Nine years from the closing of green bell – culture

We are not here to celebrate today. We remember today.

We pay respect for the place that gave us much more than the walls and squares – the green bell.

The green bell was not just a club.

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He was a symbol. The lighthouse for anyone who did not fit silence, average and uniformity.

He was a refuge for those who asked for meaning, for art that had no, for a word that could not be pronounced elsewhere.

And that is why it was not pleasant to many that existed.

Some were silent then. Some are silent and today. And some still try to talk about that space like they know everything.

Like they care about the truth.

And the truth is that the green bell reminds them of what they did not do.

To silence. On Nemo observation. To personal responsibility for the notwetting.

In the time when the traces of the Spirit are deleted, and the superficialness is celebrated – they choose to remember distorted stories.

But we choose to remember what is true.

The ideas were born in that area, the music was created, people were connected.

What was emerging what no « bad memory » cannot erase.

Values ​​not measured by money. The spirit that does not close with the key.

That’s why we don’t forget today.

We choose to remember.

We choose to keep the green bell in it – in the way we think, we speak, create, we love, live.

Thanks to everyone who built it.

Thank those who defended him.

Thanks to everyone who loved him.

Last word:

And to know – the green bell is still ringing.

It rings through all of us who carry it in mind, in deeds, in values ​​that are not for sale.

Ringing through people like Guta – the man who designed him.

He may never have made noise, but he always knew what was worth and what he was worth.

Today, it is more often in Belgrade, where there is fewer mud, but he still knows how to clear and sludge in Zrenjanin when needed.

It’s a green bell.

It is new optimism.

And I can’t take that.

The author is Zrenjaninka