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To the top and back

28 Tuesday Jan 2020

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#pencildrawing, climbing, George Mallory, Life

This drawing is both a reflection and an achievement. By the time I finished it, I realised the face of the climber looks like my younger (and beloved) father’s. But that’s another story.

Climbing to the top of the mountain, figuratively speaking or not, physically climbing to the summit, our personal pyramid of goals or simply the objective to become the best person we know we can be, all this can be synthesize in the picture of a mountaineer, contemplating his feat, sitting atop of the peak he’s just ascended.

George Mallory once compared climbing to being an art, thus in his statement linking the climber to being an artist. In his writings about climbing, it describes it as a symphony. Surely, in his days of discoveries and challenges, with gear retrospectively dubbed as “inadequate” by modern mountaineers ( a statement which I am not sure to  agreeing with), climbing “unconquered” mountains set in unchartered territories  was a much more dangerous adventure than it is now

Now, who said mountains have to be conquered?

They were there before us and will be long after we’re gone. It’s just another belliquose term to describe a feat of courage, effort, motivation and pushing one’s limits. And it does not reflect properly the tremendous journey it can be. The very word implies a warlike confrontation of some sort, with a winner and a loser, or someone asserting their power over something.

Mountains are not conquered.

But we are,  by the intoxicating adrenaline rush, the empowerment of achieving an arduous task, the supreme boost of esteem attached to victory over difficuty and over ourselves. Afterwards comes the joy of being rewarded by an impressive view and a deep sense of completion.

On the other hand, fear can be conquered ; shyness, jealousy, envy, greediness, suffering have to be conquered too. Because those emotions or feelings never vanish entirely, do they? They lurk in a dark corner of the soul, muzzled for a time, feeding on one’s insecurities. We can conquer them, and yet have to remain watchful of their taking over our heart and sensibility. It’s a never ending task.

So, let’s just climb mountains, and conquer our fragile selves.

Alpiniste FV

Sommet 1963- copyright Florence Vitel 2017

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Democritic Elections

25 Saturday Jan 2020

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#inkdrawing, watercolour

Really rigged democratic elections or really democritic vote? Same difference in the results sometimes : the people’s voice is not always heard or taken into account.

What do you think?

(Indian Black Ink and watercolours, from the early 2000’s. It seems that the wheel turns, yet nothing really changes *sigh*)

Disclaimer : this is just a drawing.

Voting day FV

Elections démocritiques. copyright Florence Vitel

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Sketch : Shaun Evans as DS Morse

24 Friday Jan 2020

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#pencildrawing, shaunevans, tvseries

Yesterday I watched one ep of the 6th season of “Endeavour”.

Actor Shaun Evans, brilliantly plays Inspector Morse in the splendid period prequel to the Inspector Morse and Lewis tv series. 

So I thought I’d dig up the drawing of Shaun Evans I did a while back, to share with you.

Pencil drawing.

 

Shaun Evans as DS Morse FV

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For sale : shining armour and white charger

23 Thursday Jan 2020

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inkdrawig, Life

Because Princes face challenges too…. and education is good to have…

(Not related to Prince Harry leaving the firm, though. This drawing was done in Oct 2018)

Crown and Armour for sale FV

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Love letters

22 Wednesday Jan 2020

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#inkdrawing, love, writing.

Because sending a letter is delightful , and receiving one is as equally wonderful.

Alas, in this digital era of instant delivery  and a la minute text, it is becoming a lost art…

(Ink drawing, 2018)

Love Letters FV 2018

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