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Part2 (to see the part1)
Tears, that’s nothing…
Scarcely has the taxi dropped me off than already it disappears, caught up in the business of the traffic. Around me there is nothing but people; they’re there everywhere and all the time. They pass by, sell, stare into space, sleep directly on the ground (unless it’s a corpse). Misery in all her forms lives here. There is such a thirst for hope that people are prepared to pray to even any object, tree, statue in the hope of quenching their thirst for the Divine. It’s a world forgotten by comfortable Christians and everywhere I see so many lost people… so many…
All the way through that first night in India, bursts of noises from the streets climb all the way up the walls to infiltrate the badly soundproofed windows of my hotel room and arouse my Western feeling of security.
Confronted by the scale of this poverty, which has slapped me in the face, I am completely helpless. Alone, sitting on my bed, I pray for this country. My heart is broken, there is nothing I can offer them apart from my tears, which form droplets all the way down my cheeks for them… Jesus, my master, silent but present at the foot of the bed, will maybe be able to make something out of them… (?)
Journey to the edge of the world
As soon as the leaders have joined me, the old cliché of the white missionary wearing a pith helmet is sent packing. Here the mission is managed by and for Indians… They are the ones who guide me through the human jungle of this country to the place of our next meeting.
We travel by science-fiction (or by train, it’s all the same!). The door of the old, tired train is wide open and I sit down as if on the edge of the water to dip my feet into the emptiness just above the ground which is slipping by.
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‘Nein, verboten’ (prohibited)! You can’t do that!!’
But no, here the people are not treated like children; it’s cool. (Maybe in Switzerland we are not as free as we imagine…?) By the side of the rails of the train track, people, always people… What are they doing? Are they watching time go by? They readily smile at me and I can see that it’s from the heart… (This time there’s no mistaking: I am on another planet!)
We pass by a public rubbish dump which goes on for ever; people are defecating there without any embarrassment. A stone’s throw further on, a starving child is looking for its daily food in the stinking rubble. In front of a makeshift shack, built with the help of the materials strewn all over the ground, an entire family watches me, in silence. That’s how the majority of the people on my planet live. It’s intolerable. Thank goodness my tears cloud my vision.
With anger in my heart, I grab hold of my pencil and draw for them, as in a cry of despair:
‘You are not forgotten!! You are precious, God loves you, His Son was born in your midst!!! Take heart!’
(One day my picture will reach them…)
Persecutions
The reception centre of the mission is an oasis of tangible peace, freed from the latent oppression which, elsewhere, you can sense pretty much all over the place. As well as being our meeting place, it is also that of the leaders of the church who have come from all over the country. Some of them have had to contend with inordinate distances to get here.
From the moment I arrived, discretion has been advised to me for, even if India boasts of being the largest democratic country in the world, freedom of expression is still sitting in the waiting room. Hindus believe in castes, people ‘of lowly birth’ aren’t even considered as animals; with resignation, they suffer contempt and slavery. It’s not money but a change of mentality that the poor need in order to cope. When they learn that the Son of God in person loves them and took their lowly position, that they are priceless in his eyes, their lives change radically and are set free from fate. No longer condemned to being a low caste, they take charge of their lives. The high castes, outraged at losing their unpaid workforce, urge the Hindu religious fanatics to rise up.
5,000 Christians from the Orissa region have seen their houses burnt, their women raped and their pastors brutally killed by stab wounds. The families that managed to escape found a ‘shelter’ in the jungle. But it was inhabited by other predators such as the tiger and illness…
The leaders of the different communities consulted each other: should they take up arms to defend themselves?
All, with one accord, opted for the non-violence which Christ teaches. And they decided to forgive…
To be continued next week (Part 3 - out of 4)
During my first night in India, I have the idea of a picture which will make it possible to present Jesus to someone who is unable to read and who would not have Western Christian culture as an option in his baggage.
