Juliette Chalaye et Chloé Azzopardi
Self-published
Les pierres creuses
30,00 €
2020
Format 18 x 26 cm
96 pages
French
Présentation
"How do you recognise a hollow stone? Is it possible to recognise it simply by listening to the sound it makes when you knock it gently against a wall?
Stone evokes something solid and frontal. Sometimes it rises like a mountain
but often you can still hold it in the palm of your hand. This ambiguity - or
versatility - is essential.
The hollow of the stone - polished or rough - already suggests a whisper, that of the wind that hugs its asperities.
In the hollow of a cave, an echo is born - a conversation split in two, a monologue bouncing back - duality despite solitude.
Hollow stones. Of course, there's the relationship with the place, the landscape, the stories, the wonder of childhood discoveries. A stone, a leaf, a stick, the glistening core of a fruit; that's already a bouquet.
The hollow is still an invitation to mystery, what we glimpse in the interstices, but it's also the comfort of things we like to snuggle up in.
Giving a title is often like giving a soundtrack to a book. That's what I thought I heard in
les pierres creuses."
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