Et Francine Hamelin c’est ici tu te tais et pourtant j’entends ce matin la peau de tes pensées c’est matière solaire et nouvel alphabet tes yeux plissés qui s’évasent me disent que tout nous maintient en vie et s’étend tellement plus loin que ce qu’on en pensait tu me dis qu’on franchira encore une fois […]
Portraits de la vie sauvageonne / Second volet / XLV et XLVI / Photos de Francine Hamelin & Textes de Barbara Auzou
On a perfect day in Provence, I leaned against a wall and sketched a view of Le Thoronet. I loved this place because of its mathematical precision. As I sketched, I noticed that the tower is an isosceles triangle on top of a square. The windows are semicircles on top of rectangles. Some of the […]
Le Thoronet Abbey, Var, Provence, 83340 France
Well I am amazed always of the many wonderful monuments in my eternal Paris. I have to say better and more than anywhere else, one reason is call the most beautiful city in the world, and I agree. Here we have a wonderful building call the Petit Palais a wonderful expression of architecture and history. Glad to find me […]
The Petit Palais of Paris, part II !!!
The Beauty of Softness: Finding Peace in Paul Verlaine’s “Green” Green Paul Verlaine See, blossoms, branches, fruit, leaves I have brought, And then my heart that for you only sighs;With those white hands of yours, oh, tear it not, But let the poor gift prosper in your eyes. The dew upon my hair is still […]
Green ~ A Poem by Paul Verlaine
Here’s another post from The Paris Corespondent, Shirley Riley. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I do. Take it away Shirley! While there is no question Paris is an incredibly special place, the quality of being special is not the context to this commentary. My focus is on the interesting, creative, and sometimes confounding use of space […]
Paris is a ‘Spatial’ Place….
Born in 1802, Victor Hugo carried French Romanticism into English prose through translation, expanding the novel’s scale, emotional intensity, and moral ambition. His historical vision, melodramatic ethics, and sympathy for outcasts reshaped Victorian narrative, teaching English fiction to unite social critique, grandeur, and epic structure into a morally charged form.
Birth of Victor Hugo (1802–1885) – The Romantic Who Enlarged English Narrative
On February 17, 1673, Molière died after collapsing during a performance, sealing a life where theater and reality intertwined. His sharper legacy lies in language: he transformed satire into disciplined intelligence, shaping comic dialogue, social critique, and the evolution of modern dramatic prose across Europe, including English literature.
Death of Molière (1622–1673) – The Dramatist Who Taught Comedy to Think
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