The Spirit of the creator, symbolised by his two hands, indicates the path to the one who really wants to find the way. This requires being attentive to the signs and to His voice which whispers in the hurly-burly of the world to the one who is sincere.
This demands the ability to see the bigger picture, which wisdom gives, to realise that the easy little paths which society offers us all along our way are attractive, well marketed, but that their end is ruin. (Picture taken from the comic-book ‘Conventional Wisdom 3’)
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string(28735) "[:fr]Une histoire vraie, tirée du livre: « Rendez-vous dans la forêt »
India (2ème partie)
Des larmes, c’est rien…
A peine le taxi m’a-t-il déposé que déjà il disparaît, happé par l’affluence de la circulation. Autour de moi, il n’y a que des gens ; il y en a partout et tout le temps.
Ils passent, vendent, fixent le vide, dorment à même le sol (à moins que ce soit un mort).
La misère sous toutes ses formes habite ici.
Il y a une telle soif d’espérance qu’on est prêt à prier même n’importe quel objet, arbre, statue dans l’espoir d’y étancher sa soif de Divin. C’est un monde oublié des chrétiens bien pensants et, partout, je vois tellement de gens perdus… tellement…
Tout au long de cette première nuit en Inde, des éclats de bruits de rue grimpent le long des parois pour s’infiltrer par les fenêtres mal isolées de ma chambre d’hôtel et chatouillent mon sentiment de sécurité occidental.
Devant l’ampleur de cette misère qui m’a frappé au visage, je suis totalement démuni. Seul, assis sur mon lit, je prie pour ce pays. J’ai le cœur brisé, il n’y a rien que je puisse leur apporter sinon mes larmes qui perlent le long de mes joues pour eux… Jésus, mon maître, silencieux mais présent au pied du lit, saura peut-être en faire quelque chose... (?)
Voyage au bord du monde
Dès que les responsables m’ont rejoint, le vieux cliché du missionnaire blanc au casque colonial s’est fait la malle. Ici, la mission est gérée par et pour des Indiens...
Ce sont eux qui me guident à travers la jungle humaine de ce pays jusqu’a notre prochain rendez-vous.
Nous voyageons en science-fiction (ou en train, c’est pareil !). La porte du vieux train fatigué est grande ouverte et je m’assois comme au bord de l’eau pour tremper mes pieds dans le vide juste au-dessus du sol qui défile. A tout moment, je m’attends aux remontrances d’un contrôleur derrière mon dos qui avec son accent suisse allemand, me dirait:
– Nein, verboten (interdit) ! Ça on ne peut pas faire!!
Mais non, ici les gens ne sont pas infantilisés, c’est cool. (Peut-être qu’en Suisse nous ne sommes pas si libres qu’on le prétend...?) Au bord des voies de chemin de fer des gens, toujours des gens... Que font-ils? Ils regardent le temps passer ? Ils me sourient volontiers et je vois bien que ça vient du coeur... (Cette fois c’est sûr : je suis sur une autre planète!)
Nous passons devant une décharge publique qui n’en finit plus, des gens y défèquent sans aucune gêne. A un jet de pierre plus loin, un enfant affamé cherche sa nourriture quotidienne dans les gravats malodorants.
Devant une cabane de fortune, construite à l’aide des matériaux jonchant le sol, toute une famille m’observe, silencieuse. Voilà comment vivent la majorité des habitants de ma planète ! C’est insupportable. Heureusement que mes larmes me troublent ma vue. La rage au coeur, je me saisis de mon crayon et leur dessine comme dans un cri de désespoir :
– Vous n’êtes pas oubliés!! Vous êtes précieux, Dieu vous aime, son Fils est né parmi vous!!! Courage!
(Un jour mon dessin leur parviendra...)
Persécutions
Le centre d’accueil de la mission est un oasis de paix tangible, libéré de l’oppression latente que l’on ressent un peu partout ailleurs. En plus d’être notre lieu de rendez-vous, c’est aussi celui des responsables d’église venus de tout le pays. Certains ont dû affronter des distances démesurées pour y parvenir.
