Some time ago I was in the motorway, the day after a concert ... as usual I made a walk on the books, records, etc.. Among the various publications, stood a big book with many blank pages and a cool title: ALL ALIVE! Lorenzo Cherubini and Franco Bolelli. Despite the size, the book was very light, as if the pages of the paper was made of a sort of antimatter. Inspired me. I did not know that Lawrence had written a new book. Bought.

I admit, are very slow to read. Even if I like a lot, must pass before a certain number of pages before they are fully involved ... and then, if a book I like, I do not say enough wonderful. In short, a tragedy ..

I started reading "Viva Everything! "And I immediately loved. Viscerally. We have also made relatively little to read it. I was in a very special moment of my life, and often it was as if the book spoke to me, motivated me, I spronasse. It made me feel good and I thought it would make me think in different ways, on issues that are very close to the heart (human existence, the future, the present, love, spirituality, music, travel, l ' universe, technology, internet, God) but from different angles and perspectives often new and sometimes unusual. And then I loved the facility, the construction, which is based on the idea that.

Yes, because, basically, the book is thought-as a correspondence (by mail) between Lorenzo Jovanotti and Franco Bolelli (writer, philosopher and thinker of modern), which questions are asked each other, they pose questions, thoughts, exchange opinions, points of view that are sometimes close, sometimes far away.

I love the book, advising him to almost everyone. I did have my most sincere congratulations to Lorenzo (an artist and a musician whom I respect from the depths of the heart) and then, one day, I contacted facebook Franco Bolelli, to get them to him. Franco, told me very nicely.

In "Viva Everything!", Both Franco and Lorenzo, often cite Daniele Bolelli (the son of Franco) that is "pulled in the middle" in the reflections that mainly concern the martial arts, Zen and religions. Daniel, despite his young age, taught at universities in California his "History of Religions."

In other words, through facebook, I have known both Franco and Daniel. Two special people, both, certainly out of the ordinary. Brilliant both. We wrote several times and promised to see us early to know, personally. Then, days ago, I sent them this interview for my blog, I wrote one morning at 5 all in one go. I wanted to respond to an interview room without influencing one another on questions that often afflict me ... I thought that two people of culture and intellectual vigor as Franco and Daniel, a father and a son, would certainly have given me interesting answers on which to reflect. So it was.

The audience here, in an interview that I just called "Father & Son".

What do you think of happiness? Exists or not, is a mirage human?

FB exists, and how if it exists! There are many daily acts and exists as a vital boost as strong relationship with the world and with life, which is stronger than even the dramas, problems, weaknesses, moments of withdrawal and sadness and fragility. I think we can be much happier if we do not seek other purpose in life than life itself, unless we protect ourselves from life.

DB the same way as the health of the disease is no less objective, happiness is tangible and real as abysmal depression and sadness. But we're not talking about a dimension untouchable once reached never abandons us. It speaks of an attitude toward life that does not change its orientation despite moments of tragedy and pain. One of my idols, Ikkyu (monaco a Buddhist whose main interests were the Zen, sex and sake '), speaks of "joy in the midst of despair." The life and 'tough-there's no' doubt. And every day we run into the forces that will do anything to give us reason to get depressed. Recognize the despair that this ruin your desire to laugh ... and this for me 'the door of happiness'.

What is biodiversity?

FB And 'the absolute, unconditional, infinite multiplicity and variety of life, which is expressed in thousands of shapes, movements of organisms. And 'the principle that all living things generate more and more living things.

DB How would I know? You took me for a smart?

Do you think men are going towards an evolution "good"? Or that we are destined to self-destruction? In any case, why?

FB Evolution is just evolving. As it evolves is good, but evolution is not just good or virtuous: evolution - both from a global point of view as from that of our unique existence - is also a risk. On the other hand, when ever there was a single human experience that is exciting that so risky?

DB Both. It 'true that humanity is flirting with self-destruction. The amount of poisons we put into the atmosphere, sometimes without even realizing it is objectively disturbing. The idiocy of religious fundamentalism and a monstrous greed are two twin forces that lead us every day closer to the abyss. Depressing? Yes, but at the same time, many things have improved for the better. Today there is less racism and more openness in much of the world than there are dreamed of for centuries. There is a growing number of people who slams to invent new solutions less harmful to humans and the planet. The signs are as powerful as positive and negative. The race is pulled but is far from decided.

What do you like most about the human dimension? You could call yourself a philanthropist or not? How would you define yourself?

FB I'm attracted by humans, the singular lives, the stories of humans. Attracted me in particular is that humanity rushes forward, trying to give birth to something that was not there before, shifting borders, which broadens horizons, which nourishes the energies of those around him.

I do not call, ever. It 's not a question that I pose. We just are.

DB Argh ... I call ... "disturbingly beautiful". Ok, sorry, I stop the bullshit. I keep a little bit what I said above. Maybe it's my addiction to answers yin-yang, but I think I'm deeply misanthropic philanthropist and at the same time. The power of human stupidity is undeniable. Never lost a bet on you and why 'everywhere. So in a sense, a good part of humanity seems to me a painful mediocrity (this is what happens if you read the Tao Te Ching and Nietzsche too was a child). But at the same time, there are also many humans with courage, creativity and heart-warming heat (nice alliteration, eh?). I love animals, but that 'I like best is that of humans more than any other animal we have a wide field of choice. Some use it badly and others well, but have wider possibilities is never a thing to give up.

