"Aimer c'est savoir dire je t'aime sans parler"
Streets are where mankind writes their freedom of speech.
"Le mal expirera : les larmes tariront ; plus de fer, plus de deuils, plus d'alarmes ; […]Les douleurs finiront dans toute l'ombre. Un ange criera : Commencement !" Victor Hugo
Parisian poetry, Paris, 2025. Marie-Aude Saint Michel
All 26 letters & their stories will unfold here and on Instagram, little by little.
The Living Alphabet is a visual and poetic journey through letters as living forms.
Each letter is composed as an image, a symbol, and a threshold.
Together, they form a language of light, resilience, and transformation.
These letters are also personal representations of the world as I perceive it — an invitation to contemplate its wonders, while gently opening a space for spiritual questioning.
They explore the subtle relationship between creation and creature, beauty and life, the visible and the invisible.
Each composition is built from my own photographs, interwoven with artistic references, as an homage to the living world and to the gift of life itself.