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When you can have all the lights on you, but you choose darkness

2025-09-03 15:46:50Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA ADRIAN THANO

By Adrian Thano

Man is not as much as he is seen, but as much as he feels, as much as he chooses to be. And he chose to be quiet. Withdrawn. Cheap. There are many people who love light. There are few who know how to live in the shadow they choose for themselves

Adriano Celentano is one of those voices that have followed the childhood and growth of those my age. For me it was a model of elegant rebellion, a voice that came from an era where the song had a soul.

Singers like Celentano sang about love, about the absurdity of modern life, about human contradictions. Each verse had something to give. They didn't just produce music, but attitude.

Today, music has become an empty means of self-promotion, a reflection of a time when sound matters, not content; rhythm, not feeling. The words are often empty, the images strained, the goal is one and only one: to stand out! Even for a single day.

That's why most songs today are made for clicks, not for duration in the collective memory. Like everything else in this surface culture, they are fast, consumable, noisy. The noise deafens you, but it doesn't speak to you.

The art of Celentano's time did not necessarily require attention, it did not rise above noise, but above depth. I still hear it today, from time to time. Yesterday I read something about his complete withdrawal from public life and isolation. You can't even find the phone calls anymore.

I felt a kind of respect for this man who didn't burn himself in the lights of the stage, but who also knew when to leave it. No dramatic statements. Without any farewell concert. Without an "Instagram video" to feel needed. He simply chose not to be more visible. While everyone queues for attention, behind the catwalks of social networks, after one more word, Celentano chose not to say anything.

Fear of the virus – read in some news reports (it has not come out since the pandemic). Aging – others say, – surrender. For me, it's philosophy, it's courage. It is another form of expression: a wordless message, which means that man is not as much as he is seen, but as much as he feels, as much as he chooses to be.

And he chose to be quiet. Withdrawn. Cheap. There are many people who love light. There are few who know how to live in the shadow of their own choosing. When all the lights may be on you, but you choose darkness, this is a greatness that does not require applause, but respect.

So Celentano – yesterday's great singer – today is a reminder that tells us that sometimes, absence is stronger than presence. That true dignity is not measured by standing on stage, but by the ability to get off it without noise, preferably when the lights are still on.

Knowing how to leave at the right time is a rare art – a noble act. Not everyone has the spiritual strength to do such a thing. Very few possess this silent wisdom.

And this doesn't just apply to music. / Dita Newspaper


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