Dès mon arrivée, on m’a recommandé la discrétion car, même si l’Inde se targue d’être le plus grand pays démocratique du monde, la liberté d’expression est toujours assise en salle d’attente. Les hindous croient aux castes, les personnes « mal nées» ne sont même pas considérées comme des animaux, elles endurent avec acceptation mépris et esclavage. Ce n’est pas d’argent, mais d’un changement de mentalité qu’ont besoin les pauvres pour s’en sortir. Quand ils apprennent que le Fils de Dieu en personne les aime et a pris leur condition, qu’ils sont inestimables à ses yeux, leur vie change radicalement et se libère de la fatalité. N’étant plus condamnés à être une caste inférieure, ils se prennent en main.
Les hautes castes, outrées de perdre une main-d’oeuvre gratuite, poussent les fanatiques religieux hindous à la révolte.
5 000 chrétiens de la région d’Orissa ont vu leurs maisons brûlées, leurs femmes violées et leurs pasteurs sauvagement tués à coups de couteau. Les familles qui ont pu s’échapper ont trouvé un « abri » dans la jungle. Mais celle-ci est habitée par d’autres prédateurs tels que le tigre et la maladie...
Les responsables des différentes communautés se consultèrent : devaient-ils prendre les armes pour se défendre ?
Tous, d’un commun accord, optèrent pour la non-violence qu’enseigne le Christ. Et ils décidèrent de pardonner...
La suite, la semaine prochaine…
Lors de ma première nuit en Inde, j’ai une idée de dessin qui permettrait de présenter Jésus à quelqu’un qui ne sait pas lire et n’aurait pas dans son bagage la culture occidentale chrétienne en option.
L’Esprit du créateur symbolisé par ses deux mains indique le chemin à celui qui désire vraiment trouver la voie. Cela demande d’être attentif aux signes et à Sa voix qui chuchote dans le brouhaha du monde à celui qui est sincère.
Cela demande d’avoir le recul que donne la sagesse pour se rendre compte que les petits chemins faciles que la société nous propose tout au long de notre chemin sont attrayants, bien vendus, mais que leur fin est la ruine. (Image tirée de la BD Idées reçues 3
[:de]Aus dem Buch „Verabredungen im Wald“ . Zweite Teil (von vier)
Tränen sind doch nichts...
Kaum bin ich vom Taxi ausgestiegen, schon wird dieses von der Strömung des Verkehrschaos weggerissen. Neben mir sind lauter Leute zu sehen; immer und überall. Sie gehen vorbei, verkaufen Sachen, starren ins Leere, schlafen auf dem Boden (es sei denn, der da ist tot). Hier haust das Elend in all seinen Facetten hier. Eine solche Sehnsucht nach Hoffnung ist zu spüren, dass Leute bereit sind, alles Mögliche anzubeten, sei es einen Gegenstand, einen Baum oder eine Statue, mit dem Wunsch, ihren Durst nach dem Göttlichen zu stillen. Hier ist eine Welt, die von den gut meinenden und gut denkenden Christen vergessen worden ist und überall sehe ich so viele verlorene Leute... wirklich so viele...
Während meiner ersten Nacht in Indien dringen laute Straßengeräusche durch die schlecht isolierten Fenster meines Hotelzimmers und reizen mein abendländisches Sicherheitsgefühl.
Gegenüber dem Ausmaß dieses Elends, von dem ich einen Schlag ins Gesicht bekommen habe, fühle ich mich absolut hilflos. Allein, auf meinem Bett sitzend, bete ich für dieses Land. Mein Herz ist zerbrochen. Ich kann diesen Leuten nichts bringen außer meinen Tränen, die an meinen Wangen entlang für sie abperlen... Jesus, mein stiller aber gegenwärtiger Meister steht neben meinem Bett und wird vielleicht etwas daraus machen... (?)
