Cavalli sciolti – Eng

Cavalli sciolti – Free Horses

Introduction

Free Horses was born from an image that emerged while listening to a musical improvisation: horses running free across a boundless land, among cacti, arid mountains and endless deserts.

That run gradually becomes an inner journey: from conquering one’s own freedom to searching for a direction, and finally to the desire to return in order to guide and save those who risk becoming lost in the “desert of nothingness”.

A poem born from music, therefore, but which has ultimately become a reflection on freedom, awareness and responsibility towards others.

The origin of the poem

On 22 June 2021, my friend Davide Parola posted this video on his Facebook page. I later learned that it was a “spontaneous invention”, improvised by music designer Stefano Maccarelli for a demonstration.

Of course, the performance, although it was only a demonstration, did not leave me indifferent. Through my imagination I “saw” free horses running wild and…

I apologise if not everyone can listen to the music because they do not have a Facebook profile, but as far as I know, the only link to watch the video is the one indicated at the bottom of the page.

Free Horses

Music 4 sec.

From the past there rise in my mind
images and memories
of a time that once was
before this one.

Music 14 sec.

The visions grow ever stronger
of a desolate, boundless land
surrounded by cacti and arid mountains.

Music 24 sec.

I see free horses without reins
galloping faster
and stronger than my thoughts.

Music 34 sec.

I mount a black one without a saddle,
difficult to tame,
but after a tenacious resistance
and struggle, I succeed.

Music 44 sec.

And I feel free
to run and gallop with them.

Music 52 sec.

Then, all of a sudden, I find myself
on a white horse, more docile
than the first one I rode,
and I set out in search of the free herd
so that I can gather them
and lead them back in the right direction,
to a place where they will lack nothing
of all they could ever desire.

Music 1 min. 35 sec.

And once they have been led back to their origin,
I return to go and save others
who risk becoming lost
in the boundless desert of nothingness.

Florence, 22 June 2021, 7:10 p.m.

Demo video by Stefano Maccarelli on Facebook.

Cover image: from the Web