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    Map Portrait-archipelago of monk-poet Gilles Baudry (1/50.000 hand-drawn map)

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    This hand-drawn map, that imitates the style of the 1/50.000 topographical chart of France (type 1922) depicts the portrait of monk-poet Gilles Baudry in islands and sandy and rocky intertidal zones.

    The radiuses are borrowed from modern nautical charts and are centred on two lighthouses (in the left eye) whose light codes are represented by the different arcs of a circle.

    The poem “Demeure le veilleur” is transcribed in one of these lighthouse arcs :

    Sans autre solitude
    que la fidélité

    demeure le veilleur
    penché sur l’horizon de la promesse

    le ciel posé à même la pensée
    larmes couleur de perles

    goutte à goutte la lampe
    distille sa rosée

    la page quitte sa voix blanche
    et dans la nuit

    la transparente atteint
    sa note la plus pure


    For this map, I did not synthesize the 6 blues I used, so it looks like a stained glass window.
    Last edited by Kishkindha; 10-01-2021 at 04:54 PM.

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