While attending the Carnet de Voyage book fair in Clement-Ferrand, France I attended mass an 800 year old Basilica. It was a very serene building and was absolutely full. One of the interesting things, from my Canadian perspective was the number of children who sat quietly through the whole service, rather than going off to Sunday School. But then again, this is something I have noticed repeatedly in Europe, the strength of family life and mixing of generations which seems at times, to have fallen apart here in North America.
A major theme in the travel journals I saw at the book fair was the mix of annotations with the drawings and so, I was working at incorporating that into the pages I filled while there. Luckily, no seemed to notice my eccentric behaviour of painting through the service as I was a little nervous it might be seen as disrespectful.
I too like to read what the travelling artist is thinking/feeling at the time. It's sort of like sharing the moment.
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