This drawing, completed on July 14th, perfect, the day for the French national holiday, illustrates Marianne, the personification of the French nation, with 1001 avatars, this time by the humble Creusot draftsman that I am! 🙂
Here, Marianne laughs in front of the Palais Bourbon, the eminent decision-making place for the land of the Lumières! But why is the Marianne laughing, you might ask? Well, because this Marianne, who embodies the third France of which I am a part, this forgotten, neglected, despised France, has been sullied for weeks by an elite made up of politicians, influencers, artists, sportsmen and women, etc. etc. She has been sullied, mocked, vilified, vilified, vilified, vilified, vilified, vilified, vilified, vilified, vilified. She has been smeared, mocked, defamed, you name it. And despite all that, she’s done pretty well for herself. So you’re going to tell me that doesn’t justify laughing. Patience, I’m coming to that! 😉
My Marianne is laughing now, because all those who smeared her, mocked her, defamed her, etc., those people steeped in smugness and contempt, are now in a situation where they don’t know what to do. The people who set the traps found themselves trapped, and here’s the result: my Marianne laughs! 🙂
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