THE MYSTICAL JOURNEY OF MELANIE FRANCESCA: UNVEILING THE ENIGMAS WITHIN THE HUMAN SOUL
Melanie Francesca, an extraordinary Visionary Artist and Author, has emerged as a transformative force in the worlds of art and literature, leaving an indelible mark in the hearts and minds of her audience across continents.
THE BOX EXHIBITION: A FUSION OF WORDS AND DRAWINGS
Melanie’s recent exhibition, The Box, held at the prestigious Primaticcio Gallery in Rome, mesmerized viewers with its unique fusion of words and drawings. Renowned psychologist Maria Rita Parsi aptly described Melanie as “capable of capturing the meaning that lies beyond and within things.”
“The Box” is not just an exhibition, it is also a poetry book combined with drawings, referencing the monumental work of art that stood tall in the center of the Roman gallery.
An intriguing blend of classical mythology and contemporary insights, The Box has garnered comparisons to the literary brilliance of James Joyce. Melanie masterfully weaves together European history, classical figures like Laocoon, the Venus of Samothrace, Michelangelo, Canova, and the echoes of the Pre-Raphaelites, inviting viewers on an intimate journey through the human psyche. The exhibition received patronage from the Minister of Tolerance of the United Arab Emirates, further solidifying Melanie’s ability to bridge Western and Middle Eastern cultures.
LITERARY MASTERPIECE: THE ANGEL
Melanie’s creativity extends beyond her artwork; her latest literary masterpiece, The Angel, published by Europa Books, is making waves in the literary world. Set against the backdrop of early 2000s Paris, this powerful novel delves into the intricate web of love, pain, and healing surrounding an angel’s affection for Dixi, a vulnerable girl trapped in a world of abandonment and toxic relationships.
Through skillful storytelling, Melanie explores deep emotions and sorrow, urging readers to confront their inner wounds and embark on a transformative path of personal growth and self-awareness. In The Angel, Melanie introduces the concept of the invisible world, which she compares to an ultrasound: imperceptible yet undeniably real and tangible. Challenging conventional beliefs, Melanie portrays angels as deeply connected to humanity, appreciating the beauty of our earthly experiences.
THE ENIGMATIC FIGURE OF JIM MORRISON IN THE ANGEL
The essence of “The Angel” is often likened to the enigmatic figure of Jim Morrison, the iconic rock star. Jim Morrison’s presence echoes throughout the book, infusing the story with dark, rock, and metallic tones. The novel can be described as a rock star’s scream transposed into literary form, evoking powerful emotions and thought-provoking themes.
BRIDGING CULTURAL BARRIERS
Melanie’s experiences in Dubai have further highlighted her unique ability to bridge Western and Middle Eastern cultures. Her literary works, “The Occidental” and “The Perfect Woman,” chronicle a Western girl’s journey in a profoundly different world, reflecting Melanie’s talent for transcending cultural barriers and finding a common thread that connects people from various backgrounds.
MELANIE FRANCESCA’S ARTISTIC AND LITERARY JOURNEY
As a lifestyle journalist, writer, artist, television and radio personality, Melanie Francesca’s contributions to the world of art and literature are unmatched. With fourteen books published by major editors such as Mondadori and Rizzoli, Melanie has received exceptional recognition and support from prominent figures like Fernanda Pivano, Barbara Alberti, Maria Rita Parsi, Vittorio Sgarbi, Stefano Zecchi, and Francesco Alberoni.
After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice as an artist, Melanie’s exhibitions have graced the cities of Paris, Milan, Moscow, and Dubai, earning appreciation and acclaim. She also regularly shares her insights and commentary on renowned platforms like RTL News and Rai, solidifying her place as a prominent artistic and literary figure.
MELANIE BRIDGES CULTURAL GAPS
Melanie Francesca’s exceptional talent as a Visionary Artist and Author continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Her ability to create captivating exhibitions like “The Box” and weave powerful narratives in books like “The Angel” has made her a trailblazer in art and literature. Melanie bridges cultural gaps through her work, unearths the human experience’s enigmatic secrets, and urges her audience to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and awareness.
