma
r-reliġjon Kattolika kienet wettqet l-istess proċess bejn il-Mit ta’ Mithra u
l-figura storika ta’ Ġes</span><span style="background: white;">ù.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Veru,
forsi għal ħafna kredenti ġenwini din hija aħbar xokkanti, u naturalment għandhom
is-simpatija kollha tiegħi għaliex naf kemm dawn in-nies huma persuni
mill-aħjar. Għaldaqstant, hawnhekk ikun tajjeb li nġibu eżempju prattiku ieħor biex
il-qarrej </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ikun
jista’ jifhem dal-manuvri perversi xi ftit aħjar. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Dan
li se ngħid ma niżżiltux fir-rumanz minħabba li ridt inżomm ir-ritmu tan-narrazzjoni;
iżda hemm probabbilt</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à kbira,
li l-famuża matematika u filosfa Neoplatonika, Hypatia ta’ Lixandra (360-415
wK), kienet dixxiplu ferm devota ta’ Mari u probabbilment, kienet tattendi
wkoll l-iskola tat-Triq li Mari stess kienet waqqfet f’din il-belt. Għal min forsi
ma jafx, Hypatia kienet filosfa pagana maħbuba ferm f’Lixandra u dan mhux biss
għall-erudizzjoni kbira tagħha li kienet tissupera anki lil dik ta’ sħabha
l-filosfi rġiel, imma fuq kollox għax kienet tagħmel ħafna karità mal-fqar.
Infatti hemm rapporti storiċi li jgħidu, li kien minħabba l-għira li kellu
għaliha l-Isqof Ċirillu ta’ Lixandra (376-444) li eventwalment ordna li tiġi
maqtula. Ġara mbagħad li fis-sena 415, f’Lixandra tal-Eġittu, grupp ta’
Kattoliċi stigati minn dan l-isqof qaddis, attakkaw lil Hypatia, kaxkruha
fit-toroq ta’ Lixandra, qattgħuha biċċiet bil-madum imkisser, u ħarquha
bil-kotba tagħha b’kollox f’post jismu Cynaron. Ġara iżda li ġewwa Lixandra,
Hypatia kienet maħbuba minn ħafna Kristjani ġenwini oħra li kienu joqogħdu
f’din il-belt, u minħabba f’hekk xorta waħda baqgħu devoti lejha. Meta rat dan
l-eżitu – hekk kif għamlet b’Mari ta’ Magadha biex tiddiżonoraha, kif ukoll
meta ġiet biex tissostitwixxi lil Isis ma’ Omm <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġesù</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">–
il-Knisja Kattolika bdiet taħseb kif kellha tneħħi darba għal dejjem il-memorja
ta’ Hypatia mill-qlub ta’ dawn in-nies u mill-ġenerazzjonijiet tal-futur, fejn
eventwalment, kien hawnhekk li l-Kleru Ruman ġietu l-idea li jibdel lil Hypatia
ma’ personaġġ fittizzju Kattoliku li suppost kien ħa l-martirju f’din il-belt,
u l-Knisja Kattolika semmiet lil dil-mara fantomatika ‘Santa Katarina ta’
Lixandra’. Iżda l-giddieb għomru qasir, għaliex Hypatia għadha magħna anki sal-ġurnata
tal-lum. Infatti, tant kemm kienet mara tajba u straordinarja din Hypatia, li
l-artist Rinaxximentali Raffaello (1483-1520) kien immortalaha fil-famuż
affresk ġgantesk tiegħu, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">L-Iskola ta’
Ateni</i>, u ironikament, dan l-att kuraġġuż – għax allaħares qabduh lil min
kien pitter verament fuq dal-kapulavur – wettqu fil-Palazz Appostoliku
tal-Vatikan.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Għaliex qed ngħid dan kollu? Għax sa mill-ewwel żminijiet, l-Għerf kien
sa <st1:state w:st="on">minn</st1:state> dejjem jiġi ppersegwitat
mir-reliġjonijiet miżoġini tal-irġiel, u ħafna drabi, dan kien jgħaddi permezz
ta’ nisa straordinarji li kienu jgħallmu t-Triq jew l-Ispiritwalità Kożmika f’kull
era u żmien, fosthom Hypatia u Mari ta’ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Magadha</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Infatti kien hawnhekk,
ġewwa Lixandra, li l-Ebjoniti, jew is-segwaċi oriġinali ta’ Ġesù, bdew jiktbu
trattat ieħor biex it-tagħlim tat-Triq ma jintilifx (Sanskritu, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rahasya</i>, jew Misteru Sigriet); trattat,
li kien ibbażat fuq dak ta’ Mari, u li eventwalment kienu semmewh il-Vanġelu
tal-Ebjoniti, li llum, tiegħu, fadal biss frammenti żgħar. Dan kien dovut għax
flimkien mal-Vanġeli</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Njostiċi l-oħra fosthom dawk</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ta’
Mari u ta’ Tumas, </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">il-Knisja
Kattolika spiċċat biex qerdithom minn fuq wiċċ l-art, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">hekk kif irnexxielha teqred għall-istess motiv mhux biss
ħajjet Hypatia, imma wkoll lil-Librerija ta’ Lixandra li fiha kien studja
aktarx </span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġesù</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">, li seħħet fis-sena 391</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">; u fejn ma setgħetx teqred għalkollox
xi wħud minn dal-manuskritti, rat kif għamlet biex tiċċensurahom jew
timmanipulahom, bħalma ġara fil-każ ta’ </span><em><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; padding: 0cm; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Mari, fejn aktar tard, din bdiet tiġi identifikata mal-mara midinba li
nsibu f’Luqa 7:37-50, jiġifieri dik li kienet dilket saqajn </span></em><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Ġesù. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dir-reputazzjoni negattiva ta’ Mari,
madankollu, ma kinitx ġejja mill-Vanġeli oriġinali, imma minn digriet li Papa
Gregorju l-Kbir (540-604) kien għamel waqt omelija speċifika fejn fiha Mari jew
Marija ta’ Magadha ġiet mibdula fi prostituta. Infatti, kellhom jgħaddu 1,387
sena, fis-sena 1960, li l-Knisja Kattolika ‘irranġat’ dan l-iżball, u
naturalment, dan għamlitu biss għax kienet inqabdet fil-fatt u ġiet daharha
mal-ħajt. Imma sadanittant, id-dannu kien laħaq sar, speċjalment fid-dinja
femminili l-aktar dik tal-Punent, ġaladarba issa ma kien għad fadlilha ebda
punt ta’ riferiment li seta’ jirrappreżenta lill-Femminil Etern f’dal-Vanġeli
mbagħbsa tat-Testment il-Ġdid. Kien proprju għalhekk, li f’dar-rumanz għamilt
ċert biex minn dan l-aspett nerġa’ nirrestawra mill-ġdid lil dan l-ekwilibriju
spiritwali li kien hemm oriġinarjament f’dil-ġrajja storika ta’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ġesù<span style="background: white;">.</span></span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fl-aħħar parti ta’ dan ir-rakkont
tikkonċentra iktar fuq il-passi ta’ Mari ta’ <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Magadha</st1:place></st1:country-region> wara li Ġesù, salvat
mill-mewt, joħroġ mix-xena. Għaliex dan?</b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Għax simbolikament </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ridt inwassal il-messaġġ, li
l-epoka reliġjuża u miżoġina ta’ Pisces issa għaddiet ukoll, u minflokha qed
tidħol bil-mod il-mod dik spiritwali/femminili ta’ Aquarius, rappreżentata
b’Mari b’mod speċjali fl-aħħar parti ta’ dan ir-rumanz. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">L-Epoka ta’ Pisces (ċ.10
qK-2050 wK) kienet l-epoka tar-reliġjon miżoġina tal-Kollettiv, fejn fost
oħrajn welldet lill-Kristjaniżmu Ellenist li kien ivvinta San Pawl, li permezz
tagħha seta’ jiġi garantit il-poter fuq il-Kollettiv.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Iżd’
issa ninsabu f’mument ta’ tranżizzjoni ferm enteressanti għall-umanit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">, fejn fost oħrajn, din l-era ġdida t’Aquarius (ċ.2050-4000)
sejra ġġib magħha t-tmiem tas-superstizzjonijiet reliġjużi kollha tal-passat,
fejn eventwalment, dan id-dlam reliġjuż – li huwa dak l-istess dell fl-inkonxju
li kien semma </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">l-psikjatra
Żvizzeru </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Carl G. Jung (1875-1961) –
se jinbidel f’epoka ta’ illuminazzjoni fost ħafna ġnus. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Infatti,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">f’wieħed mix-xogħlijiet
tiegħu fuq dar-rigward, Jung kien qal li l-Konoxxenza tal-bniedem tirrifletti
l-bilanċ tal-erba’ elementi prinċipali li jinsabu ġewwa fih, li huma l-ġisem,
il-menti, l-ispirtu, u r-ruħ, fejn dawn jistgħu jipparteċipaw b’mod bilanċjat
f’armonija sħiħa f’ħajjet dak li jkun. Iżda sfortunatament, dan kien pass li
mar wisq lil hinn <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">minn</st1:place></st1:state>
kemm suppost kellu jmur, u r-riżultat ħareġ ħafna drabi f’aberrazzjonijiet
psikoloġiċi u nevrotiċi li l-‘mediċina’ għalihom kienet ir-reliġjon
tal-Kollettiv. Minn dan l-aspett, Jung kien ikkonkluda li meta jkun hemm dan
l-iżbilanċ psikofiżiku, jispiċċa joħroġ fina dak id-dell fl-inkonxju li permezz
tiegħu jibdew jimmanifestaw l-ewwel sintomi nevrotiċi li jkomplu jitilfu
l-identit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>proprja tal-Jien Elevat, deskritt ukoll bħala l-Ispirtu
jew l-Għalliem Interjuri tal-esseri uman (Grieg, </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">Daimōn</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">). Dal-mekkaniżmu nevrotiku, il-Bniedem
kellu jwettqu għaliex tul dawn l-aħħar 2000 sena (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">circa</i>) ġie mmexxi mhux mill-Ispirtu/Konoxxenza personali tiegħu,
jew inkella minn dik il-Qalb Spiritwali li kien tkellem fuqha l-filosfu
Franċiż, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), imma minn reliġjonijiet kollettivisti
li kienu dejjem antagonisti lejn l-iżvilupp fil-Konoxxenza personali tal-esseri
uman. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Dan seħħ għaliex biex żammew
il-poter fuq il-Kollettiv, dawk li kienu u għadhom jikkontrollaw ir-reliġjon kollettivista
ħallew lill-umanit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">à</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>f’għama
ta’ injoranza psikika/spiritwali għal eluf ta’ snin. Dan ġab miegħu dissonanza
kbira ferm fil-psike u allura fil-Konoxxenza tal-Bniedem, u din, imbagħad, spiċċat
biex għaddiet <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">minn</st1:state></st1:place>
ġenerazzjoni għal oħra permezz ta’ dak li fil-mistiċiżmu fenomenoloġiku
tal-Orjent hu magħruf bħala <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Prarabdha
Karma</i>; fatt xjentifiku, li nsibuh saħansitra fid-DNA ta’ kull esseri uman. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iżda issa,
li bil-mod il-mod deħlin fl-Era t’Aquarius u allura fl-Era tal-Illuminazzjoni, il-Bniedem
se jidħol fi stadju fejn fih se jibda jelimina lil din l-istess dissonanza nevrotika
minn ġewwa fih, u bħala eżitu, se jkompli jiskopri aħjar min hu verament; għarfien,
li l-psikologu Amerikan Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) kien iddeskrivieh bħala B<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">-cognition</i>. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Il-</st1:state></st1:place>‘B’ li Maslow kien qed jirreferi għaliha
tfisser ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Being</i>’, jiġifieri l-għarfien
li jkun laħaq individwu f’sinkronija miegħu innifsu u mal-bqija tal-Ħolqien (Sanskritu,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tatsamāveśalakşaņam</i>). Għaldaqstant, a</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">ktar
kemm bniedem se jibda jsir jaf lilu nnifsu minn dan l-aspett, se jibda jsir aktar
‘in-dividwali’ (Sanskritu, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amrita-yana</i>),
fejn hawnhekk se jibda jirrealizza wkoll, li l-unika Triq għall-kisba tal-Għerf
Illuminattiv tinsab proprju ġewwa fih</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">; </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">Dawl ġdid, li jekk irid,
il-Bniedem tal-lum jista’ jiksbu anki minn issa stess; Għarfien Interjuri jew <em><span style="background: white;">Aparōk</span></em></span><em><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">ṣ</span></em><em><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; position: relative; top: -7pt;">a </span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;">Jñāna</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;">, li permezz tiegħu se jwasslu biex jikseb
ġewwa fih l-Istat Illuminattiv jew is-Saltna tas-Smewwiet li tant kien jitkellem
fuqha Ġes<span style="background: white;">ù;
fattur, li għamiltu espliċitu ferm f’dan ir-rumanz, biex b’hekk, kulħadd ikun
jista’ jifhmu faċilment.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; position: relative; top: -7pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Proġetti ġejjiena?</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Min jaf? Forsi. Imma sadanittant, nippreferi
