It is a simple verse, but one that connects us – or opposes us – in a definitive way.
In the United States, it is a simple, cracked bell that has become the sole symbol of Liberty: it was the one that announced to the inhabitants of Philadelphia; it rang the declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Obviously, I’m not insulting anyone by not talking about the very French Statue of Liberty, which can be seen in Paris, on the Seine….
Nevertheless, it arrives in second place from a chronological point of view, a good hundred years after the bell.
This is the very famous one: Liberty Bell.
The bells of freedom are the ones that put us on the roads, one or the other.
Some really take to the road and drag their spats from place to place, taking the time to meet.
Others drag from music to music, from book to book, from work to art
Others still share their loves, their passions, their enthusiasm
these are the ones who are bewitched by the freedom bells
Frank Grace – Picture of bell
Well, there are those who don’t like them. Too bad; it doesn’t matter.
But – seriously – can a theatre miss all the artists who have heard the bells of Freedom ring?
Especially a theatre that is dreaming of Dubai?
Go there and drag your steps, you will see all these people from all the countries of the world, who came there to dream – of money, glory, modernity, for that matter.
If there is one city in the world today that rings the bells, it is this one.
I didn’t invent this verse.
But I dream of being able to ring these bells, and invite all those who want to dream of freedom, art, humanity, youth, anything as long as it is not serious, boring to die, already dead but not knowing it.
And – in France we say: To all lords, all honour: this verse is in the song Immigraniada of Gogol Bordello
Seeking freedom does not promise security or abundance.
And many works testify to this magnificently :
“You forget I’m in America”
But, in any case, Freedom is a horizon that can only inspire us!
Featured Image : Marc Chagall – Le Rêve – 192 7 – Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris