Liebster Blog

I'm very touched to be gifted  the Liebster Blog award by ShannonAnn. Her blog is a magic and gentle window on the marvels of Newfoundland. That's a beautiful present for the new year! Thank you dear ShannonAnn.

The Liebster Blog award is given to bloggers with fewer than 200 followers.
The rules:
1. You are to thank the giver, the person who awarded you the gift.
2. Reveal your 5 blogger picks, and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and Paste the award on your blog.
4. Hope that the people you sent the award to, will forward it to their 5 favorite bloggers.

So my 5  Liebster Blog are

Naive Life Under the Scandinavian Sky, by my friend Fei An. She is a beautiful woman with clear and generous heart. Her blog is a place of delicacy and simplicity, where I find joy and beauty. Had not it been for her encouragements, "Bateaux de papier" might have not existed. Thank you dear, dear Fei An.

Naive Life Under the Scandinavian Sky

Izakoo, by dear Alliot. Because it is a place of stunning beauty, just the most beautiful blog of the internet. There might be millions of blogs, but (for those who wouldn't know Izakoo already,) just have a look and you'll be convinced. Because Alliot is also a rare kind and high-minded woman, whose frienship is one of the most precious presents of 2011. (I'm not quite sure that Izakoo's got less than 200 followers, but as it's not visible on her blog pages ...)

Izakoo

Sara smile, by my dear Sonoko. A gentle place, precious moments of wander in Japan in good accompagny, enlightened by sweet little Sara.

Sara smile

Caramel Caramelo. A place like no other, of silence and poetry, of music, treasures of  dear Kenza. The unknown beauties of Ouzbekistan, and the most beautiful eyes a little boy has ever had. 

Caramel Caramelo

 

Good Night, Olivia by Lilli, also from Mothwise. A place I found, a place to listen, a place to contemplate and think. A place like walking along a slow river...

Good Night, Olivia

It's a pity I'm only allowed 5! There are others dear to me I would have like to see on this list. I specially think of Ce que me souffle le ciel by  Evelyne, and Alma des Brimborions ... choosing is always distressful for me ... 

des brimborions

Candle lights

 

Happy New Year!

We wish all of you a wonderful  2012.

Christmas Eve

Tale of tales

Nous sommes au bord de l'eau,
le platane et moi.
Notre image apparaît dans l'eau,
le platane et moi.
Le reflet de l’eau nous effleure,
le platane et moi.

Nous sommes au bord de l’eau,
le platane, moi et puis le chat.
Notre image apparaît dans l’eau,
le platane, moi et puis le chat.
Le reflet de l’eau nous effleure,
le platane, moi et puis le chat.

Nous sommes au bord de l’eau,
le platane, moi, le chat, et puis le soleil.
Notre image apparaît dans l'eau,
le platane, moi, le chat, et puis le soleil.
Le reflet de l'eau nous effleure,
le platane, moi, le chat et puis le soleil.
Nous sommes au bord de l'eau,
le platane, moi, le chat, le soleil, et puis notre vie.
Notre image apparaît dans l'eau :
le platane, moi, le chat, le soleil et puis notre vie.
Le reflet de l'eau nous effleure,
le platane, moi, le chat, le soleil et puis notre vie.

Nous sommes au bord de l'eau,
le chat s'en ira le premier,
dans l'eau se perdra son image
Et puis je m'en irai, moi,
dans l'eau se perdra mon image.
Et puis s'en ira le platane;
dans l'eau se perdra son image.
Et puis l'eau s'en ira,
le soleil restera,
puis à son tour il s'en ira.

Nous sommes au bord de l'eau,
le platane, moi, le chat, le soleil et puis notre vie.
L'eau est fraîche,
le platane est immense,
moi j'écris des vers,
le chat somnole,
nous vivons Dieu merci,
le reflet de l'eau nous effleure,
le platane, moi, le chat, le soleil et puis notre vie.

 

Nâzim Hikmet. 

Légende des Légendes (Tale of Tales)

IouriNorstein and Franceska Yarbousova’s movies are the most precious, the dearest to my heart. Tale of tales, inspired a poem by Nazim Hikmet, is about the author’s childhood during WWII, and not really intended for children.  I was amazed how Elsa has been immediately deeply interested in it, even at her first sight (she was around 3 at the time). It’s akin to life, and as such, despite its quite complex form, directly touches the heart of even a small child. 

 

My wish is that I live long enough, is that they live long enough so that I’ll see the achievement of the Overcoat, adapted from Gogol’s novel, a movie they undertook nearly thirty years ago. So far, there exists about 15 minutes of the movie, that can be seen sometimes in festivals and exhibitions, 15 dazzling minutes, already beyond words. Each single image is a jewel long and delicately crafted.

All photos here from the catalogue of the exhibition held in Paris in July 2001. I’m sorry I couldn’t find an english version of Nazim Hikmet’s poem.

A Merry Christmas to all of you !

Advent

Dancing with reflections

 

Fun with light