ngħix fil-preżent, sakemm is-Sema tħallini ħaj.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-text-raise: 7.0pt; position: relative; top: -7.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-85552435459057883452020-12-24T08:23:00.000+01:002020-12-24T08:23:04.455+01:00INTERVISTA MA' RICKY CARUANA DWAR IL-KTIEB TIEGĦU "RIŻONANZA. DAQQA T'GĦAJN LEJN L-INFINITÀ" (2020)<p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7t5QBVBnBJc/X-RAUZ3LGwI/AAAAAAAApzk/dr5Av6fS6IoEF8tPbUWCKdWb1pNrXTNzACLcBGAsYHQ/s831/Ricky%2BCaruana.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7t5QBVBnBJc/X-RAUZ3LGwI/AAAAAAAApzk/dr5Av6fS6IoEF8tPbUWCKdWb1pNrXTNzACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ricky%2BCaruana.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">X’kienu l-istudji tiegħek? Liema huma l-aktar kotba u kittieba għal qalbek?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Jien mort skola primarja tal-Gvern, imbagħad Sekondarja. Kont ġibt xi 10 O Levels u mort Paulino Vassallo biex inkompli l-A levels. Wara l-ewwel sena qabżitli u tlaqt naħdem. Għalkemm ta’ 13-il sena kont ġa naħdem summer jobs ma’ sprayers, mechanics u simili. Jien m’iniex xi wieħed li qrajt ħafna kotba. Però m’għandix kotba favoriti u laqas kittieba. Fis-sens skont f´liema stadju ta’ ħajti nkun, ikun jagħmel sens dak il-ktieb jew dak l-awtur. Però ktieb li jibqa’ eternament jagħmel sens għalija huwa </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Tao Te Ching</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> ta’ La Tzu u </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">The Prophet</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> ta’ Kahil Gibran. Nista’ nżid ukoll lill-astronumu Carl Sagan.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ascii-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-default-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latin-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-ligatures: none;">Minn fejn ġejja din il-ġibda lejn ir-reliġjonijiet Orjentali? Tiftakar meta bdiet?</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Meta kelli tliet snin fl-1984, il-ġenituri tiegħi kkonvertew minn Kattoliċi għal Xhieda ta’ Jehovah. Minħabba dal-fatt kont niġi bullied ħafna u minn hemm nibet il-karratru investigattiv tiegħi lejn it-tagħlim. L-ewwel spark lejn l-orjent faqqa’ propju ta’ xi seba’ snin minn cartoons I CAVALLIERI DELLO ZODIACO għax peress li kienu jaffaxxinawni l-istilel kont narah propju minħabba hekk. Kien imbagħad<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fiż-żgħożija tiegħi meta beda jkolli xi diskussjonijiet ma’ kuġinuwi li kien akbar minni ħames snin li bdejt nisma’ bl-ewwel kunċetti. Imbagħad kien laqqagħni ma’ ħabib tiegħu li kien espanda bil-ferm iktar il-konoxxenza tiegħi fuq it-taghim u filosofiji orjentali. Imbagħad minn hemm ’l hemm ma waqaftx infittex u niddiskuti fuq kollox, fosthom ukoll ma’ sieħbi l-għażiż Robert Bondin Carter li l-ħbiberija tiegħi miegħu nista’ ngħid kienet rigal mill-univers għalija personali.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ascii-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-default-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latin-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-ligatures: none;">Il-kitba ta’ ktieb bħal dan tirrikjedi qari wiesa’ u anki vjaġġi mhux komuni lil hinn minn artna u anki mill-kultura Kristjano-Ewropea. Kemm hu veru dan?</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Jien fuqi nista’ nitkellem u ma nafx ħaddieħor xi bżonnijiet ikollu. Ħajti għextha bħal kull bniedem ieħor u qatt ma qbiżt l-Ewropa fis-safar tiegħi. Kotba kif ġa għedtlek ma tantx qrajt xi ħafna. Jien nemmen li l-</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">consciousness</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> ta’ bniedem ma hijiex limitata għal post jew ħin imma taqbeż il-konfini umani u allura sta għal kull individwu kemm ikun lest b’passjoni u rieda ħielsa li jirċievi din il- konoxxenza ġewwa fih. Dan hu suġġett kumpless ferm biex infiehmu fi ftit sentenzi. Kont imbierek li ltqajt ma’ nies li kellhom l-istess interessi bħal tiegħi f’oqsma ta’ għerf u taghlim, allura diskussjonijiet frekwenti fuq dawn is-suġġetti kont nixrobhom peress li għandi memorja fotografika.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Għaliex dan il-ktieb oriġinarjament ktibtu bl-Ingliż biex wara qlibtu wkoll għall-Malti bil-għajnuna ta’ Alfred Palma? X’taħseb dwar it-traduzzjoni Maltija?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="mt" style="language: mt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">Ktibtu bl-Ingliż għax illum sar qisu lingwa komuni għal kulħadd. Apparti hekk, illum permezz ta’ dinja globalizzata l-internet jiftaħlek suq globali. Fil-fatt, il-ktieb wasal f’kull kontinent u dan bis-saħħa ta’ internet u l-midja soċjali. Alfred Palma nista’ nghid li kieku ma kienx hu, it-traduzzjoni ma saritx issa żgur. Jien u Alfred qatt ma ltqajna fiżikamnet ħlief xi darbtejn lura fl-2008 fuq biċċa xogħol ta’ awtur ieħor. Kien propju din is-sena li permezz tal-ktieb bl-Ingliż erġajna għamilna kuntatt. Meta Alfred qrah u qasam miegħi kif din it-tip ta’ filosofija hu jemmen fiha bis-sħiħ, kont għedtlu li nixtieq naqilbu għall-Malti. Ġara li wara dal-perjodu jien għaddejt minn anzjetà li qabel qatt ma kont esperjenzajt. Biex tgħaxxaq kont qed nikteb il-ktieb il-ġdid tiegħi li ħriġt dil-ġimgħa, </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">The Strings of Fate</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"> (2020). Lil Alfred spjegajtlu li moħħi ma jiflaħx iktar, imbagħad xi darba nerġa’ nkellmu... Kien sforz l-ispirtu nobbli u ġenwin tiegħu li beda jkellimni ta’ spiss u jqawwili qalbi biex nirkupra kemm jista’ jkun malajr. Konna anki ġieli nċemplu lil xulxin u bil-paċenzja jagħmilli kuraġġ biex nibqa’ nikteb u nħares ’il quddiem. Ħin minnhom qalli, “Lestejtlek l-ewwel kapitlu”, u ħaġa inkredibbli fi tliet ġimgħat qalbu kollu. Meta saqsejtu x’għandi ntik qalli, “Tħabbilx rasek kompli ikkonċentra biex tirkupra ħa tkompli tikteb. L-aqwa li sar, Ricky, il-flus mhux importanti.” Meta smajtu jgħid hekk, bniedem ta’ dak il-kalibru fil-qasam letterarju u ma jafnix minn Adam, hemmhekk apprezzajt il-vera kwalitajiet u valuri u morali li dal-bniedem iħaddan. F´ħajti ltqajt ma’ ħafna nies u nista’ ngħid li bħalu qatt ma sibt. Dan ma jafnix u fdani bi traduzzjoni li bagħathieli bla ma kont naf x’qed jiġri!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">It-traduzzjoni ta’ Alfred apparti li għamel biċċa xogħol impekkabbli biex jittraduċi x-xjenza tal-ktieb, kulmeta nara ismu fil-faċċata tal-ktieb niftakar mhux fil-ktieb imma xi bniedem tajjeb u kbir hu Alfred Palma. Intenni, kieku ma kienx hu żgur ma sarx dis-sena. Għalhekk, minn hawn irrodd ħajr lil bniedem tant nobbli u kbir fl-ispirtu.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MURssXC54uY/X-RA0_xIR1I/AAAAAAAApzs/fNFkgm-86LYlaJW3WSWCcHMnd-nhtRjNACLcBGAsYHQ/s747/Ri%25C5%25BConanza.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="466" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MURssXC54uY/X-RA0_xIR1I/AAAAAAAApzs/fNFkgm-86LYlaJW3WSWCcHMnd-nhtRjNACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Ri%25C5%25BConanza.png" /></a><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Għaliex għażilt li ssemmieh </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Riżonanza</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">?</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Riżonanza</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> għax minn meta faqqa’ l-big bang sa issa, dak kollu li naraw u nesperjenzaw f’ħajjitna sakemm jibqa’ jeżisti dan l-univers ma huwa xejn għajr riżonanza ta’ dak il-famuż big bang jew il-mument li alla fetaħ għajnejh. L-univers jgħix u jaħdem propju għax jibqa’ bħal qisu eku ta’ riżonanza ta’ qablu u jibqa’ sejjer hekk għall-infinit. Meta nkunu wiċċ imb wiċċ dan nispjegah bil-ferm aħjar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Kif qed jintlaqa’ ktieb bħal dan hawn Malta, u lil hinn minn xtutna?</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">B’sorpriża għalija, intlaqa’ verament tajjeb. Fil-fatt fl-2021 se terġa’ ssir reprint tal-edizzjoni bl-Ingliż. Kemm Malta kif ukoll barra minn xtutna, il-feedback kien pratikament l-istess. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Kif tintlaqa’ l-interpretazzjoni atomista tal-ħajja f’pajjiż fejn għal snin twal ħakem u għadu b’saħħtu sa ċertu punt it-twemmin Nisrani?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; line-height: 119%; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Mmmmm, iktar milli għax Nisrani, il-problema tkun iktar nuqqas ta’ tagħrif dwar x’inhu atomu. U kien għalhekk li ħadt ħsieb nispjega l-ħin kollu fuq l-atomu. Jekk bniedem ikollu naqra sfond xjentifiku ikun aħjar biex jaħfen mill-ewwel il-kuncett atomiku. Però, biex inkun onest, kulmin qrah fehmu bla problemi. Li hu żgur hu li kien ta’ serħan il-moħħ kbir </span><span lang="mt"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">għal ħafna nies li fehmu li fil-verità xejn u ħadd ma jispiċċa, imma jibqa’ jinkarna f’għamliet u ħlejjaq differenti.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Kif inhu Ricky Caruana bħala persuna llum? Liema huma l-passatempi tiegħu?</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Ħeħe jiena? Mmmmm, kif jien? Bħal kulħadd ħabib. Daqqa nkun għaddej minn perjodi trankwilli u feliċi. Daqqa jkollu mumenti ta’ anzjetà u dwejjaq. Daqqa nkun fin-nofs u daqqa nkun f’sintonja ma’ kollox. Il-ħajja umana hi dik li hi, jiġifieri l-ħin kollu titrrażmuta ruħha skont il-karma tiegħek. Huwa propju għalhekk li kemm jista’ jkun trid tgħix ħajja tajba u onesta miegħek innifsek ħalli tevita ċikli koroh ta’ kawża u effett.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Il-passatempi tiegħi huma l-aktar in-natura. Għandi sitt German shepards u alsations, flimkien ma’ fkieren tal-art u tal-ilma, tiġieġ, sriedek, qtates, fniek, ħut... insomma kulma nara bħat-tfal jogħġobni. Inħobb ħafna siġar u fil-fatt jien u l-ikbar ħabib tiegħi Robert Bondin għandna paġna jisimha </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/iamhundredsofyears"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">https://www.facebook.com/iamhundredsofyears</span></a><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> fejn sa issa naħseb ħawwilna qrib il-ħamest elef siġra hawn Malta. Ma’ seħbi Robert niltaqa’ kważi kuljum, apparti nagħmlu xi xogħol flimkien, imbagħad nitilqu mixja fil-kampanja, jew ngħumu, jew dawra bil-karozza, jew xi ikla tajba... u ngħidu kelma fuq kollox. Apparti hekk, norganizza events tal-massa u nagħmel parties bħal “The Gatsby, Flower Mania”, u ħafna nights oħra ma’ Stephen Saydon u Alex Grech. Inħobb nagħmel ukoll monumenti u nsebbah xi żoni bħalma għamilt kif toħroġ mill-mina ta’ Ħal Kirkop. Dan li qed tara fir-ritratti huma proġetti li għamilna jien u Robert għaxar snin ilu. Insomma ħa nieqaf hawn fuq ħajti għax inkella ma nispiċċaw qatt.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XVHzzg-WNAk/X-RA4pdjNBI/AAAAAAAApzw/UlkbYvNQNVYKDw9-XfqEtstxpRU1ZE8FwCLcBGAsYHQ/s831/The%2BStrings%2Bof%2BFate.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="532" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XVHzzg-WNAk/X-RA4pdjNBI/AAAAAAAApzw/UlkbYvNQNVYKDw9-XfqEtstxpRU1ZE8FwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/The%2BStrings%2Bof%2BFate.png" /></a></div><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ascii-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-default-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latin-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-ligatures: none;">Naf li għadek kemm ippubblikajt it-tieni ktieb tiegħek, </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ascii-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-default-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latin-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-ligatures: none;">The Strings of Faith</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ascii-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-default-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latin-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-ligatures: none;">. Kif ivarja dan il-ktieb mill-ewwel wieħed? Hu ppjanat li taqilbu wkoll għall-Malti?<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Iva fil-fatt ġa kellimt lis-Sur Palma għat-traduzzjoni. Kif ivarja? Dan huwa iktar ktieb ta’ lezzjonijiet tal-ħajja u jgħin biex jiftaħlek għajnejk. Hu dwar kif bniedem jasal jikseb l-għerf u l-illuminazzjoni.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ascii-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-default-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latin-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Tw Cen MT"; mso-ligatures: none;">Xi jmiss wara dawn?</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Wara dawn imissni l-itqal biċċa. </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Resonance</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> u </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">The Strings of Fate</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> ħriġthom propju biex inwitti t-triq għat-tielet ktieb. Kien propju l-ktieb li se joħroġ wara dawn li kien oriġinarjament li nikteb. Imma qabel ma stajtx nibni l-pedament jekk hhux b’</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;">Resonance</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; language: it; mso-ansi-language: it; mso-ligatures: none;"> u<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">b’</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">The Strings of Fate</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">. Għaliex? Għax it-tielef ktieb tiegħi ħa jkun jismu </span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">The Book of Death</span><span lang="it" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">. Immaġinak </span><span lang="mt" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">trid tikteb ktieb fuq minn xħin persuna tieħu l-aħħar nifs ’il quddiem... kif se nkun kredibbli? Allura dik hija l-ikbar biċċa xogħol li ġejja. Imma jekk l-univers u l-consciousness iridu, niktbu wkoll... awgurali :-)</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-word; text-justify: inter-word;"><br /></p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-46257225533541247952020-11-20T07:22:00.002+01:002020-11-20T07:23:13.935+01:00Poeżija ta' ħajr fi żminijiet ambigwi.../ Una poesia di ringraziamento in tempi ambigui<p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KBOLNyzqvhc/X7dgRO4_DRI/AAAAAAAAo_8/9VzMYaJBU5UnJPj2b2Z-cU5Z0TiNcffSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s272/Candle.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="272" height="206" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KBOLNyzqvhc/X7dgRO4_DRI/AAAAAAAAo_8/9VzMYaJBU5UnJPj2b2Z-cU5Z0TiNcffSQCLcBGAsYHQ/w303-h206/Candle.jpg" width="303" /></a> <b><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">META JAQA’ S-SKIET</span></b><b><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><br /><br /></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">F’dan iċ-ċokon-kobor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">ħajr Mulej.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">F’dan ix-xejn-kollox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">ħajr Mulej.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">F’dan l-għeluq kwotidjan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">il-ftuħ t’għarfien ġdid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">F’dan il-lejl-serħan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">nagħlaq għajnejja<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">u nerħi lili nnifsi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">fi ħdanek inviżibbli...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">QUANDO CADE IL SILENZIO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">In questo mondo piccolo-grande<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">grazie Signore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">In questo nulla-tutto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">grazie Signore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">In questa chiusura quotidiana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">l’apertura a una nuova
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">chiudo gli occhi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">e mi distendo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">nelle tue braccia invisibili...<o:p></o:p></span></p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-78835555535329399532020-09-01T20:11:00.001+02:002020-09-01T20:11:54.089+02:00IL-PONT online literary magazine, no. 58, September 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sIAoMpWrGc0/X06OE9NI9oI/AAAAAAAAnbU/8pIKOyCh00EpSBEMv6OWx1TQSGNln4qKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s527/No.%2B58.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sIAoMpWrGc0/X06OE9NI9oI/AAAAAAAAnbU/8pIKOyCh00EpSBEMv6OWx1TQSGNln4qKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/No.%2B58.JPG" /></a></div><br /> IL-PONT online literary magazine is out:<p></p><p><a href="https://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/il-pont_settembru_2020">https://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/il-pont_settembru_2020</a></p><p>Included: interviews with Italian poet Ida Di Ianni, novelist Josephine Burden, and poet and researcher Yana Psaila. Poems and other writings by various Maltese poets and writers. Poems by Irene Vallone (Italy), Teresinka Pereira (USA), Rajender Krishan (India) and Eugenio Montale (Italy). </p><p><br /></p>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-3869809924685175992020-05-30T10:34:00.000+02:002020-05-30T10:34:01.450+02:00IL-PONT online literary magazine - June 2020<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X0ZR_p9C-to/XtIY9_4QXbI/AAAAAAAAjO8/lnUgKnnEaakG7FxHniEMIaoabnrXT4CbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Il-Pont%2Bgunju%2B2020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="294" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X0ZR_p9C-to/XtIY9_4QXbI/AAAAAAAAjO8/lnUgKnnEaakG7FxHniEMIaoabnrXT4CbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Il-Pont%2Bgunju%2B2020.JPG" width="226" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Edizzjoni ġdida ta' IL-PONT, Ġunju 2020: Editorjal, korrispondenza, aħbarijiet letterarji, intervisti, reċensjonijiet, poeżiji b'ilsna differenti, rakkonti, u iktar. Interviustati Kristina Chetcuti (<i>Amazing Maltese Women</i>, Merlin Publishers) u David Bezzina (Horizons).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">IL-PONT online literary magazine June 2020 is out. Poems from Italy by Lucilla Trapazzo and Marcello Moretti; from Greece by Zacharoula Gaitanaki; and from India by Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">E' uscito IL-PONT, rivista letteraria virtuale, giugno 2020. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Poesie dall'Italia, di Lucilla Trapazzo e Marcello Moretti; dalla Grecia, di Zacharoula Gaitanaki; e dall'India, di Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana.</span><br />
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<a href="https://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/il-pont_gunju_2020"><span style="font-size: large;">https://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/il-pont_gunju_2020</span></a>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-43295390009583033682020-04-17T16:37:00.001+02:002020-04-17T16:37:29.672+02:00MUSA COVID-19... GIORNI CHIUSI IN CASA...<br />
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Continua a tirar forte il vento<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">la brezza ad accarezzare l’aria del mattino<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">gli uccelli ritornano per nidificare cantando<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">i fiori continuano a spuntare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">i campi a colorare e profumare...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gli alberi si preparano di nuovo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">a vestirsi di verde per il ballo consueto<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">della nuova stagione,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">e in fila, di nuovo, usciranno tra poco<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">le formiche a fare provviste...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Intanto...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">rallenta il mondo umano<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">che guarda da dietro i vetri<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">il da fare di Madre Natura...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">È tanta la paura<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">da quest’aria che tira invisibile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">che semina incertezza<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">e in agguato è pronta a scattare...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Con occhi sospetti<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">si contano i giorni, le settimane, i mesi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">trascorsi agli arresti domiciliari<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">dove tutto è filtrato dalla Rete...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">e con tanta nostalgia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">si ricordano giorni più belli<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In questi tempi duri la chiacchera virtuale è forte:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">rose cadute in completa solitudine!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Adesso un freddo misterioso<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">minaccia i nostri cuori<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">migliaia gli umiliati che giacciono<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">su letti-barelle in solitudine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">nel mezzo di sale d’emergenza affollate...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">e noi dalle nostre case prigioni<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">guardiamo le file delle bare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">sconfitti da questo nemico invisibile...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">che riposano nelle casse <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sì, siamo ritornati <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ai forni crematori<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">e ancora una volta<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">guardiamo impauriti da dietro i vetri<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ciminiere indifferenti...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ancora una volta<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">respiriamo le ceneri dei nostri cari<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">portati dal vento <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">altrettanto indifferente...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Niente riposo per noi vivi...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">percepiamo che il nemico è brutale<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ma ancora, in tanti,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">della vera situazione,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">nel chiuso delle case<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">i bambini giocano, sorridono,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">e noi guardiamo il cielo azzurro<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">per scorrere il volo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">altre guerre, altre carestie, altre tragedie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">26.3.2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Intervistato dalla poetessa Paola Mara De Maestri riguardo il mio ultimo libro, VOICES FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN AND BEYOND:<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Un noce fa primavera</span></i><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> </span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">è la sesta raccolta di poesie di
Paola Mara De Maestri, poetessa valtellinese. Raccoglie insieme 39 poesie
divise in cinque sezioni - Le stagioni del cuore, Paesaggi, Ritratti, Ricordi
ed Emozione - in un libro di una settantina di pagine. Dando una prima occhiata
ai titoli di queste cinque sezioni ho subito capito quello che De Maestri fa lungo
questo suo percorso: parte dal suo legame stretto con la natura, in particolare
la montagna (parola che ricorre 8 volte); passa al suo amore per il viaggiare e
vivere spazi diversi; segue l’idea delle poesie come fotoricordo di quelle
persone che ama e che hanno lasciato un segno; nella quarta sezione c’è ancora
la memoria (ricorre 5 volte), uno spazio dentro il quale il passato è ancora
vivo, dove vive<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>la non-indifferenza e
regge forte il ponte tra passato e presente; nella parte finale si vede la
poetessa come creatura di emozioni varie, emozioni che non si lasciano scappare
ma che si scrivono grazie alla carta e alla penna. Queste le mie primissime
impressioni.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Nelle undici poesie della parte
iniziale De Maestri ci porta su un viaggio mano in mano con il tempo, i mesi e
le stagioni (estate, Settembre, autunno, novembre, Natale, Pasqua, e primavera).
