Taking words, identities… and the French language on a journey
Sandra Rabrun ·
It was in Mexico, at the invitation of Mosaïque interculturelle, in collaboration with the Alliance française, that I had the privilege of participating in the Festival septembre, as a poet and speaker.
It was in Mexico, at the invitation of Mosaïque interculturelle, in collaboration with Alliance française, that I had the privilege of participating in Festival septembre, as a poet and speaker.
I presented TRâce, my poetry collection, as well as Les Croisées, a trilogy exploring cultural identity and the silences that inhabit our individual and collective histories.
For silence is not always an absence of words. It is sometimes the place where they are born. Where artistic and literary works emerge that can transcend our borders to become a universal language.
Bringing these creations to Mexico was also a way of carrying the French language beyond Québec and participating, in my own way, in a living, plural, and deeply intercultural francophonie.
My thanks to the organizations behind this initiative and to all the people I met who made this stay so enriching. Our languages set us apart. Our histories run through us. Art, however, brings us together.