Reise zum Rande der Welt
Sobald Leute, die für mich verantwortlich sind, mich getroffen haben, ist das alte Klischee vom weißen Missionar mit dem Tropenhelm geplatzt. Hier wird die Missionsgesellschaft von Indern und für Inder geführt... Diese Menschen bringen mich durch den menschlichen Dschungel dieses Landes zu meinem nächsten Termin.
Wir reisen mit Science-Fiction (oder mit dem Zug, ist doch dasselbe). Die alte Tür des müde gewordenen Zuges ist sperrangelweit offen und ich setze mich als würde ich die Füße an einem Steg ins Wasser baumeln lassen, nur dass hier der Boden unter ihnen wegscrollt. Jederzeit warte ich darauf, dass mich ein Schaffner von hinten mit schweizerdeutschem Dialekt zurechtweist:
- Nein, verboten! Darf man nicht!!
Aber nein, hier behandelt man die Leute nicht wie Kinder. Cool. (Vielleicht sind wir doch in der Schweiz nicht so frei, wie überall verkündigt wird...?) Neben den Gleisen stehen Menschen, lauter Menschen... Was machen sie? Schauen sie zu, wie die Zeit vergeht? Sie lächeln gern, und ich sehe, dass es von Herzen kommt... (Jetzt aber bin ich mir sicher ... ich bin doch auf einem anderen Planeten gelandet!)
Wir fahren an einer Mülldeponie vorbei, die kein Ende zu haben scheint. Leute leeren dort ohne die geringste Befangenheit ihren Darm aus. Einen Steinwurf davon entfernt sucht ein hungriges Kind in diesem übelriechenden Unrat seine tägliche Nahrung. Eine ganze Familie, die vor ihrer elenden Hütte steht, welche aus den hier liegenden Materialien errichtet worden ist, schaut mich stillschweigend an. So lebt die Mehrheit der Bewohner meines Planeten! Es ist unerträglich. Gut, dass mir die Tränen das Sehvermögen trüben.
Mit wütendem Herzen greife ich zu meinem Bleistift und zeichne ihnen einen Verzweiflungsschrei:
- Man hat euch nicht vergessen!! Ihr seid kostbar! Gott liebt euch, Sein Sohn ist unter Euch geboren!!! Nur Mut! (Eines Tages wird sie diese Zeichnung erreichen...)
Verfolgungen
Der Empfangsraum der Missionsgesellschaft ist eine fühlbare Oase des Friedens, die frei ist von der sonst allgegenwärtigen Bedrückung. Nicht nur ich werde mich dort mit der Organisation treffen, sondern viele Gemeindeleiter des Landes, die von überall her gekommen sind, wurden eingeladen. Einige von ihnen haben riesige Entfernungen zurückgelegt, um hierher zu gelangen.
Schon zu meiner Ankunft hatte man mir empfohlen, unauffällig zu bleiben, denn Indien brüstet sich zwar, das größte demokratische Land der Welt zu sein, aber die Redefreiheit sitzt immer noch im Wartezimmer. Die Inder glauben an das Kastenwesen. „Schlecht geborene“ Leute werden nicht mal wie Tiere angesehen und müssen Verachtung und Sklaverei erdulden. Die Armen bräuchten kein Geld, sondern ein Umdenken, um daraus zu kommen. Wenn sie erfahren, dass der Sohn Gottes höchstpersönlich sie liebt und ein einfacher Mensch wie sie geworden ist, dass sie in Seinen Augen von unschätzbarem Wert sind, ändert sich ihr Leben radikal und sie können sich von diesem Fluch befreien. Sobald sie nicht mehr daran glauben, dass sie einer niedrigeren Kaste angehören, fangen sie an, ihr Leben in die Hand zu nehmen. Diejenigen, die zu einer hohen Kaste gehören, sind darüber empört, weil sie eine kostenlose Arbeitskraft verlieren und wiegeln die fanatischen Religionsgruppen gegen sie auf.