Domina la stagione dell’autunno, una stagione che porta con sé silenzio (parola
che ricorre 11 volte) anche perché ricorda la data del trapasso della figura
paterna (il 22 settembre). Ne <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">L’autunno
nell’orto</i> il ricordo del padre inumidisce gli occhi della poetessa in vece
di figlia. La natura è intesa come padre più che come madre (parola che ricorre
insiema alla parola “mamma” 9 volte), e l’immagine della rosa che resiste
malgrado l’autunno è anche il ricordo del padre che resiste malgrado la morte.
Questo ricordo, come le radici di un albero, “affonda” nella profondità della
terra-passato-memoria. Nella memoria-terra c’è l’incanto, la magia, anche
perché nel ricordo vivono ancora quelli che sono passati nell’al di là. Nel
ricordo i “giardini [sono] sempre in fiore” (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Radici</i>), ma c’è anche l’azzurro degli occhi del padre “che facevano
sempre estate.” (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A papà</i>) Nel ricordo
c’è anche il domani. Il cuore (ricorre 21 volte) è inteso come bussola, l’amore
(ricorre 8 volte) come energia, vita, malgrado l’autunno e la morte. ‘Amor mors
vincit’, ma è anche il ricordo (inteso come luce, una parola che ricorre 6
volte) che vince la morte, intesa come “deserti”, “gelo” e “sepolcri.” (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> ͦnovembre</span></i><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">) Sono tutti ricordi vissuti
dalla poetessa come “le mie perle nel cuore.” (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Natale tra le montagne</i>)</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">In questa prima parte ricorre
spesso il dialogo-monologo tra figlia e padre. Nell’elegiaco c’è sempre
l’estate tramite il ricordo, malgrado “l’inesorabile sfiorire del tempo.” (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A papà</i>) L’albero di noce è un lascito
del padre alla figlia (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Un noce fa
primavera</i>) come lo è il “primo albero.” (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Radici</i>) Il lettore di questa raccolta non si scorda mai che anche
se muore l’essere umano come presenza corporea, il ricordo della persona rimane
come se fosse primavera eterna. Tuttavia regna anche questo contrasto: da una
parte la ciclicità del mondo naturale, dall’altra la dura realtà che l’essere
umano quando muore non ritorna, una volta che “tocca la terra... più non
germoglia.” (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stupore di primavera</i>) De
Maestri è perciò la poetessa che nei silenzi della montagna ascolta “le tante
voci/ del ricordo”, liberando tante emozioni. (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fiore nostalgico</i>) </span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">La poetessa è una creatura sensibile, alla ricerca di
“sagome” e “impronte”, cioè di quelli che non ci sono più. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">È Pasqua</span></i><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;"> che chiude la
prima parte è una poesia-preghiera, versi di fede e di amore. Il Cristo
crocefisso funge da speranza per chi non ha voce e ha perso sogni e fiducia. </span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Paesaggi:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">In queste cinque poesie presenti
nella seconda parte si avverte la poetessa pittrice, figlia della Valtellina,
con un filo direttamente legato alla terra. È un paesaggio incantato nel quale
chi scrive si avvicina al cielo e perciò vive l’eterno. È un mondo naturale
colorato e primordiale, senza la presenza dell’uomo. Se esiste una presenza è
quella eterea, uno sguardo sospeso e onnipresente. (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Temporale sul fiume</i>) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">De Maestri è creatura della
montagna, ma è approdata persino al mare, altro paesaggio che fa parte della
sua natura o carattere estivo, ma anche del suo amore per il viaggiare. Vicino
al mare-onda la poetessa respira “l’immenso”, ricordo dei versi ungarettiani
“M’illumino d’immenso.” I movimenti di elementi macrocosmici (il mare) si
riflettono in movimenti (“sotterranei moti”) e pensieri intimi, interiori,
segreti e che abitano la mente e il cuore. (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Notte
maltese</i>) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Ritratti:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Questa è una parte che lega
insieme nove composizioni dedicate a persone di famiglia e conoscenti, una
parte nella quale si estende il ponte tra vivi e quelli che non ci sono più e
nella quale domina un tono positivo. Qui si legge di una De Maestri sorella (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Giovanni</i>), madre (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A te</i>), figlia (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alla madre</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Per la mamma</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La mamma</i>), e abitante della Valtellina (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Il boscaiolo</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Don Giovanni</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ricordo Anna</i>), perciò di una poetessa
con la famiglia al centro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">2 ottobre</i> si legge di una “scia” che
ognuno di noi lascia dietro e che si riflette poi nei ricordi di quelli che
abbiamo amato o con i quali abbiamo vissuto. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alla madre</i> è una genealogia delle madri, almeno di tre generazioni,
e narra una storia di fatica nell’assenza di mariti che partono per la guerra.
In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Per la mamma</i> la poetessa indirizza
la madre e scrive del “[s]uo giardino”, figurativamente inteso come l’intera
esperienza di madre come conosciuta dalla figlia. In questo giardino-esperienza
c’è “il fiore del sorriso”, il modo come la figlia vuole ricordare la madre per
sempre. Nelle parole della stessa poetessa, “Il giardino è un ambiente vissuto.
Le persone che facevano parte del mio vissuto. E piano piano se ne sono
andate.” (corrispondenza internet) In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La
mamma</i>, questa figura materna viene associata a elementi che stanno molto a
cuore alla poetessa: “sole” (ricorre 5 volte), “onda”, e “montagna”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Tra i personaggi che si legano
allo spazio di Valtellina c’è <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Il
boscaiolo</i>, versi dedicati a chi ha lasciato la terra natia per poi
ritornarci e pronunciare parole bellissime: “E la terra mia or mi par più
bella,/ non c’è al mondo egual stella.” De Maestri ricorda anche in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Don Giovanni</i>, quello che per tanti
anni fu il parroco di Fusine, nelle sue parole “persona di straordinaria
cultura ed un affermato pittore.” (corrispondenza internet) </span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">È</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;"> un personaggio
“ombra/ che nel paese/ è impronta”, “silenzio/ che ancora parla” e “fiamma che
sempre arde/ nella nostra storia.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ricordo
Anna </i>è il ritratto “di una piccola donna/ dal grande chignon.” Sono tutti
personaggi caratterizzati da un “sorriso gentile” e che “intona[no] le dolci
note/ della vita”, note che continuano a echeggiare nel cuore della poetessa e
anche del lettore abitante degli stessi spazi di montagna. Solo nei “silenzi”
si sentono le voci di tali persone che non ci sono più.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Ricordi:</span></b></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">La tematica del ricordo, presente
in tutto il libro (parola che ricorre 24 volte, più le parole “scordato” e
“rammento”), è più forte in questa sezione. Il contatto rimane tra vivi e
morti, non più tramite gli occhi (usata 14 volte nella raccolta) e lo sguardo
(ricorre 9 volte) ma attraverso il ricordo che di nuovo dà alla poetessa-figlia
serenità. È il ricordo che riempie il vuoto che lascia dietro la morte (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nel ricordo</i>); è l’amore che alimenta il
ricordo. (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">L’amore è ricordo</i>) In
quest’ultima poesia gli occhi, come in tante altre, sono importanti come punto
di comunicazione tra figlia e padre, la morte del quale ha portato stasi (“nel
mio giardino/ tutto è immobile/ fermo a quel settembre”) nella vita della
figlia. I ricordi colmano il “silenzio” e riappacificano la poetessa-figlia con
il mondo. (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In viaggio</i>)<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">In questa quarta sezione colpisce
la poesia <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Senza nome</i> che è contro la
dimenticanza che fa ritornare alla guerra (“La fiaccola/ della memoria/ non
corre abbastanza/ veloce nella nostra storia” e perciò “l’uomo [...] si arrende
ad un mortificante/ destino.”), e a favore dell’elemento umano tra gli uomini
di buona volontà (“Alza gli occhi/ raccogli la fiaccola/ continua la staffetta/
e chiamati UOMO.”)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Emozioni:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">In quest’ultima parte composta da
7 poesie De Maestri rende quasi tangibili emozioni diverse come la felicità
(intesa come “aquilone”, “stella”, “fiore”), la gioia (come “freccia
scoccata”), il dolore (come “gigante multiforme”), la speranza (come “finestra
aperta”, “fiammifero ancora da accendere” e “libro senza l’ultima pagina”),
anche la poesia (come “donna”, “ballerina” e “vascello”). Ricorda qui il concetto
del correlativo oggettivo spiegato da T. S. Eliot nel suo saggio <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The sacred wood</i> (1920) come “una serie
di oggetti, una situazione, una catena di eventi” con la funzione di richiamare
una “emozione particolare”. Nella loro maggioranza sono emozioni che si legano
al paesaggio naturale, in particolare quello della montagna. Questo per
ricordarci che l’essere umano felice è soprattutto quello che vive in contatto
alle sue origini, cioè la natura. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Alcuni elementi di stile:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Quelle che leggiamo in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Un noce fa primavera</i> sono generalmente
poesie concise, semplici, dirette, ma profonde e bellissime nella loro
compattezza. Sono la catena che lega ancora figlia al padre malgrado la
morte-assenza fisica. Molte delle composizioni sono fatte da pochi versi ma colmi
di significati e di emozioni vari. Questa concisione delle composizioni fa
pensare a lampi di pensieri, di ispirazione, mutati in poesie, perciò resi
eterni. ‘Verba volant, scripta manent.’ Il linguaggio metaforico è chiaro,
bello,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>e lirico come leggiamo in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">1</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> ͦnovembre</span></i><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(“le fitte maglie del tempo”, il “cammino
della mente”, “ le impronte del cuore”, “la lanterna del ricordo”)</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. Questi sono linguaggi e
immagini che possono apprezzare tutti.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Nella raccolta presente, una
poesia porta alla seguente come se fossero una catena vivente, linfa che scorre
dalle radici, al tronco, ai rami, alle foglie. Profumi e suoni, ricordi e
silenzi, s’intonano con il mondo naturale. Spiccano le elegie, ma anche un
forte senso di speranza. Perciò parole come “ombra”, “eclissi”, e “fari spenti”
vengono contrastate da altre come “occhi”, “luce”, “sorrisi”, e “stelle”. Il
meccanismo della gradazione è forte nella poesia <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La felicità</i>: una poesia grumo di parole, versi e rime tramite i
quali la poetessa riesce a descrivere quello che è elusivo (“La felicità è un
istante/ che non sai d’aver vissuto.”) Regna soprattutto nei versi di De
Maestri un senso di sereno o serenità. Sono versi che si leggono a voce bassa
ma che echeggiano forte nei cuori dei lettori.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Conclusione:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: IT;">De Maestri non è solo madre
biologica che ha generato un figlio di carne e ossa frutto del suo grembo, ma è
anche poetessa, perciò madre che genera tanti figli che nascono direttamente
dalla mente e dal cuore. Sono poesie questi figli che “A piene mani/ liber[ano]
emozioni/ e sparg[ono] germogli d’infinito” (una parola che ricorda con forza
Leopardi). Parole come “ricordo” (nel ricordo “la magia d un tempo mai finito”,
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">E l’estate</i>), “cuore”, “amore”,
“speranza”, “luce”, e tante altre, ricorrono spesso nella raccolta <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Un noce fa primavera</i> anche perché
insieme costituiscono la poetica di De Maestri. Come detto prima, questi di
Paola Mara De Maestri sono poesia che rimbombano nei punti più interiori del
lettore, lasciando una loro scia che dura nel tempo. De Maestri è Arianna che
con il suo “gomitolo” - che è anche amore - lega vita e morte, il qua
all’aldilà, il tangibile all’intangibile, ma anche sillaba alla seguente,
parola che si fa verso, verso che si fa strofa per diventare un’intera poesia,
per trovare alla fine l’uscita dal labirinto che porta fuori dal mondo dei
silenzi e delle ombre. (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Per me la poesia</i>)
Chiudo con le parole di De Maestri stessa, “Bisogna veramente tornare alla
poesia, educare alle emozioni.” (corrispondenza internet)<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<br />Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-81048703228727909242018-12-21T07:17:00.002+01:002018-12-21T07:17:46.729+01:00I figli di Daphne Caruana Galizia: "Malta è un Paese catturato"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhFmwenTx1MPatrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-76576545601638519892018-12-17T08:58:00.000+01:002018-12-17T08:59:01.869+01:00<br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><o:p><img alt="Image may contain: ocean, sky, cloud, twilight, outdoor, nature and water" height="225" src="https://scontent.fmla1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/48357416_1128099510685151_5754340442367852544_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent.fmla1-1.fna&oh=dc0024e74525df445120aefa5d2f8ccd&oe=5CA33834" width="400" /></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><o:p><b>PER ME LA POESIA...</b></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">La poesia è
quella presenza<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">gentile, eterea
che incontro nei sogni<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">una volta ogni
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">È la brezza che mi
accarezza<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">quando guardo l’orizzonte<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">dalle scogliere
in solitudine...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">È il tocco delle labbra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">dell’amata sulle mie...</span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">La tenerezza
negli occhi <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">dei miei figli, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">angeli custodi dell’anima.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">Per me la poesia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">è un sorriso
leggero<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">una presenza
costante<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">mai distante...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">è sempre lì
nascosta...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">basta rallentare,
respirare,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;">e tutto diventa
magia, poesia!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"><b>Patrick Sammut</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span>Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-60446731642466181322018-11-05T07:19:00.002+01:002018-11-05T07:19:22.317+01:00AĦMED. L-ILSIR LI JSIR EROJ: Patrick Sammut jintervista lil George A. Said-Zammit<br />
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zOyoTQkFRts/W9_g0ujyDfI/AAAAAAAAVu0/siF0nJZKvTcreDd5AWdZisXUm2aAeEkTACLcBGAs/s1600/Ahmed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="519" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zOyoTQkFRts/W9_g0ujyDfI/AAAAAAAAVu0/siF0nJZKvTcreDd5AWdZisXUm2aAeEkTACLcBGAs/s400/Ahmed.jpg" width="266" /></a><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Aħmed. L-Ilsir li Jsir Eroj</span></i></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> huwa l-iktar rumanz reċenti tiegħek. Meta u minn fejn twieled?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">L-Istorja ta’
pajjiżna hi wisq għal qalbi! Wara l-pubblikazzjoni ta’ żewġ rumanzi oħra (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Is-Saltna li Jmiss</i> u <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Emilia</i>), ħassejt li l-perjodu
tal-Kavallieri wkoll għandu x’joffri bħala bażi għan-nisġa ta’ rumanzi storiċi.
