I was granted the priceless opportunity to cross the threshold of the sacred shrine of creativity of Mariano Garau, a composer of global resonance whose compositions resonate through 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐢 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢 𝐩𝐢𝐮̀ 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢, 𝐞𝐜𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐮̀ 𝐦𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢 𝐩𝐢𝐮̀ 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐨𝐬𝐢 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨.

Mariano's invitation to join his studio to make a video was a precious gift, far beyond a simple work assignment. I accepted it with fervent 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞, driven by a deep feeling of 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 for him and his art.

For me, a citizen of the same land that gave birth to such excellence, it was not only a 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨 but a moral duty to render 𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨.

His 𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐚̀, 𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 for his art transcended mere admiration; experiencing these moments of creation up close, exchanging anecdotes and confidences, transformed what could have been a simple assignment into a deeply human and enriching experience.

𝐀 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐧𝐨𝐢 𝐈𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢, 𝐢𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐮̀ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐯𝐚 𝐚 𝐭𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐢 𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢.