

‘The Man Who Planted Notes’ by Lili Morgan painted in response to Nat’s poem aboveĮXPRESS YOURSELF IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT FEAR.THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR.THERE IS NOBODY WHO IS GOING TO PUNISH OR REWARD YOU. *Ugolin: Marcel Pagnol’s character, from the two-part novel, Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources *La Force du destin/ La Forza del Destino – Ouverture, by Giuseppe Verdi, who inspired (in turn)Jean-Ĭlaude Petit’s Theme of Jean de Florette for the 1986 film by Claude Berri, Jean de Florette/Manon Jean Giono nicknamed it “the blue whale/la baleine bleue”) *Mourre Nègre: Highest summit (3691ft, 1125m) from The Grand Luberon Mountain, Vaucluse, *gerfaut: gyrfalcon, in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s La Chèvre de Monsieur Seguin, from Les Lettresĭe Mon Moulin / Letters From My Windmill (1869) *fifre(s): fife(s), in homage to Jean Giono’s Le Serpent d’Etoiles / The Serpent of Stars (1933) Composer of many operas, whose work includes La Forza del Destino. Italian Romantic composer & most influential of Their leaves echo the song of hidden streams, Where shepherds drive ash-coloured herds toĪscending scent of morning dew connects his dreams to land & thyme. Orphean, warblers in olive groves in need of a maestro.

In memoriam, Giuseppe Verdi* L’homme qui plantait des notes Nat’s poem was passed to Lili to provide her with the inspiration for her painting below. Here’s the second of 3 ‘FreeSpace’ Collaborations put together by poet Nat Hall and artist Lili Morgan inspired by the theme of ‘Music’.
