Ешь, молись, люби

Chapter 36

           Nottoolongago,authoritiesarrestedabrotherhoodofCatholicmonksinSicilywhowereintightconspiracywiththeMafia,sowhocanyoutrust?Whatcanyoubelieve?Theworldisunkindandunfair.SpeakupagainstthisunfairnessandinSicily,atleast,you’llendupasthefoundationofanuglynewbuilding.Whatcanyoudoinsuchanenvironmenttoholdasenseofyourindividualhumandignity?Maybenothing.Maybenothingexcept,perhaps,toprideyourselfonthefactthatyoualwaysfilletyourfishwithperfection,orthatyoumakethelightestricottainthewholetown?

           Idon’twanttoinsultanyonebydrawingtoomuchofacomparisonbetweenmyselfandthelong-sufferingSicilianpeople.Thetragediesinmylifehavebeenofapersonalandlargelyself-creatednature,notepicallyoppressive.Iwentthroughadivorceandadepression,notafewcenturiesofmurderoustyranny.Ihadacrisisofidentity,butIalsohadtheresources(financial,artisticandemotional)withwhichtotrytoworkitout.Still,IwillsaythatthesamethingwhichhashelpedgenerationsofSiciliansholdtheirdignityhashelpedmebegintorecovermine-namely,theideathattheappreciationofpleasurecanbeananchorofone’shumanity.IbelievethisiswhatGoethemeantbysayingthatyouhavetocomehere,toSicily,inordertounderstandItaly.AndIsupposethisiswhatIinstinctivelyfeltwhenIdecidedthatIneededtocomehere,toItaly,inordertounderstandmyself.

           ItwasinabathtubbackinNewYork,readingItalianwordsaloudfromadictionary,thatIfirststartedmendingmysoul

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