We find in the foreground the ink drawings, the charcoal (thick line at the bottom of the drawing) as well as the pastel, except for the background drawn in blue pastel for the upper part and brown pastel for the lower part .
The second plan represents the natural elements present below and above our body: the earth and the sky. The sky, drawn in blue pastel, fills the aerial part of the drawing, while the earth, drawn in brown pastel, fills the underground part of the drawing.
The omnipresent signs of life in our daily lives sometimes disappear from our attention, because we are busy with all kinds of obligations. We decide how our day will unfold as it is just beginning, and in doing so we are unaware that life in its various forms, simple and complex, surrounds us.
This drawing reminds us that, under our busy feet, several beings carry out daily, repeated and incessant work. Three vital representations occupy the underground space of the drawing: the six-legged insect drawn in red ink, the worm drawn in black ink and the cavernous animal drawn in red ink.
The insect in red – the color of rooting according to the chakra theory – reminds us that this microfauna does a tireless job: nourishing and cultivating the soil. These simple and robust legs (represented by red lines) support a head with complex internal networks and of a thickness equal to the legs, thus confirming the compound intelligence of insects and recalling that intelligence is equivalent to the sensitive force, nothing more , no less.
The cavernous animal in blue ink tries to feed on the worm and insects in order to ensure its survival, like all living things. The spiritual force that separates him from other beings, drawn in blue, black and orange pastel, prevents him from taking everything for himself. His selfishness restrained by the divine forces, he tries by various means to consume more: his tentacles and multiple arms, always in blue ink and to the right of him, seek new paths of food, but in vain.
From the activity of subterranean beings springs the Tree of Life (green and brown pastel in the upper left quarter of the drawing). It dances with the wind, swirls and comes to life thanks to the radiance of the Celestial Star (yellow, orange and black pastel in the upper right quarter of the drawing). This incessant radiance, hence the abundance of yellow and orange pastel, addresses the contradiction inherent in human life: the presence of black pastel, which represents the absence of light and by extension emptiness and nothingness, accompanies all life. on earth. So, who lives, dies.
Poem (in French)
Les signes de vie retrouvés
Dieux des équilibres éprouvés
Dans les cieux; les valeureux, sous terre
Car ils maintiennent, main dans la tienne
Qu’à cela ne tienne tes peines
Je symbolise
Car, vois-tu… vois-tu?
Plusieurs signes manifestent la vie
À mon avis, ils festoient en cachette…