5000 Christen aus der Region von Odisha mussten mitansehen, wie ihre Häuser verbrannt wurden, ihre Frauen geschändet wurden und ihre Pastoren auf grausame Weise erdolcht worden sind. Die Familien, die entkommen konnten, durften im Dschungel „Zuflucht“ finden, aber dort wohnen andere Scheusale, wie z.B. Tiger und Krankheiten...
Die Verantwortlichen von verschiedenen Christengemeinden berieten sich: Sollten sie zu den Waffen greifen, um sich zu verteidigen?
Alle entschieden sich für die Gewaltlosigkeit, die Christus lehrt. Und sie beschlossen zu vergeben...
Es geht nächste Woche weiter…
Während meiner ersten Nacht in Indien hatte ich eine Idee für ein Bild, mit dem man Jesus darstellen könnte, sodass eine Person, die nicht lesen kann und in ihrem Gepäck die westliche Kultur nicht vorrätig eingepackt hat, ihn begreift.
Der Geist des Schöpfers, der durch seine zwei Hände dargestellt wird, zeigt denjenigen den Weg, die ihn wirklich suchen. Es erfordert Aufmerksamkeit und Ehrlichkeit, weil man Sein Handeln und Seine flüsternde Stimme im Stimmengewirr unserer Welt wahrnehmen soll.
Es erfordert auch einen weisen Weitblick, weil man erkennen muss, dass die kleinen einfachen Wege, die uns die Gesellschaft am Rande anbietet, verlockend und häufig betreten sind, aber am Ende ins Verderben führen. (Bild aus dem Comic Ach, du lieber Himmel 3)
[:en]A story from “Appointment in the forest“
Part2 (to see the part1)
Tears, that’s nothing…
Scarcely has the taxi dropped me off than already it disappears, caught up in the business of the traffic. Around me there is nothing but people; they’re there everywhere and all the time. They pass by, sell, stare into space, sleep directly on the ground (unless it’s a corpse). Misery in all her forms lives here. There is such a thirst for hope that people are prepared to pray to even any object, tree, statue in the hope of quenching their thirst for the Divine. It’s a world forgotten by comfortable Christians and everywhere I see so many lost people… so many…
All the way through that first night in India, bursts of noises from the streets climb all the way up the walls to infiltrate the badly soundproofed windows of my hotel room and arouse my Western feeling of security.
Confronted by the scale of this poverty, which has slapped me in the face, I am completely helpless. Alone, sitting on my bed, I pray for this country. My heart is broken, there is nothing I can offer them apart from my tears, which form droplets all the way down my cheeks for them… Jesus, my master, silent but present at the foot of the bed, will maybe be able to make something out of them… (?)
Journey to the edge of the world
As soon as the leaders have joined me, the old cliché of the white missionary wearing a pith helmet is sent packing. Here the mission is managed by and for Indians… They are the ones who guide me through the human jungle of this country to the place of our next meeting.
We travel by science-fiction (or by train, it’s all the same!). The door of the old, tired train is wide open and I sit down as if on the edge of the water to dip my feet into the emptiness just above the ground which is slipping by.
At any moment I expect to hear the remonstrance of a ticket-inspector behind my back who, in his Swiss German accent, would say to me:
‘Nein, verboten’ (prohibited)! You can’t do that!!’
But no, here the people are not treated like children; it’s cool. (Maybe in Switzerland we are not as free as we imagine…?) By the side of the rails of the train track, people, always people… What are they doing? Are they watching time go by? They readily smile at me and I can see that it’s from the heart… (This time there’s no mistaking: I am on another planet!)
We pass by a public rubbish dump which goes on for ever; people are defecating there without any embarrassment. A stone’s throw further on, a starving child is looking for its daily food in the stinking rubble. In front of a makeshift shack, built with the help of the materials strewn all over the ground, an entire family watches me, in silence. That’s how the majority of the people on my planet live. It’s intolerable. Thank goodness my tears cloud my vision.
With anger in my heart, I grab hold of my pencil and draw for them, as in a cry of despair:
‘You are not forgotten!! You are precious, God loves you, His Son was born in your midst!!! Take heart!’
(One day my picture will reach them…)
Persecutions
The reception centre of the mission is an oasis of tangible peace, freed from the latent oppression which, elsewhere, you can sense pretty much all over the place. As well as being our meeting place, it is also that of the leaders of the church who have come from all over the country. Some of them have had to contend with inordinate distances to get here.
From the moment I arrived, discretion has been advised to me for, even if India boasts of being the largest democratic country in the world, freedom of expression is still sitting in the waiting room. Hindus believe in castes, people ‘of lowly birth’ aren’t even considered as animals; with resignation, they suffer contempt and slavery. It’s not money but a change of mentality that the poor need in order to cope. When they learn that the Son of God in person loves them and took their lowly position, that they are priceless in his eyes, their lives change radically and are set free from fate. No longer condemned to being a low caste, they take charge of their lives. The high castes, outraged at losing their unpaid workforce, urge the Hindu religious fanatics to rise up.
5,000 Christians from the Orissa region have seen their houses burnt, their women raped and their pastors brutally killed by stab wounds. The families that managed to escape found a ‘shelter’ in the jungle. But it was inhabited by other predators such as the tiger and illness…
The leaders of the different communities consulted each other: should they take up arms to defend themselves?
All, with one accord, opted for the non-violence which Christ teaches. And they decided to forgive…
To be continued next week (Part 3 - out of 4)
During my first night in India, I have the idea of a picture which will make it possible to present Jesus to someone who is unable to read and who would not have Western Christian culture as an option in his baggage.
The Spirit of the creator, symbolised by his two hands, indicates the path to the one who really wants to find the way. This requires being attentive to the signs and to His voice which whispers in the hurly-burly of the world to the one who is sincere.
This demands the ability to see the bigger picture, which wisdom gives, to realise that the easy little paths which society offers us all along our way are attractive, well marketed, but that their end is ruin. (Picture taken from the comic-book ‘Conventional Wisdom 3’)
[:es]India (segunda parte)
Unas lágrimas, son poca cosa...
Apenas me bajo del taxi que éste desaparece atrapado por la afluencia de la circulación. A mi alrededor no hay más que gente; La hay por todas partes y en todo momento. Pasan, venden, miran al infinito, incluso duermen a ras del suelo (a menos que se trate de un muerto). La miseria, bajo todas sus formas, habita aquí. Hay tal sed de esperanza que están incluso dispuestos a rezarle a cualquier objeto, árbol, estatua, con la esperanza de poder saciar su sed de lo Divino. Es un mundo olvidado de los cristianos bien pensantes, y, veo por todas partes, tanta gente perdida... tanta...
A lo largo de esta primera noche en la India, fragmentos de ruidos de la calle trepan a lo largo de las paredes para infiltrarse por las ventanas mal aisladas de la habitación de mi hotel y cosquillean mi sentimiento de seguridad occidental.
... Ante la amplitud de esta miseria que me ha golpeado de frente, me siento totalmente desprovisto. Solo, sentado sobre mi cama, oro por este país. Tengo el corazón hecho pedazos, no hay nada que
pueda darles sino estas lágrimas que lucen en mis mejillas por ellos... Jesús, mi Maestro, silencioso pero presente a los pies de mi cama, sabrá quizás hacer algo con todo esto...(?)
Viaje al borde del mundo
Desde que los responsables se reúnen conmigo, el viejo cliché del misionero blanco con casco colonial desaparece como por encanto. Aquí la misión es administrada por y para los indios... Ellos son los que me guían a través de la jungla humana de este país hasta nuestro próximo lugar de encuentro.
