“Being an artist means,
not reckoning and counting, but ripening
like the tree
which does not force its sap
and stands confident
in the storms of spring, without the fear
that after them may come no summer.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Cinq ans plus tôt
Tu penses qu’il le voit? Que sur scène il n’y a qu’une présence? Qu’il n’y a plus personne déjà pour habiter ce corps? Un fantôme, en substance. Eva, recommence. Les étoiles, ces sirènes, ont appelé cette nuit-là. Et j’ai failli leur répondre: Je suis là. —
“It does come. But it comes
only to the patient,
who are there as though eternity lay before them,
so unconcernedly still and wide.
I learn it daily, learn it with pain
to which I am grateful:
patience is everything!”
