L’odeur de mon pays était dans une pomme

Lucie Delarue-Mardrus

Lucie DELARUE-MARDRUS (Ferveur, 1902)

L’odeur de mon pays était dans une pomme.
Je l’ai mordue avec les yeux fermés du somme,
Pour me croire debout dans un herbage vert.
L’herbe haute sentait le soleil et la mer,
L’ombre des peupliers y allongeaient des raies,
Et j’entendais le bruit des oiseaux, plein les haies,
Se mêler au retour des vagues de midi…

Combien de fois, ainsi, l’automne rousse et verte
Me vit-elle, au milieu du soleil et, debout,
Manger, les yeux fermés, la pomme rebondie
De tes prés, copieuse et forte Normandie ?…
Ah! je ne guérirai jamais de mon pays!
N’est-il pas la douceur des feuillages cueillis
Dans la fraîcheur, la paix et toute l’innocence?

Et qui donc a jamais guéri de son enfance ?…

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Details…

Details make perfection and perfection isn’t just a detail.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Dancing Cat Street

L’Anglais qui, comme la montagne
N’enfanta qu’un pauvre rat
Dans sa malouine campagne
Ne fit mourir qu’un pauvre chat

The Englishmen who, like the proverbial mountain
Only brought forth one poor rat,
In their Saint-Malo campaign
Only managed to kill one poor cat.

A morra

by Anne Viel

A Morra ( Corsican name for mourre ) is a traditional very old game, present in the Mediterranean. As intangible heritage of Corsica, it is presented in a 4 minutes film for young audience at Museum of Corsica in Corte, in the exhibition “Living heritage. Being and pass .”
Commissioned by Ann Bilger, head of cultural mediation, it was designed and directed by Anne Viel, animated by Benjamin Gibeaux, sound designed by Thierry Viel, and produced by C’est magnifique.

Silence in Finland

“Silence is golden, talking is silver”.

“A silent man is a wise one”

“Silence is a person’s best friend, for it remains behind after the rest has gone”,

La Marseillaise

Linnea in Monet’s Garden

Linnea in Monet’s Garden

Linnea has been in Paris. And she has visited the painter Claude Monet’s garden! She even stood on the same little Japanese bridge that Monet painted so often in his pictures. In Paris, Linnea got to see many of the real paintings.

Now she can understand what it means to be called an Impressionist, and she knows a lot about Monet’s life in the pink house where he lived with his eight children.

Twenty-five years after its original publication, this celebration of the wonder of art is available once again in an enlarged keepsake edition. The joy and inspiration Linnea discovers in Monet’s garden will be eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers.

Here she comes, right from the pages of the best selling book! The charming tale of a little girl’s love affair with Impressionist Claude Monet’s paintings is now brought to life in full animation. Join Linnea and her friend Mr. Bloom as they set off to Paris, and then to Monet’s garden in Giverny. Watch with delight as they discover the real places which serve as inspiration for their favorite paintings. And marvel as the paintings and the garden come to “life” in live action.

Linnea in Monet’s Garden is a unique blend of imagination and education, teaching children about the art and life of one of the most important painters of the 20th century, while entertaining them with the mystery and beauty of art and nature.

WINNER! Best Animated Film, New England Children’s Film Festival