Dominique Rousseau, storyteller and double bassist
Dominique Rousseau, storyteller and double bassist
January 27, 2009
the visitor (Excerpt from Saana, Inuit myth).wma
I liked it. She sent me an email asking if it would be possible for her to write a story or stories about UFOs using the character "Petit Jean," also known as "Fouille-crotte." I found it amusing, and I wonder what she will come up with. But it's not because she took this initiative that I wanted to talk about her work. I just liked it. I don't automatically react positively to everything that is sent to me. In fact, she hadn't sent me anything, and I was curious enough to listen to her on her website:
http://dominiquerousseau.blog4ever.com
At her request, she sent me two MP3s that she had, which are actually beginnings of stories. It's a series about the Inuit. I find her voice captivating. The musical accompaniment is subtle, but it provides a rhythm, like a beating heart.
Right now I'm writing stories, for children and for all audiences. I write them, and others will appear, or will appear in the form of comics, like this one. This is a kind of scientific story. But I don't plan to stop there. You couldn't imagine what I've already written. Science fiction? No, you're completely wrong. Just what came to my mind and that I wanted to tell myself. My wife and I are going to publish these books ourselves. I'll also mention that I only had to dig through my boxes to find a bunch of complete books that had been rejected by publishers. Unclassifiable stuff, which they couldn't classify. And an editor, if he can't classify something into a genre, he's lost. There, the publisher will be me, it will be us. In this way, we can function with sales ten times lower. And indeed, what is more wonderful than stories? Why don't our media broadcast them?
A story is kind, it makes you dream.
My mind flies away, like a falcon
say the Indians.
Now, sit back in a comfortable chair. Close your eyes. Imagine yourself in the Far North, with a white expanse before you, swept by the wind, and listen:
[The visitor](le visiiteur (Extrait de Saana, mythe inuit).wma)
| [The Whipping Spirit](esprit fouetteur.mp3) | |
|---|---|
| --- | --- |
Thank you, Dominique, for being you ---