Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Are Defining 'La Dolce Vita' on Humanist Terms

When news breaks about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, it comes in waves and almost always touches the totality of our content at Anne of Carversville. Today is no different, with Brangelina touching multiple Anne of Carversville chords:

1. In a move the entire world is calling ‘la dolce vita’, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have purchased a spectacular Italian estate called Villa Constanza in Valpolicella, Italy for $40 million.

2. Brad Pitt is a vegetarian, while Angelina Jolie likes red meat for proper nutrition. In statements that are guaranteed to be controversial, Angelina Jolie says that she was inspired by her partner’s vegan diet, but adopting it herself left her more skeletal and not in good health.

We can assume that Angelina cares about how animals are cared for, given her stance on human rights. And we doubt that she would be thrilled with Lady Gaga’s new slabs of red meat bikini for Vogue Hommes Japan.

3. Speaking in Pakistan this morning, Angelina condemned plans of a few Americans led by Terry Jones to burn the Koran (Quran) on September 11. The couple shares our view that religious fundamentalism in every guise threatens to enjulf the world in further suffering and bloodshed.

4. The real point of Angelina Jolie being in Pakistan this morning is in her role as UN goodwill ambassador for refugees.

In a growing signal that funds are unavailable for crises in a troubled economic world, Jolie is trying to raise funds to help Pakistani refugees living in devastated flood zones.

Angelina Jolie, and her partner Brad Pitt, are a few of the people we track regularly at Anne of Carversville, because their lifestyle encompasses our own values.

The biggest news is the purchase of Villa Constanza in Valpolicella, Italy because it’s a dream to most of us to live in such surroundings. I’ve personally traveled to Italy over 200 times in my life, and used to joke that I kissed the ground when the plane landed.

The Italian landscape is symbolic of a slower life and historic values that are generally less materialistic than here in America. While Italy must demonstrate more energy in tackling its own challenges for the future, it also reminds us of the key ingredients in a life well-lived.

Just as Italian Vogue — along with French Vogue — feel compelled to mix politics with fashion editorial, at the risk of being politically incorrect, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt lead a life of Smart Sensuality values.

Pitt and Jolie don’t shun luxury but simultaneously hold themselves responsible for balancing the totality of their lives with good works and taking a stand on issues that matter to them. They’re sensually alive and sexy as hell, but travel the world with their biological and adopted brood of baby chicks — making a cohesive statement about balancing self-indulgence and responsibility to others.

When asked if they will ever marry, Brad answers: when gays, too, can marry in America.

We love the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt balancing act and believe the world would be better served if more of us followed their Smart Sensuality example of living la dolce vita or a good life on global, humanist, sensuality-driven values platform. Anne

And for more details on Villa Constanza: (photos via Daily Mail UK) situated in the Northern Italian hills of Valpolicella, the property features 18,000 square feet, 15 bedrooms, seven baths, a movie theater, two swimming pools, a gym and several Jacuzzis, stables and a vineyard.