Din id-darba għażilt storja bbażata fuq episodju li forsi ftit li xejn hu
magħruf magħna l-Maltin: il-Konfoffa tal-Ilsiera, ġrajja li seħħet fi żmien il-Gran
Mastru Pinto fl-1749. Kont ili ngħarbel kif ġrajja ftit li xejn magħrufa tista’
sservi bħala sfond b’saħħtu għal ġrajja fittizja iżda interessanti. Wara li
komplejt nirriċerka dan il-perjodu partikolari, u b’mod espliċitu dan
l-episodju, ħassejt li għandi l-ingredjenti kollha meħtieġa biex ninseġ
il-ġrajja tar-rumanz. U b’hekk nista’ ngħid li twieled ir-rumanz <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aħmed – L-Ilsir li Jsir Eroj</i>. Ġaladarba
r-riċerka inkun għamiltha kif suppost, dan jgħinni biex il-ġrajja rakkuntata
tinkiteb mingħajr skossi żejda. Dan ir-rumanz bdejt niktbu fl-2017 u temmejt
niktbu din is-sena stess (2018).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Semmi
tnejn jew tliet temi li tittratta f’dan ix-xogħol narrattiv ġdid tiegħek.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Ir-rumanz fih
diversi temi kuntrastanti. Pereżempju, insibu li Aħmed minn kmandant ta’ xini
Ottoman – x’aktarx wieħed mill-iktar imriekeb importanti tal-Imperu Ottoman
fis-seklu tmintax – kien spiċċa lsir taħt idejn il-Kavallieri. Naraw hawnhekk
is-sens ta’ rabja, ta’ frustrazzjoni u ta’ vendetta li fl-ewwel parti
tar-rumanz Aħmed kellu kontra l-Kavallieri. U lil dan, miskin, ma nagħtuhx
tort! Kellu karriera navali twila warajh, kellu bosta titli u unuri li ngħata
mis-Sultan Ottoman innifsu u kellu wkoll futur quddiemu għax kien għadu
żagħżugħ. Imma naraw tul ir-rumanz kif ir-rabja tinbidel għal sens ta’ paċi
fil-qalb u l-frustrazzjoni bil-mod tinbidel f’opportunitajiet ġodda fil-ħajja
ta’ Aħmed. Minħabba f’hekk il-vendetta ma tibqax tirrenja f’moħħ u qalb dan
l-ilsir. Anzi, bil-kuntrarju, naraw kif bil-mod il-mod Aħmed jispiċċa biex isir
eroj ta’ Malta u ħabib tal-Kavallieri. B’mod ironiku, min kien qabdu bħala lsir
u biddilu ħajtu ta’ taħt fuq, spiċċa sar l-ikbar alleat tiegħu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tema oħra li
tispikka fir-rumanz hija dik tal-imħabba, mibnija fuq il-fiduċja, ir-rieda
tajba u l-onest</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">. Aħmed mhux biss isir iħobb tfajla u jiżżewwiġha, imma l-istess sid
l-ilsir, is-Sur Cesare, kien sar iħobb lil Aħmed daqslikieku kien ibnu stess.
Il-fiduċja li Cesare ta lil Ahmed kienet x’aktarx ingredjent kruċjali għaliex
dan warrab minn qalbu s-sens ta’ vendetta u ddeċieda li jagħmel l-aħjar li
jista’ minn ħajtu fiċ-ċirkustanzi l-ġodda li sab ruħu fihom meta spiċċa lsir
hawn Malta.</span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Temi oħra li
nsibu fir-rumanz huma dawk tal-ġustizzja soċjali, il-klassi soċjali,
l-importanza tar-reliġjon fis-soċjet</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Maltija tas-seklu tmintax, kif ukoll
id-determinazzjoni u l-qlubija.</span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Dan mhux
l-ewwel xogħol narrattiv ippubblikat tiegħek. Kif ivarja <i>Aħmed. L-Ilsir li Jsir Eroj</i> minn kotba oħra li diġ</span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">
ppubblikajt?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Personalment
inħoss li dan ir-rumanz mhux biss huwa itwal minn <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Emilia</i> u <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Is-Saltna li Jmiss</i>,
iżda huwa wkoll aktar matur. Dan huwa t-tielet r-rumanz li qed nippubblika.
Nemmen li hemm aktar maturit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> fil-ħsieb, fil-lingwaġġ u l-espressjoni, kif ukoll
fil-mod kif tiżvolġi n-narattiva.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ivarja wkoll
għaliex bħala sfond jintuża perjodu differenti. Filwaqt li l-ġrajja ta’ </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Is-Saltna li Jmiss</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> isseħħ fl-aħħar parti
tal-perjodu Aragoniż u fl-ewwel perjodu tal-Kavallieri f’Malta, u l-istorja ta’
</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Emilia</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> sseħħ fi żmien it-Tieni Gwerra
Dinjija, il-ġrajja ta’ </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Aħmed</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> isseħħ
f’perjodu u kuntest storiku differenti, kif semmejt aktar ’il fuq.</span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Irrid ngħid
ukoll li l-ġrajja ta’ </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Aħmed</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> hija
differenti minn tat-tnejn l-oħra għaliex għalkemm għandek ġrajja ta’ mħabba,
l-eżitu ta’ kull ġrajja hija differenti kompletament.</span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Għal min huma mmirati
r-rumanzi/xogħlijiet tiegħek? </span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">X’tip ta’ <i>feedback</i> ikollok mill-qarrejja?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Ir-rumanzi
tiegħi huma mmirati għal kull min iħobb jaqra bil-Malti, l-ilsien sabiħ tagħna.
Inħoss li l-Malti li nuża la huwa sempliċi żżejjed u lanqas hu akkademiku.
Għaldaqstant, nemmen li r-rumanzi tiegħi jistgħu jinqraw mit-tfal,
miż-żgħażagħ, kif ukoll mill-adulti, minkejja l-livell ta’ edukazzjoni tagħhom.
Il-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">feedback</i> li jkolli huwa
ġeneralment wieħed pożittiv, tant illi ż-żewġ rumanzi li ppubblikajt qabel
intagħżlu biex jinqraw anke fuq ir-radju, xi ħaġa li jiena tant apprezzajt.
Ħaġa oħra li jgħiduli hija kemm ikunu riċerkati r-rumanzi tiegħi. Irrid
nagħmilha ċara, iżda, li r-rumanzi tiegħi mhumiex kotba tal-Istorja. Għalkemm
dejjem nuża sfond storiku, il-ġrajja li nirrakkonta hija msejsa fuq ġrajjiet u
personaġġi storiċi mħallta ma’ oħrajn fittizji.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kieku kelli nuża biss ġrajjiet u personaġġi storiċi nkun qed nillimita
ruħi ħafna fin-nisġa ta’ narattiva interessanti u dinamika.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Kif
jintrabtu flimkien l-istudji tiegħek fl-Arkeoloġija u fl-Istorja, ix-xogħol
tiegħek u l-kitba fittizzja?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Naħseb li din
hija taħlita ta’ diversi elementi. Irrid ngħid li l-istudji tiegħi
f’universitajiet differenti kienu dejjem fl-Arkeoloġija u l-Istorja. Iżda rrid
ngħid ukoll li meta dħalt l-Universit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> ta’ Malta fl-1987 jien kont bdejt nistudja l-Malti,
lingwa li tant inħobb. Ir-rumanz, b’mod partikolari, huwa ġeneru ta’
letteratura li huwa għal qalbi wisq. Dejjem emmint li l-istudji fl-Arkeoloġija
u l-Istorja setgħu jservu bħala bażi tajba biex permezz tagħhom inkun nista’
nesperimenta bil-lingwa Maltija, u b’mod partikolari fil-letteratura Maltija.
Tant hu minnu li fit-tliet rumanzi li ppubblikajt diġ</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> nagħmel diversi
referenzi indiretti għar-riċerka dottorali tiegħi, pereżempju meta niddeskrivi
d-djar, is-soċjet</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> Maltija f’epoki differenti, il-klassi soċjali, l-ekonomija, eċċ. Irrid
intenni wkoll li, għalkemm aktar tard (fl-1988) jien kont ħallejt l-istudji
tiegħi fil-Malti biex minflok nispeċjalizza fl-Arkeoloġija u l-Klassiċi, bqajt
dejjem ngħożż il-Malti u l-letteratura Maltija.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p><b> 6</b></o:p></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Messaġġ
qasir tiegħek lill-ġenerazzjoni żagħżugħa rigward il-qari, il-ktieb u
l-letteratura?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Il-messaġġ
tiegħi liż-żgħażagħ – anke bħala edukatur għal kważi 30 sena, huwa wieħed:
komplu għożżu l-qari, minkejja l-lingwa, minkejja t-tul u minkejja s-suġġett.
