Rencontres

There are surely, at the very start, the genes of movement.

A travelling painter who turned to writing, Jean-Pierre Ballagny transposes his paintings into prose. Words become colours, scents and sounds.

For him the journey matters more than the destination and the people you meet matter more than temples or waterfalls. As chance would have it, encounters with other cultures and other philosophies shift the way we see life and put our certainties into perspective.

A book to read slowly, as a series of vivid, nostalgic images. All the way to this promise: “I will never crush ants again!”