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A moment of Grace
Immobile, a little lost between two worlds, my heart begins to quiver when a perfectly gentle breeze caresses my face. Carrying with it...

Thierry
Oct 1, 20221 min read


Day 22 - Return
Suspended comfortably in the air, floating above the world, I let the sun flirt with the horizon. It took several hours before going to...

Thierry
Dec 24, 20212 min read


Day 19 - DMZ
To go far, you have to put one foot in front of the other at each step. At first hesitant, I slid my left foot over the edge of the wall....

Thierry
Dec 20, 20212 min read


Day 18 - Storm
I wake up this past Saturday in the land of "fresh morning", with the certainty that South Korea is the perfect product of tradition and...

Thierry
Dec 20, 20215 min read


Day 17 - Feelings
After three days of intense meetings and effort, my analytical mind needs a rest and let its creative alter ego let off steam. Trying, in...

Thierry
Dec 18, 20212 min read


Day 13 - Progress
This man looks very small in the maintenance hangar. Man facing the machine, humanity facing progress. It’s fascinating how much can come...

Thierry
Dec 14, 20211 min read


Day 12 - Pause
A break is needed on this Sabbath day, beneficial for my feet which suffered from a pair of shoes not suitable for walking, but also to...

Thierry
Dec 13, 20212 min read


Day 11 - Seoul
Impossible to sleep. Without waiting for breakfast I filled my backpack with unnecessary things but my heart was light, that compensates....

Thierry
Dec 12, 20215 min read


Day 10 - Release
Everything has been ready for a long time. I even did a little housecleaning so that I could get out as quickly as possible. I waited...

Thierry
Dec 12, 20212 min read


Day 9 - Apocalypse
Today, at midnight, my ten-day isolation ends. Tomorrow morning at seven, I would be in my Korean colleague's car on my way to our...

Thierry
Dec 9, 20212 min read


Day 8 - Renaissance
Today is a very special day. The eighth day, the day after creation, is also my penultimate day of quarantine. It is that of a deep and...

Thierry
Dec 8, 20212 min read


Day 7 - Blast
"On the seventh day God had finished all the work that he had made, and on the seventh day he was idle, after all the work that he had...

Thierry
Dec 7, 20212 min read


Day 6 - Overheated
Incessant flows of words, sentences, ideas, attack me in a pseudo-sleep, in the middle of the night. Like a horde of noisy birds coming...

Thierry
Dec 6, 20212 min read


Day 5 - Half-time
The referee has just whistled for half-time. The teams return to the locker rooms. I'm just over half of my 40s, it's kind of like...

Thierry
Dec 5, 20213 min read


Day 4 - Solitude
It's a wonderful fourth day that begins, well rested and in great shape. I am getting used to the constant hunger. At times, at regular...

Thierry
Dec 4, 20212 min read


Day 3 - Hold
It's not, oddly enough, the jet lag that pushes me to get up, but hunger. It is a rare feeling for many of us. I do not judge or...

Thierry
Dec 4, 20212 min read


Day 2 - Getting organized
I would have liked this coma to last ten days, but two short hours later my senses were already aroused. Four thirty in the morning, eyes...

Thierry
Dec 4, 20213 min read


Day 1 - Arrival
I suddenly caught my breath as after a prolonged apnea. I have no idea where I am or when I am. Immersed in absolute darkness, total...

Thierry
Dec 3, 20213 min read


Day 0 - Departure
Tiny snowflakes are falling very slowly from a cloudless sky. They shine like diamonds in full sunlight and give this setting an unreal...

Thierry
Dec 3, 20212 min read
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