Below are some selected questions and Melanie Francesca’s heartfelt answers.
WHICH ARE THE WOUNDS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE BOOK?
Each of us is born with a wound inside, a kind of mark that determines our existence. Like Dixi: her anger, her tattoos and her mystical attitude towards the world, all derive from this wound with which she came into the world, in her case, that of abandonment, the same as her mother, father, grandmother, of the great-grandfather: an entire family of souls linked by the same chain of suffering that each generation has the task of breaking, thus freeing their ancestors. Dixi hopes to break this chain that binds her to continuous suffering, always trying to recreate the same situation that confirms her abandonment and loneliness. Instead, Alan tries to explain to her that our present shouldn’t be linked to the past but to the future, in a new interpretation of life: we are not the product of the past, of memories; we are our wounds. Paradoxically, even if we lose our memory, we would act similarly and recreate the same situations and realities. What happens to us is only the manifestation of who we are; it doesn’t shape us but is shaped by us.
THIS MAKES US EXTREMELY RESPONSIBLE AND CREATORS OF THE REALITY THAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO US.
The wound is like a radio: we only pick up the frequencies on which we are programmed. By changing the programming, we change our frequency. At this point, the secret lies in raising our frequency in love. How do you do? We intervene in the only area to which we are given access: not the past, not the future but the present. By entering the now, we are able to transform our lives because we stop lying to ourselves and start just being. We live. By living, we discover our wound; where is it hidden: in the pit of the stomach with a sense of nausea? In the heart with a sense of oppression, in the legs with a sense of paralysis? Our wound speaks to us with pain, it is enough to contemplate it with love to heal it. That’s what Alan does with Dixi: he loves her, it would be enough for Dixi to look at herself with the eyes of an angel like him to heal… we are so perfect and wonderful with our frailties that we don’t realize we have all the angels at our side. Our feet.
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO US?
Life is love; love heals and heals. Every misfortune, accident, illness, and depression… are nothing but manifestations of the lack of love.
BUT DOES THIS SPIRIT EXIST OR NOT?
The eighteenth-century spirit that narrates the story speaks with ancient words, calls spirituality esotericism, and defines the obsessions, or thought forms, real beings, entities called larvae. In his afterlife, feelings are therefore concrete, like thoughts, and the fairy tale takes shape. But I must tell you that to make me feel its presence, the spirit brushes my shoulders, filling me with shivers even if it’s hot: it’s his way of smiling. In the book, the spirit communicates with Dixi only in churches or in front of the beauty of a picture, where she begins to rise to joy: that is the door to the other world, and through a crack of hope, he can make his whisper heard, through an open heart he can flow into us. We are faced with the mystery of existence, as the angel Alan says: «Love illuminates everything, it elevates spirits and humans to that energy level where matter loses its consistency and evaporates, and the walls between worlds fall down. We and you, spirits and humans, in love, are visible to each other, the shadows swept away by the light we emanate, with no matter in between. Without even pain, since this is only the absence of light and love”.
TO CONCLUDE: WHY SHOULD ANYONE BUY YOUR BOOK? WHAT DO WE TELL THE PUBLIC?
Because it’s a beautiful novel that explains, in the form of a story, the spiritual principles that shape our reality and allow us to change for the better. One doesn’t even realize he’s changing, he does it while he reads. Because the story guide to inner transformation with feeling, there is nothing to understand with the mind since the mind lies. The mind is limited, the heart can do anything instead, and only by opening the heart we transform our lives. We need to enter the terrain of sentiment, pain, poetry, and a language that does not go into concepts. We need to stop thinking about what is good or bad, about how to change things rationally. The truth cannot be reached with reason.
This novel is a modern fairy tale that takes you by the hand like a child and transforms, as in ancient alchemy, the lead of heavy feelings into the gold of awareness.
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