“Art is not freedom from discipline, but Disciplined Freedom.” — Edward Catich
I must tell you something of the people I’m staying with. Nothing I write could possibly convey the pleasure I experienced in meeting them.
Delphine Decloedt and Didier Durassier live in a little bungalo in Saint Barthélemy, on the quiet lane that leads to l’étan (the pond) de Kergallic. The house, true to medieval tradition, combines the functions of home and atelier, and opens onto a delightfully anarchic garden. Their children are intelligent, polite (well, little Arthur can be stubborn, sometimes!) and talented. Didier is well known in Breton music circles as a performer on biniou, veuse and bombarde, as a member of the band Penn Kazh, and as Brittany’s most accomplished craftsman-sculptor of traditional instruments. Delphine is a painter and calligrapher (Grand prix du prestige Européen des Arts et Belles Lettres, Commandeur de l’ordre de l’Etoile de l’Europe). When, I stepped into the house, Mélissande was playing some Satie on the piano. She came across as quiet, but not timid. Liam already has the “cool” of French cinema idols. Arthur is a reincarnation of Christopher Robin. Read more »