Dense oil brushstrokes of pink, red, and gray. Then fissures with streaks of blue, white, and green, as if to delineate symbolic frontiers of painting and, in turn, of the mind: as we know, borders divide space, but they are not mere barriers; they are more often connections that create new possibilities through separation. For many years, Paolo Manazza has been working in the realms of Abstraction and has created specifically for "La Lettura" a work with the evocative title "What's a Border?” which is also a digital piece realized with innovative 3D technology and can be viewed by those who purchase the special collector's edition equipped with a QR code, available at newsstands starting Tuesday. A multifaceted figure, Paolo Manazza (Milan, 1959) is simultaneously a painter, journalist, essayist, and entrepreneur in the cultural world: artistically, he has made his mark through his pictorial exploration that combines the tension of gesture with a vibrant poetry of color. And perhaps for this reason, all his work seems to embody the words of the religious figure Enzo Bianchi: "Pain and love have no borders, even if we build walls to avoid seeing pain and set boundaries to not recognize love." Gianluigi Colin