Viajamos en ciencia ficción (¡ o en tren, viene a ser lo mismo!). La puerta del cansado y viejo tren está abierta de par en par y yo estoy sentado como al borde del agua mojando mis pies en el vacío justo por encima del suelo que se va desplazando. En todo momento tengo la impresión de que voy a oír a mis espaldas los reproches de un controlador que me dirá, con su acento suizo alemán:
- ¡Nein, verboten (prohibido)! ¡¡Eso no se puede hacer!! Pero no, aquí las gentes no están infantilizadas, es estupendo, (¿Quizá en Suiza no somos tan libres como pensamos...?) Al borde de los railes del tren hay gente y más gente... ¿Qué hacen? ¿Están viendo pasar el tiempo? Me sonríen de buen grado y me doy cuenta de que lo hacen de corazón... (¡Ahora sí que estoy seguro: me encuentro en otro planeta!)
Pasamos delante de una escombrera pública interminable, la gente hace allí sus necesidades sin ningún pudor. A un tiro de piedra más lejos, un niño hambriento busca su alimento cotidiano entre los apestosos escombros. Delante de una cabaña improvisada, construida con ayuda de materiales tirados por el suelo, toda una familia me observa silenciosa. ¡Así es como viven la mayoría de los habitantes de mi planeta! ¡Es insoportable! Menos mal que las lágrimas me enturbian la vista...
... Con el corazón lleno de rabia, agarro mi lápiz y les dibujo como en un grito de desesperación:
- ¡¡ No habéis sido olvidados!! ¡¡Sois preciosos, Dios os ama, su Hijo ha nacido entre vosotros!! ¡Ánimo! (un día les llegará mi dibujo...)
Persecuciones
El centro de acogida de la misión es un oasis de paz tangible, liberado de la latente opresión que se siente un poco por todas partes. Además de ser nuestro lugar de encuentro, es también el de los líderes de las iglesias llegados de todo el país. Algunos han tenido que afrontar distancias desmesuradas para llegar hasta aquí.
Desde mi llegada, se me ha recomendado discreción porque, aunque la India presuma de ser el país democrático más grande del mundo, la libertad de expresión sigue esperando sentada en la sala de espera. Los hindúes creen en las castas, las personas “mal nacidas” ni siquiera son consideradas como animales, aguantan y aceptan el desprecio y la esclavitud. No es el dinero, sino un cambio de mentalidad lo que necesitan los pobres para salir de esto. Cuando se enteran de que el Hijo de Dios en persona les ama y ha tomado su condición, que son de alta estima ante sus ojos, su vida cambia radicalmente y se libera de la fatalidad. No siendo ya condenados a ser una casta inferior, se ponen manos a la obra. Las castas más altas, indignadas por perder una mano de obra gratuita, empujan a los fanáticos religiosos hindúes hacia la sublevación.
5.000 cristianos de la región de Orissa han visto sus hogares incendiados, sus mujeres violadas y sus pastores salvajemente asesinados a puñaladas. Las familias que han logrado escapar han encontrado un “abrigo” en la selva. Pero esta está habitada por otros depredadores como el tigre y la enfermedad…
Los responsables de diferentes comunidades se consultaron entre ellos: ¿debían tomar las armas para defenderse?
Todos, de común acuerdo, optaron por la no violencia que enseña Cristo. Y decidieron perdonar…
Continuará la semana próxima…
Durante mi primera noche en la India, me vino a la idea un dibujo que me permitiría presentar a Jesús a alguien que no supiera leer y no tuviera en su bagaje la influencia de la cultura occidental cristiana.
El Espíritu del creador simbolizado por sus dos manos indica el camino al que desea realmente encontrarlo. Eso requiere estar atento a las señales y a Su voz que susurra en medio del bullicio del mundo a todo aquel que es sincero.