When you think humanity think before the individual or to society? Why?

FB I passionate about the possibility of a self who shares outstanding and exceptional coevolves with many other selves. I am passionate about the ego that expands along with other egos.

DB Frankly, I think that there is not much. I understand that the answer is not exactly enlightening, so I try to do better. Thinking too much only to the individual is to lose sight of the global spend too much time admiring his belly button - which is rarely a good thing. Thinking too much to the community means taking too much time on things that you can have a minimal impact and therefore can be paralyzing. A healthy middle ground seems to me the penalty.

What do you think of the family?

FB I think that a woman and a man should live their relationship as a large company, and they need a big business raising a child. If the family is this thing here, is the most essential. Otherwise not.

DB Do you mean "family" in the sense of the Godfather or in another way?

If I make birthday gifts, I like. If not, Fuck them.

Compared to the religion which position you take? Believe in God? Are you an atheist? Agnostic? How would you practice your "faith position"?

FB are extremely pragmatic, I tend to commit to two hundred percent in everything I do and I can solve, and not to deal with issues that in any case I could not solve. I think overwhelmingly the biological potency, the great current of life.

DB Agnostic with an asterisk. That is, I live at the same time moments when it seems to me that there is no sense or logic in the universe and others where it seems obvious the exact opposite. My feelings about and experiences are equally powerful so I'd be lying if I decide to simply ignore one type for another. Clearly, however, if by "God" we mean an old man in the sky with a white beard and rewards good and punishes the bad ... I did not believe in Santa Claus even as a child.

Do you think that there is reincarnation?

FB Until recently settled the matter with a joke tenderly contemptuously. But I have a wife who believes in reincarnation, and I would go with her many other lives. So I continue to smile, but I think that would be fun.

DB Boh! And if there - something very possible - what does this mean? Without our body, nor remember, what is left of us? What is it this "soul" that reincarnates? Reincarnation creates more questions than answers. Which is not to say that there is, but it is difficult even to conceive. However, by nature, "believing" I do not like. Or the things I know from experience or are not part of my knowledge, in which case "believe" means very little. To believe or not believe hobbies are my personal opinion that as long as you are leaving. Or you know from experience or do not know. Everything else is just talk.

Do you think that the idea of God helps people feel better, or just distract from the pain?

FB We should ask them. I do not have an ideological position, of: all that helps a person feel good I like it although I can not share them. I fear that for many God is only a consolation.

DB I am afraid that you will start to notice a refrain in my answers because I say "both". For sure it helps many people feel better, but also believe in Santa Claus does. But in the end the only thing that counts is results. If your belief (or disbelief) in God makes you a person more 'joyful and pleasant, then I like. And if not, no.

I ask you to tell me a picture. The first that comes to mind.

FB The day on Skype, even an hour after she was born, my son came to me holding her baby in her arms, and I in a truly revelatory flash I saw my twenty-three years with him in her arms as a baby.

DB A beautiful picture I saw recently portrays a beautiful woman (Paola Iezzi that ... you know?) Near the head that holds a copy of my book. I can move me live?

What is beauty for you. Tell it to your liking.

FB I have no idea of aesthetic beauty. I am passionate faces, gestures, smiles, the movements of bodies. I'm passionate about all the vital signs made of rushes. On a more global horizon, I find these wonderful human beings that span multiple drives so that they appear contradictory and that they can turn them into inextricable harmony.

DB See answer above ... ok, I'll stop flattering. Beauty is the laugh of my daughter (who just turned two years and woke up saying "Birthday Party ... ... ... Iz Cake") Beauty is whatever creates bliss.

Finally I would like to know "your" song. Just one.

A FB?! A?!?! It 'a torture! Right now, I would tell you "Everything In Its Right Place", Radiohead. We feel it inside in the form of sound all your questions and my answers and those of Daniel, and also my questions and your answers and her.

Only a DB?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Argh ... do me harm. There are so many ... Ok, as I write my daughter broke the line of excuses that I had prepared, and has chosen for me. Made from the stereo "Is This Love" by Bob Marley and and 'danced. And who am I to not take his answer?

FRANCO BOLELLI

Franco Bolelli was born in Milan in 1950, is one of the most influential philosophers of modern Italian. It deals with innovation, new mental models, emotional, communication, planning, vital. Many books, especially Viva Everything! Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini, and before "Descartes does not dance" and "With heart and balls."

DANIELE BOLELLI

Daniele Bolelli was born in Milan in 1974 by a family of writers. He has published several books, including his first solo show "The young age of the warrior", when he was only 22 years. He currently lives in Los Angeles, where he is a teacher, martial artist and writer. He teaches world religions, history delll'antica Rome, history and philosophy of martial arts, as well as host numerous courses on the relationship between cinema and history. Perhaps the most distinctive style of his repertoire is lessons Bolelli, which combines the complexity of the issues dealt with much irony and "street slang", for this has been called "half and half comic 'Zen master'. This mix of styles has made him very popular among students. Daniele Bolelli has just published his new book entitled "iGod - Instructions for use of a religion-it-yourself".