Il-qari huwa importanti għaliex mhux biss huwa passatemp u jgħinek tistrieħ u
tirrilassa, imma huwa wkoll għodda importanti li permezz tagħha titgħallem
ħafna affarijiet ġodda. Jgħinek ukoll tikteb u tesprimi ruħek aħjar. Il-qari
jservi wkoll ta’ arrikkiment fil-lessiku li nużaw fil-kitba, barra li jgħin
fil-grammatika ta’ lingwa partikolari. Hija skuża li wieħed jgħid li m’għandux
ħin jaqra. Fil-verit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> kieku kellna nikkontrollaw ftit aktar l-użu tal-midja soċjali, żgur nsibu
iktar ħin biex naqraw.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Inħeġġeġ ukoll
liż-żgħażagħ biex mhux biss ikomplu jaqraw, imma wkoll biex jiktbu u
jesperimentaw ruħhom bil-kitbiet innovattivi tagħhom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-71442885647112787412018-11-02T17:44:00.001+01:002018-11-02T17:44:18.086+01:00KULĦADD BARRA FAJŻA: PATRICK SAMMUT JINTERVISTA LIL JOHN P. PORTELLI<br />
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rumanz tiegħek wara li inti ppubblikajt numru ta’ ġabriet ta’ poeżija. Meta u
minn fejn twieled dan ix-xogħol narrattiv?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Veru li dan hu l-ewwel
rumanz tieghi. Imma mhux l-ewwel attentat tal-proża għax f’Marzu li għadda ħriġt
ġabra ta’ 55 novelli qosra, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Inkontri ta’
Kuljum.</i> Imma li tikteb rumanz huwa differenti ħafna milli tikteb stejjer
qosra. It-tnejn għandhom il-valur tagħhom, imma rumanz jitlob konċentrazzjoni
fit-tul. Dan ir-rumanz twieled mix-xogħol akkademiku riċenti tiegħi. Jiena
bħala professur fl-Università ta’ Toronto ngħallem unit ta’ 36 siegħa dwar
in-narrattiva tal-emigrazzjoni u l-eżilju. U f’dan il-unit niffoka fuq
ir-rumanzi ta’ Tahar Ben Jelloun u Laila Lalami, żewġ kittieba Maghrebini,
stupendi u rebbieħa ta’ diversi unuri. Twieled ukoll mill-konvinzjoni li wasalt
għaliha meta għalaqt is-60 sena 4 snin ilu, jiġifieri l-konvinzjoni li
l-letteratura toffri aktar spazju miftuħ għal diskussjoni intellettwali u
wiesgħa mill-kitba akkademika li fil-ġeneru tagħha ippublikajt 11-il ktieb!
Jekk qed nikkritika, qed nikkritika lili nniffsi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Semmi tnejn jew tliet
temi għal qalbek f’dan l-ewwel rumanz tiegħek. Kif jintrabtu dawn ma’ jew
ivarjaw minn dak li diġà ktibt fil-versi tiegħek?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tema ewlenija hija l-esperjenza
varjata tal-emigrant għax l-istorja tiffoka fuq il-ħajja ta’ żewġ familji
emigranti Maltin fil-Kanada. Sintendi, familji maħluqa minni. It-tema tal-emigrazzjoni tidher qawwija ħafna
fil-kitba tal-poeżiji. Tema oħra hija li qatt ma nistgħu nkunu certi mija
fil-mija x’jiġri fil-ħajja tal-bnedmin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ta’ barra mhux dejjem jirrefletti kollox. U aħna dejjem noħolqu
r-realtaijiet ta’ dak li naħsbu li ġara. U din hi tema qawwija ħafna
fl-istejjer qosra. It-tielet tema hija l-element eżistenzjali li nsibu wkoll
fil-kitba kollha tiegħi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Għal min hu mmirat
l-aktar xogħol bħal dan? X’tip ta’ lingwa/stil użajt u liema huma l-ispazji li
fihom ambjentajt l-azzjoni tal-istorja tiegħek?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ir-rumanz hu miktub
b’Malti mexxej. Jiena nemmen li l-letteratura għandha tkun miftuħa għal kulħadd.
Il-biċċa l-kbira tar-rumanz huwa ambjentat f’Toronto, imma hemm avvenimenti li
jiġru Malta wkoll. Hemm ukoll diversi riflessjonijiet mill-karattri dwar
ġrajjiet storiċi riċenti f’Malta.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Issa li dħalt ukoll
fil-kitba tal-proża, x’differenza tħoss bejn meta wieħed jiġi biex jikteb rumanz
jew novelli, u meta jikteb il-poeżija? F’liema kamp iħossok l-iktar komdu? <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Għaliex</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Qed nibda nħossni komdu
fiż-żewġ ġeneri. Imma l-poeżija ma nsejthiex. Fil-fatt qed naħdem fuq ġabra
oħra ppjanata għall-2019. Kif għidt qabel, ir-rumanzi jitolbu konċentrazzjoni
differenti minn dik tal-poeżiji.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imma t-tnejn
li huma jitolbu ħafna u ħafna paċenzja u tirqim u tqaċċit, u diskussjoni
miegħek inniffsek u ma’ oħrajn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kemm tħoss li
r-rumanzier/poeta għandu jinvolvi ruħu fil-qasam politiku-soċjali permezz
tax-xogħlijiet letterarji tiegħu?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Nemmen bis-sħih li
r-rumanzier u l-poeta għandu jinvolvi element politiku-soċjali għax wara kollox
dan hu aspett integrali fil-ħajja ta’ kuljum. U xinhi l-letteratura mingħajr
il-ħajja? Mhux qed ngħid li l-kittieba għandhom ikunu xi profeti. Imma l-analiżi,
il-ħsieb u l-emozzjonijiet tagħhom għandhom ikunu parti integrali
mid-diskussjoni demokratika. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nemmen
ukoll li ħadd mhu newtrali u lanqas qatt nistgħu nkunu newtrali. Nippruvaw
inkunu ġusti iva; newtrali le. U din hi raġuni oħra favur it-tlaqqigħ tal-letteratura
mal-element politiku-soċjali.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Messaġġ qasir tiegħek
lill-ġenerazzjoni żagħżugħa rigward il-qari, il-ktieb u l-letteratura?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Taqtghu qalbkom qatt.
Illum għandkom ħafna letteratura varjata minn fejn tagħżlu. Ibdew b’dik li
tolqotkom u togħġobkom, imma bil-paċenzja varjaw ukoll. Huwa kruċjali li l-qari
li ndaħħlu fl-iskejjel ikun qari li jgħaqqad mal-ħajja tal-istudenti u jkunu
varjati, inkella se nibqgħu ngerrxuhom mil-letteratura kif ilna nagħmlu għal
ħafna snin!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-36260430696302163452018-10-22T20:08:00.000+02:002018-10-22T20:08:57.861+02:00IR-RAĠEL STRAMB: PATRICK SAMMUT JINTERVISTA LIL SALV SAMMUT<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IQEdEsHt1lE/W84SDDXORRI/AAAAAAAAViI/he9EjAH-CPkdwHX8lLlJjitLPH8GQtklACLcBGAs/s1600/ir-ragel-stramb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IQEdEsHt1lE/W84SDDXORRI/AAAAAAAAViI/he9EjAH-CPkdwHX8lLlJjitLPH8GQtklACLcBGAs/s400/ir-ragel-stramb.jpg" width="252" /></a><br />
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rumanz reċenti tiegħek. Meta u minn fejn twieled?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Iva! Dan huwa l-a</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">ħħar rumanz mitbugħ.
B’danakollu ma jfissirx li huwa l-aħħar wieħed miktub. Fil-fatt hemm tliet
rumanzi oħra jistennew għand il-pubblikatur. Inbeda jinkiteb fit-30 ta’ Jannar
u ntemmet il-kitba tiegħu fit-2 ta’ April tas-sena 2015 u pubblikat minn
Horizons fis-sena 2016. Ġie moqri<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>minn
Manwel Cassar fuq Radju RTK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ħażin ħafna ma’ tliet nisa. Ovvjament, il-ġrajja tar-rumanz tiegħi hija
totalment differenti u kompliet tissaħħaħ aktar ma l-karattri mmaturaw
fil-ġrajja.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ċerta importanza fuq livell politiko-soċjali. Xi tgħid dwar dan?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span>Il-qofol ikun it-tiswira tal-karattri fid-diversit</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IT;"> fil-psikoloġija tagħhom. Dan ir-rumanz jgħid it-trawma li għadda minnha
l-karattru prinċipali għax kien altruwista u kif baqa’ mxiegħef meta ġie
milgħub. Dan il-fatt wasslu biex jistkerrah lin-nisa kollha u jibża’ jkollu
kuntatt magħhom speċjalment żgħażagħ u ħelwin. Minkejja dan, l-iffittar ta’
tfajla oħra jerġa’ jgħin biex fl-aħħar jinkiseb l-għan aħħari tagħha bl-aktar
mod stramb imma fl-istess ħin altruwistiku.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Minkejja dan, l-element tar-relazzjoni tibqa’ dejjem waħda ta’ distanza.
Fih ukoll hemm l-element tat-twemmin ideoloġiku kemm dak reliġjuż u kemm dak
politiku u kif dawn jistgħu jgħixu flimkien jekk tabilħaqq jitwarrbu d-differenzi
fl-egoiżmu tal-bniedem. Il-ħajja soċjali bit-taqlib tas-sistema totalitarja ma’
dik liberali f’pajjiżi ’l bogħod minn xulxin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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temi għal qalbek fin-narrattiva tiegħek.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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dejjem valida għax tgħaqqad il-ħlejjaq flimkien u tnissel fihom mhux biss
imħabba imma wkoll rabta dejjiema ’l bogħod mit-tfixkil tal-ħajja. Il-psikoloġija
li l-bniedem huwa msawwar biha u li turi d-diversit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> fil-psike tiegħu. Inħobb ħafna l-ħolqien fis-sempliċit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> tiegħu u nħossni nieħu r-ruħ meta l-karattri tiegħi
nitfagħhom f’dak l-ambjent mhux mittiefes mill-id qerrieda tal-bniedem. Imbagħad
hemm l-awtentiċit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">. Jiġifieri li għalkemm
il-ġrajja hija fittizzja mhijiex waħda li ma tistax isseħħ. Minbarra dan, hemm
ir-riċerka jekk se nidħol f’xi aspett storiku. Fl-aħħar iżda żgur mhux l-inqas,
l-ambjent soċjali li l-ġrajja tinbena fuqha għax kif nemmen jien - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">il-kittieb huwa l-ġurnalista ta’ żmienu.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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tar-rumanzi ta’ Salv Sammut? X’tip ta’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">feedback
</i>ikollok <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mingħandhom?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Il-qarrejja tiegħi huma n-nies normali ta’ ebda pretensjoni flimkien ma’
dawk kollha li jagħrfu jevalwaw l-istil u l-mod tal-binja ta’ kif tiżvolġi
l-istorja. Huma nies ta’ kull et</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> u
klassi fl-istrata soċjali kif ukoll oħrajn aktar intellettwali li mhumiex
maħkuma mill-element tal-lagħqiżmu li nsibu madwarna fiċ-ċrieki letterarji.
