I wrote, on Studio 365: Day 11 after the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, how I fell in love with Paris on my first visit there as a young boy in August 1962. I posted a drawing I had made sitting in the Tuileries Garden on a beautiful summer’s Day. Now, here I am on Day 319 once again expressing solidarity and sympathy through the best way I know how with all those mourning today in Paris, in France and around the world. The drawing from that same never-to-be-forgotten visit in 1962 is of one of bridges over the Seine, when one of the most beautiful cities in the world inspired a young boy who has felt that inspiration ever since. Je suis Paris.
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It’s a beautiful image made the more so by your account of that time long ago. I have tears in my eyes as I read your words. Paris remains the most elegant, alluring, graceful and refined of cities through every attack that claws at her heart. #jesuisparis
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Thanks Osyth
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Lovely tribute…
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Thanks Sally
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THanks Andrew for this beautiful post and your very kind words of sympathy. Cheers to peaceful times
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Thank you Estelea. Thinking of you at this difficult time.
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A beautiful tribute and a lovely story about Paris and You, thanks for sharing.
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Many thanks Eva
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Thank you Andrew for sharing this with us.
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Thanks Emilie. Wish I could have attended your exhibition on the 19th. Best wishes
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