2024 Programme
Event #29
Sunday 1 September, 09.15 pm
Matteotti square1 - euro 4.50
Find this place on the map
Fabio Genovesi
The eternal grace of giving thanks
Gratitude is as ancient as humanity itself, if not more. We, along with animals and plants, feel gratitude. We trust, we give thanks. Always and everywhere – inside churches, temples, and caves, but also outdoors, where the only roof is the sky. Along roads, amidst forests, beside crosses and at crossroads, on top of the mountains and overlooking the sea, wherever humans tread, figures of stone or colour remain to say thank you. In the lands between Liguria, Tuscany, and Emilia, this mystical gratitude is called Maestà: ancient figures of Madonnas and Saints, heavy stones to cling to in life’s tempests. Here, as everywhere, in the deep act of giving thanks to the sky, the earth, the water, and to each other, we find our true humanity. In these moments we are human, animal, and divine. We are truly alive.
https://www.festivaldellamente.it/it/live-streaming-alessandro-barbero/Fabio Genovesi was born in 1974 in Forte dei Marmi, where he currently lives. He contributes to Corriere della Sera, its weekly magazine La Lettura and La Gazzetta dello Sport. He is the cultural voice of the RAI commentaries on the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. Among his novels, “Il mare dove non si tocca” (Mondadori, 2017), “Cadrò sognando di volare” (Mondadori, 2020), “Il calamaro gigante” (Feltrinelli, 2021), “Oro puro” (Mondadori, 2023).
Event #43extraFestival
Minotauro Institute, with Loredana Cirillo and Filippo Rosa
Thank you! What we have never told our children and students
![](https://www.festivaldellamente.it/wp-content/themes/festivaldellamente/images/piu.gif)