Huma qarrejja li jixtarru u jistħajlu lilhom infushom qed jgħixu l-ġrajja huma
u jibqgħu jaħsbu fuqha. Ħlejjaq li kapaċi jifirħu meta l-karattri jkunu ferħana
u jitnikktu meta l-karattri jinħakmu min-niket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mill-qarrejja. Jien inkun naf kemm min-nies li jkellmuni, mill-kummenti li
nirċievi fuq il-midja soċjali u kemm mir-riċensjonijiet. Iżda l-ikbar sodisfazzjon
ikun meta l-kitba tiegħi nippreżentaha lill-pubblikatur u dan, jilqagħha
mill-ewwel u wara l-pubblikazzjoni jgħidli li kellu domanda għalihom u li
spiċċaw il-kopji miċ-ċirkolazzjoni.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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l-poeżija fuq l-oħra. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Xi tgħid dwar dawn iż-żewġ imħabbiet tiegħek?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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il-karattri. Fil-bidu nħossni f’limbu, iżda, imbagħad nibda ngħix mal-karattri
u narahom jiżviluppaw quddiemi u esperjenzi kemm personali li seħħewli u kemm
oħrajn li nkun naf bihom jissawru fir-rumanz. Bħal trabi li tarahom jitwieldu,
jikbru u jimmaturaw fi ħlejjaq adulti. Fir-rumanz, inħossni li nista’ nwassal
messaġġ soċjali u l-fatt li jien żort bosta pajjiżi u rajt ambjenti differenti
għamluni iżjed konxju tar-realtajiet tal-ħajja.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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f’dik li hi arti, kultura, intellettwaliżmu u ta’ ispirazzjoni emozzjonali.
Fil-poeżija nista’ fi struttura aktarx qasira nesprimi ruħi b’aktar intellett u
livell aritistiku fejn il-ħsieb irid jintagħġen b’mod elevat minn dik
tal-proża. Il-poeżija hija l-għanja moħbija tar-ruħ li toħroġ tiġri
bħan-nixxiegħa tgelgel fil-widien. Fiha s-sbuħija tal-kelma mirquma u
dixxiplinata imma fl-istess ħin espressiva tar-ruħ. Il-proża hija l-libsa
sabiħa li tidher minn barra imma l-poeżija hija d-diwi tal-emozzjonijiet
tal-ġewwieni.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Il-ktieb huwa l-ħabib sieket u leali li dejjem jista’ jibqa’ ħdejk jekk int tridu
maġenbek. Miegħu tqatta’ l-ħin u għal ftit waqtiet tinsa t-tfixkil tad-dinja
ta’ madwarek. Il-letteratura hija t-tiżjin tal-kultura miktuba u moqrija li
ssebbaħ mhux biss il-karattru ta’ min jaqraha iżda wkoll lis-soċjet</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> fejn jgħix il-bniedem ċivilizzat. Soċjet</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> mingħajr letteratura hija soċjet</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> bla ruħ tiġġerra bla identit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: MT;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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u jgħożżu l-letteratura. Mingħajr dawn it-tlieta, il-bniedem huwa dak l-istess
bniedem li ħareġ mill-għerien għarwien kemm fiżikament u kemm fl-għarfien
individwali u intellettwali tiegħu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-63435934367711912002018-10-22T19:53:00.002+02:002018-10-22T19:54:19.837+02:00PATRICK SAMMUT JINTERVISTA LIL ANDREW SCIBERRAS<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 5.0pt; tab-stops: 382.75pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCm1PUE8vxE/W84NdHEm7iI/AAAAAAAAVhw/inukuVQHFD43fb-N5ebU7vg2nPnU9D1CgCLcBGAs/s1600/EL.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="610" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCm1PUE8vxE/W84NdHEm7iI/AAAAAAAAVhw/inukuVQHFD43fb-N5ebU7vg2nPnU9D1CgCLcBGAs/s400/EL.png" width="252" /></a><b><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">1. <i>El Duende</i>
hi l-iktar ġabra ta’ poeżiji reċenti tiegħek. Meta u minn fejn twieldet?
Il-poeżiji li nsibu hawn huma kontinwazzjoni tal-vjaġġ riflessiv/spiritwali
tiegħek jew hemm ukoll elementi ġodda?</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="firstHeading"></a><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Staqsejtni dwar l-isem tal-ktieb <i>El
Duende, </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">hux hekk?</span> L-esej ta’
Federico García Lorca intitolat <span class="color16"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Play and Theory of the Duende</i></span><span class="color11"> (1933) hu
</span>xogħol artistiku tal-ogħla livell. Jien qed nislet ħsieb dwar dan
it-terminu mill-ambjent Malti li twelidt fih, imbagħad se nberrħu għall-poeżija
tiegħi. Meta kelli bejn wieħed u ieħor għaxar snin, ommi kienet tgħidli biex ma
mmurx nilgħab waħdi fil-ġnien ta’ ħdejna, għax fih hemm mistoħbi għafrit ikrah
u jiblagħni. </span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Illum naf li dan kienet tagħmlu biex nibqa’ ġewwa u
ngħinha fix-xogħol tad-dar.</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Fir-realtà l-għefieret jeżistu tassew f’kull wieħed u </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">waħda minna, u ta’ kuljum irridu nissieltu </span>magħhom </pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">biex ma jagħmlux ħajjitna u ħajjet l-oħrajn </pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">miżerabbli. Fil-Buddiżmu dawn jissejħu </pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">emozzjonijiet afflittivi (<i>afflictive emotions</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">) li </span></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">jikkawżaw xi forma ta’ tbatija. </span>Dawn huma r-regħba </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">(<i>lobha</i>), il-mibegħda (<i>dosa</i>), id-delużjoni (moha), il-vanità (māna), il-fehmiet żbaljati <span style="color: #222222;">(micchāditthi), </span></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">id-dubju (vicikicchā), l-apatija (thīnaṃ), in-nuqqas ta’ sabar (uddhaccaṃ), in-nuqqas ta’ mistħija </span></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">(ahirikaṃ), u n-nuqqas ta’ ħsieb korrett (anottappaṃ).<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Fil-poeżiji tiegħi (b’mod konxju u aktar inkonxju) jirnexxili noħloq kwadri li t-tema prinċipali </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">tagħhom hija t-tbatija, l-aktar dik eżistenzjali. B’xi mod jew ieħor dawn l-għaxar emozzjonijiet </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">afflittivi li semmejt hawn fuq isibhom inċiżi f’xogħlijieti, b’dak kollu li tirrikjedi l-poeżija. Il-kitba </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">tiegħi żgur li ma tridx twassal xi kmandament ġdid jew toħloq xi strutturi <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>kif wieħed għandu </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">jġib ruħu moralment. Dan qed jagħmluh ferm u ferm tajjeb l-istituzzjonijiet organizzati ta’ kull </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">tip għal skapitu ta’ poter. Imma jekk wieħed ifittex sew fil-qiegħ nett tal-poeżija tiegħi għandu </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">jsib il-kunċett tal-‘ispiritwalità kożmika’ li tappartjeni lill-umanità kollha. U din l-ispiritwalità </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">ilha li ġiet mifhuma fl-Orjent ferm qabel il-filosfi tal-Oċċident. Illum anki n-nozzjoni ta’ </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">‘Konoxxenza Unifikatriċi’ qed issib bosta appoġġ mix-xjenzati. Skont il-matematiku Ingliż, </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Sir Roger Penrose, iż-żerriegħa tal-Konoxxenza tinsab propju fil-qalba tal-univers. U din </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">l-asserzjoni ġejja mill-fatt li t-teorija tal-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">quantum</i> iġġagħalna bilfors inħarsu lejn il-kożmu mhux </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">bħala kollezzjoni ta’ oġġetti fiżiċi, imma bħala xibka kumplessa ta’ relazzjonijiet bejn kull partiċella </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">subatomika li teżisti fih. Min studja ftit newroxjenza jaf li dan il-kunċett jgħodd ukoll għall-moħħ </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">il-bniedem. Dan kollu li għedt hawn jirrelata flimkien. Il-vjaġġ poetiku tiegħi jsegwi din in-nixxiegħa </span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 7.1pt; margin-right: 32.9pt; margin-top: 0cm; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 382.75pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="MT" style="color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">ta’ kuxjent, u se jkompli jagħmel dan għax fil-frejm mentali tiegħi nemmen li ma jistax ikun mod</span></pre>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">2. Semmi tnejn jew tliet temi għal qalbek fil-versi tiegħek?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Dak kollu li jaqa’ taħt is-sensi tagħna, kif ukoll dak
kollu li ma nistgħux nipperċepixxuh bihom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3. Min huma l-qarrejja ta’ Andrew Sciberras?
X’tip ta’ <i>feedback</i> ikollok mingħandhom?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Staqsejtni min huma l-qarrejja tiegħi bħala poeta, hux
hekk? Imma l-ewwel se nibda billi ngħid li l-mantell ta’ poeta jbeżżagħni qatigħ
u żgur li mhux faċli li nxiddu. </span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: IT;">Fih toqol immens li ħafna drabi anki meta nikteb ikolli
ma nilbsux. Nistqarr li kienu ftit il-mumenti li rnexxieli nilbsu u kienu ta’
turment tremend. Il-qarrejja tiegħi huma dawk li għandhom paċenzja ta’ Job biex
jaqraw ħsus ruħi, għax dawn ma nwassalhomx b’mod dirett imma b’metafori,
b’simboli, bi xbihat u b’għadd ta’ referenzi varji. Nemmen li għad jasal
iż-żmien li ħadd aktar ma jinteressa ruħu fil-poeżija tiegħi, u għalija din ma
tkunx sorpriża. Iżda sakemm l-inkwetudnijiet jew il-ħsejjes li għandi f’moħħi
jibqgħu jippersegwitawni – u nħoss il-kilba li niktibhom – ma jkollix triq oħra
għajr li nwettaq dan. Tal-anqas ikolli waqtiet qosra ta’ rilass mill-ansjetajiet
eżistenzjali li jkidduni qatigħ. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reċenti tiegħek huma <i>Amor Fati</i> u <i>Titwila mit-Tieqa ta’ Ruħhom</i>
(bis-sehem ta’ Tarċisju Zarb), fejn naraw lilek anki bħala kritiku u
kummentatur tal-letteratura. X’hemm li jorbot il-poeżija u l-ħsieb kritiku
tiegħek flimkien? X’hemm li jiddistingwihom, anki fil-fażi meta tkun qed
tiktibhom?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Nemmen li l-ktieb <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amor Fati</i> (l-imħabba
tad-destin) hu xogħol uniku fil-letteratura Maltija, u dan mhux jien għedtu
imma bosta kittieba u l-aħjar kritiċi li għandu dan il-pajjiż. Kull min qara
dan il-ktieb jaf li</span><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> l-ewwel parti tiegħu hija introduzzjoni
kemxejn twila bl-Ingliż biex wieħed jifhem ħajjet u xogħol il-filosfu Friedrich
Nietzsche. Fit-tieni parti tal-ktieb wieħed isib poeżiji tiegħi bil-Malti li
sawwarthom fuq xi wħud mill-ħsibijiet ta’ dan il-filosfu kbir, biex inkompli
nuri kemm kien dinamiku u artistiku f’xogħlijietu. Dan hu forsi l-aktar ktieb
li ngħożż għal bosta raġunijiet varji.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Fil-ktieb <i>Mit-Titwila ta' Ruħhom </i>naqbel
kompletament mar-riċerka li ġabar Tarċisju Zarb dwar id-differenza bejn
il-poeti u l-kritiċi. U hawn taħt se nislet silta minn studju xjentifiku li
jikkonferma dan. Nissuġġerixxi lil dawk kollha li għandhom kopja ta’ dan
il-ktieb biex jaqraw din il-kitba dettaljata li tibda minn paġna 71 u tispiċċa
f’paġna 76. Dan l-istudju ta’ hawn taħt isostni li moħħ il-bniedem għandu
l-fakultà li joltera minn sistema għal oħra meta wieħed ikun qed jikteb poeżija
jew xi xogħol kritiku. (Dan jgħodd ukoll fejn jidħlu kunċetti oħra). Nemmen li
dan ikun qed iseħħ f’moħħi meta nwettaq dawn iż-żewġ proċessi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">“Ta’ min jgħid, għall-inqas hekk isostni Jerry McGuire,
li hemm iċ-ċans li filwaqt li dawk li aħna nsejħulhom kritiċi huma kkonċernati
l-aktar f’aspetti bħalma huma r-ripetizzjonijiet u l-kuntrasti tat-temi u
t-tifsiriet, il-poeti hemm ċans li jkunu aktar interessati f’dawk li huma
ripetizzjonijiet u kuntrasti tal-vokali u l-konsonanti, il-fasliet ritmiċi, u
kull tip ieħor ta’ ħoss tal-poeżija. Jew, biex inkunu aktar ċari, dawn iż-żewġ
naħiet jidħlu f’xulxin, imma ċ-ċans hu li poeti u kritiċi jaqraw il-poeżija
b’modi differenti.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Hemm ċans, hawnhekk, mingħajr ma nidħlu f’ħafna dettall,
li l-kritiku u l-poeta jużaw sistemi differenti tal-moħħ. Kenneth Heilman,
newropsikologu mill-Università ta’ Florida, jitkellem dwar tmien blokok
interkonnettjati ma’ xulxin, li xi wħud minnhom jirreferu għal reġjunijiet
tal-moħħ li huma magħrufa sew u definiti b’mod ċar, filwaqt li hemm oħrajn li
l-ġeografija tagħhom mhijiex daqshekk ċara. Huwa jitkellem, fost ħwejjeġ oħra,
dwar dak li jissejjaħ il-kortiċju awditorju (il-giru Heschl<i>/Heschl’s gyrus</i>)
li b’xi mod – li ħadd ma jaf – jaqsam il-ħsejjes li jkunu deħlin fil-moħħ
f’fonemi. Imbagħad ikun hemm il-lessiku tal-input – tidħil fonoloġiku (<i>phonological
input lexicon</i>) li jikkorrispondi għall-erja <i>Wernicke</i>, li tiftakar
il-ħsejjes tal-kliem varju. L-erja <i>Broca </i>għandha funzjoni motorja, li
l-għan tagħha huwa li tagħmel il-ħsejjes tal-ħdit/taħdit (<i>speech</i>) u
l-programmi tal-movimenti tal-ħdit-fonetiku (<i>phonetic-speech movement
programs</i>). Fiha nsibu l-programmi biex niffurmaw kliem ġdid u ħsejjes oħra.
Dawn iż-żewġ sistemi jiddependu fuq il-<i>phonological output lexicon </i>– li
xogħlu hu li jiftakar il-kliem u ħsejjes oħra – u dak li jkun jistenna li jinterpretahom
kif suppost għandhom jinstemgħu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">F’livell ogħla ta’ pproċessar tas-sistemi intenzjonali
tal-moħħ (iċ-ċingulat anterjuri u l-lobi frontali) joħolqu dak li Steven Pinker
isejjaħlu l-<i>mentalese </i>u jistimulaw is-sistemi tal-produzzjoni tal-ħdit (<i>speech</i>)
biex ibiddlu dawk il-ħsibijiet mentali jew <i>proto-utterances </i>fi kliem
fiżiku u sentenzi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Fuq is-sit tal-input, hemm unitajiet ta’ għarfien ta’
oġġett (<i>object recognition units</i>) li jissejħu <i>ventral temporal
occipital lobe</i>, li jassoċjaw kliem mal-perċezzjonijiet tal-oġġetti.
Għaldaqstant, fl-ogħla livell tas-sistema verbali, hemm għalqa
konċettwalment-semantika li għandha x’taqsam mat-tifsiriet (probabbilment
imferrxa sew fil-lobi parjetali u temporali).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Quddiem dan it-tagħrif, wieħed jasal biex jgħid, f’termini
sempliċi, li l-poeti jaqraw il-poeżiji primarjament f’termini tal-erjas <i>Broca
</i>u <i>Wernicke</i>, filwaqt li l-kritiċi jaqraw primarjament f’termini ta’
għelieqi kunċettwali semantiċi fil-livell ta’ fuqu. Il-poeti huma aktar
ikkonċentrati fuq l-<i>output </i>tal-ħwejjeġ, u dak li huwa speċjali fuq
il-poeżija huwa l-ħoss.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">5. Messaġġ qasir
tiegħek lill-ġenerazzjoni żagħżugħa rigward il-qari, il-ktieb u l-letteratura.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Il-messaġġ tiegħi huwa għall-poeti t’għada. Fl-ewwel
lezzjoni li tani l-Prof. Oliver Friggieri – li għadha stampata ġo moħħi sal-lum
– kien qalli dawn il-preċiżi kelmiet: “Aqra kemm tiflaħ minn sferi ta’ għerf
differenti, ara x’inkiteb qablek, u biex tikteb poeżija moderna tajba trid
titkisser fuq il-metrika tradizzjonali.” Fl-aħħar nozzjoni Oliver Friggieri
ried ifisser li kull tip ta’ kitba – f’dan il-każ il-poeżija – hija
kontinwazzjoni ta’ dak li nkiteb qabilha. Fi kliem ieħor il-kitba hija bħal katina,
li jekk tinqata’ ħolqa jew tnejn minnha ma tibqax sħiħa imma ssir bċejjeċ li
jitferrxu ’l hemm u ’l hawn.</span></div>
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Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282051.post-73271035663361055852018-10-22T19:27:00.002+02:002018-10-22T19:27:52.058+02:00FITTIXNI FL-ILMA ĠIERI: PATRICK SAMMUT JINTERVISTA LIL ĠORĠ BORG<br />
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</span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Fittixni fl-Ilma Ġieri</span></i></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> hi l-iktar ġabra riċenti ta’ poeżiji
tiegħek. Meta u minn fejn twieldet? Il-poeżiji li nsibu hawn huma
kontinwazzjoni tal-vjaġġ riflessiv tiegħek fuq din id-dinja jew hemm ukoll
elementi ġodda?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Naħseb li
l-poeżiji tal-istess poeta b’xi mod huma dejjem kontinwazzjoni tal-vjaġġ
riflessiv tiegħu waqt li għaddej fil-ħajja għax il-poeta huwa minnu nnifsu
bniedem li jirrifletti b’mod profond fuq dak li qed jiġri lilu jew madwaru.
Iżda naħseb li staqsejtni hekk għax f’din l-aħħar ġabra, filwaqt li ma tonqosx
il-poeżija lirika, li jien magħruf għaliha, hemm iżjed elementi filosofiċi
mill-ġabriet ta’ qabel. Din il-ġabra ġdida, li hi s-seba’ ġabra poetika li
pubblikajt s’issa, tibqa’ għaddejja bl-ispontanjet</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> tal-emozzjoni u
fl-istess ħin tqanqal, tfittex u tipprova twieġeb ħsibijiet eżistenzjali li
jiġu lil kull individwu matur. Hawn, billi jien Nisrani konvint, inħares lejn
il-ħajja mill-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">punto di vista</i> ta’
bniedem li jemmen. Mill-banda l-oħra dan mhuwiex xi ktieb mgħobbi bi ħsibijiet
reliġjużi għax jien nimraħ ħafna minn suġġett għal ieħor u nħossni ħieles li
nikkummenta, kultant b’linja filosofika fina, fuq il-ħajja li ngħixu lkoll kemm
aħna.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tnejn jew tliet temi għal qalbek fil-poeżija tiegħek.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Billi l-poeżija
hi miktuba biex tikkomunika nħoss li l-komunikazzjoni u l-imħabba
bil-komponenti varji tagħhom, huma fost l-ewwel temi li jiġuni f’rasi.
Is-solitudni hija n-naħa l-oħra tal-komunikazzjoni u nikteb fuqha wkoll,
l-aktar biex infakkar tifkiriet-ħelwa mnikkta tiegħi u riverenza lejn l-ambjent
u n-natura. Ma’ dawn inżid ix-xewqa għat-tiftix tal-ħwejjeġ li ma jgħaddux, u
allura tal-infinit. Meta nikteb fuq dawn il-ħwejjeġ normalment inlibbes
il-ħsieb b’xi metafori jekk mhux ukoll poeżija sħiħa tieħu forma ta’ metafora
waħda u hemmhekk ikolli metafora estiża (mifruxa) u l-qarrej jeħtieġ li
jintebaħ għal xiex inkun qiegħed nirreferi f’kull każ. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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l-qarrejja ta’ Ġorġ Borg? X’tip ta’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">feedback</i>
ikollok mingħandhom?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Minn dak li
nisma’ u minn kif jgħiduli bil-fomm u bil-miktub xi qarrejja nfushom naħseb li
l-qarrejja/semmiegħa tiegħi jħobbu t-tip ta’ poeżiji qosra u ta’ xejra lirika
fejn wieħed jesprimi xi jkun iħoss u li, għad li jidhru sempliċi fil-wiċċ,
fihom ċerta profondit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> li jħallu l-bniedem jaħseb. Il-qarrejja/semmiegħa li jħobbu dan it-tip ta’
poeżiji aktarx li jassoċjaw xi emozzjonijiet li jiltaqgħu magħhom f’dawn il-poeżiji.
Għalhekk iħossu qrubija u affezzjoni mal-versi li jaqraw jew jisimgħu. F’dan
is-sens il-poeżija ma tibqax tiegħi iżda ssir tagħhom ukoll.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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u l-mużikalit</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> fil-versi tiegħek huma elementi ewlenin
u fuq livell tematiku tidher ċara l-metafora tal-ilma. Xi tgħid dwar dan?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Diġ</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> aċċennajt
għall-konċiżjoni. Din mhijiex għażla tiegħi biex inħaffef, iżda pjuttost iżjed
diffiċli għax fi ftit versi trid tiġbor verit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> poetika
qawwija. Din, fil-fatt, semmejtha u elaborajt xi ftit fuqha fil-“Kelmtejn Qabel”
li għamilt għall-ktieb. Dwar il-mużikalit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> fil-versi ngħid biss li din saret parti integrali
mill-istil tiegħi. Il-versi donnhom joħorġu weħidhom idoqqu sabiħ fil-widna u
kollha naturalezza. Għaliex joħorġu hekk ma nafx u ma nistax nispjega għaliex. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Il-metafora
tal-ilma li semmejtli tidher saħansitra fit-titlu tal-ktieb stess, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fittixni fl-Ilma Ġieri</i>, u fuq il-qoxra
ta’ wara tajt tifsira (mhux esklussiva) għal dak li rrid infisser bit-titlu.
Hawn l-istess ilma hu metafora għall-poeżija bnina li taqta’ l-għatx għal min
irid ifittixha u jsir iħobbha. Ħafna mit-titli tal-ġabriet preċedenti tiegħi
jsemmu direttament jew jagħtu ħjiel tal-ilma kif imfisser hawn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Hemm tifsiriet
iżjed sottili tal-metafora tal-għatx għall-ilma u dawn wieħed jista’ jsibhom
ukoll f’dan il-ktieb meta jaqra poeżiji bħal “X’Fadallek?” u “Ilma”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Ta’ min isemmi
li ċerti metafori li nuża jista’ jkun fihom iżjed minn tifsira waħda, xi drabi
iżjed minn tnejn ukoll.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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qasir tiegħek lill-ġenerazzjoni żagħżugħa rigward il-qari, il-ktieb u
l-letteratura.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;">Minkejja li llum
hawn ħafna biex wieħed jedha (bħal <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">smartphones</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">facebook</i>, internet, li huma utli
tassew) il-qari ta’ kotba tajbin għandu jkollu post importanti f’dik li hi
edukazzjoni tal-moħħ u tal-qalb. Letteratura valida tista’ tiftaħlek orizzonti
kbar u tagħti pjaċir estetiku mill-isbaħ. Kun ħabib tal-ktieb Malti għax aħna
Maltin u m’għandniex inwarrbu dak li hu tagħna u li jagħtina identit</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">à</span><span lang="MT" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: MT;"> bħala nazzjon,
bħalma huma l-lingwa u l-letteratura Maltija.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Patrick J Sammuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08194257491346294970noreply@blogger.com0