In her blog Not Dead Yet, Judith Taylor, an 80-year old retired PA from Hertfordshire (United Kingdom), consistently writes down things she would like to live on after she’s gone. In 2006 she wrote a short account on a romance she experienced with the French cartoonist Arsène Roisin, who sadly died when he was only 32.
It’s wonderful art and a wonderful account. It confronted me with my own prejudice that older people always were old, and never had a life of their own.
I would like to learn more about this artist – the only thing I could find was a listing of issues of the French weekly Le Hérisson to which he contributed in 1952.
(thanks to John Freeman for the link)
Glad to know I’ve rattled your prejudices a bit, that’s just what I’m about! Glad to know too that you found the young artist’s work worth showing. I must say that I am constantly surprised at the places and people that my blog reaches. I have to wonder how you found it in the first place.
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Chère Madame,
Je suis né en 1940, et j’ai très bien connu Arsène ROISIN, qui s’est marié avec ma cousine Evelyne Bilewski et à eu 2 Filles
Je possède encore un dessin qui m’a été destiné alors que je n’avais que 4 ans
Dans mes souvenirs je remémore un garçon adorable et d’une extrême gentillesse.
Il m’a aidé lors de mes études alors qu’il demeurai à Pont Ste Maxence et moiu avec mes grands Parents à Pontpoint
Si vous désirez en savoir plus, n’hésitez pas à me contacter
Je vous présente mes respectueuses salutations
Jean-Michel COURTINES
Guau! Me gustó tu blog, lo voy a tener en cuenta, sigue así!