Eso demanda el retroceso que da la sabiduría para darse cuenta de que los pequeños caminos fáciles que la sociedad nos propone durante todo nuestro camino son atractivos, bien vendidos, pero su final es la ruina. (imagen sacada del Cómic Idées reçues 3)
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In India you will go…
On the eve of the publication of my first comic book, at a time when I still used to draw without the light of the flashes of journalists and when the idea of inviting me to speak to an audience would only have occurred to a desperate organiser, a man telephoned me. That voice (as well as the person to whom it belonged) was completely unknown to me back then. He told me amongst other things that he had had a vision of me speaking to thousands of young people and that (just like that, in passing…) God would send me one day to India…
(?...okaaay… thanks for the call).
The discovery of a plane ticket to India in my letter box ten years later leaves me speechless. Simultaneously, my recollections also place in the letter box of my memory the circumstances of the events described previously. Yet I believed that I had lost it in the annals of my brain, which is as messy as my desk (and that says it all!).
The strange sender of the ticket is a mission by the name of ‘Empart’… Aha? ...A few months
ago, I was invited to do drawings in conjunction with an Indian speaker. We had all had a good laugh because I had drawn a caricature of him on the big screen and he had shouted out this joke at me from the stage:
‘Hey, you, buddy, you’ll get what’s coming your way!’
The invitation is from him ; I phone the head of the mission based in my country to find out more :
‘Er… why do you want me to go to India ?
What are you expecting of me?’
‘We would just like you to come so that you are influenced by what you see there…’
‘ ... and that’s all ?!’
They are not asking me to be a speaker, to repaint walls with Mickey Mouse, to dig a well
or save any hostages (and that’s just as well, cos I really don’t know how that’s done!) …but just to come!?!
Where are we now !?
From the moment I walk out of the airport, I am greeted by that distinctive smell (spice and piss) and that permanent fog (dust and pollution) which, like the roadside vendors, will never give up following me around. The scene which imposes itself on my gaze is completely destabilising. Aarrrgh!!! It must be that stupid pilot who must have gone through a space-time corridor!! What I discover gives me the strange impression of having gone back in time. But it is different from the space-time continuum which has been ours, as in this one several aliens live in collusion with humans! Guys with enormous turbans on their heads, others, cut in two, moving about on skate-boards with the help of their arms, magnificent women decked out in rainbows…
Keep moving, there’s so much to see!
In the street, it’s no better : the roadway is teeming with an abundance of giant yoghurt pots with a number of random wheels, serving as vehicles. The English car, straight out of another century, which serves as my taxi, glides along, like an enormous boat in the cascades of a river made up of motley assorted vehicles, at the speed of the current of traffic. Here, drivers are completely freed from the constraint of the most rudimentary traffic regulations. When the taxi plunges in the wrong direction on to the motorway to gain a few unnecessary minutes, I stay cool (my brain has gone into ‘So what’ mode anyway, all that just can’t be real!)
To be continued next week (Part 2 - out of 4)
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India
En Inde tu iras...
A l’aube de la sortie de ma première BD, à une époque où je dessinais encore sans la lumière des flashs des journalistes et que l’idée de m’inviter à parler face à un public ne serait venue qu’à un organisateur désespéré, un homme me téléphona. Cette voix (ainsi que la personne à qui elle appartenait) m’était alors totalement inconnue. Il m’annonça entre autres choses qu’il avait eu une vision de moi en train de parler à des milliers de jeunes et que (comme ça, en passant...) Dieu m’enverrait un jour en Inde... (?...okaaaaay... merci d’avoir appelé).
La découverte d’un billet d’avion pour l’Inde dans ma boîte aux lettres dix ans plus tard me laisse pantois. Simultanément, mes souvenirs déposent eux aussi dans la boîte aux lettres de ma mémoire les circonstances des événements décrits précédemment. Je croyais pourtant l’avoir perdue dans les annales de mon cerveau aussi bordélique que mon bureau (ce qui veut tout dire!).
L’étrange expéditeur du billet est une mission du nom d’« Empart »... Tiens?...Il y a quelques mois, j’étais invité pour dessiner de concert avec le discours d’un orateur indien. Nous avions tous bien ri, car je l’avais cari-caturé sur grand écran et il m’avait lancé cette vanne depuis la scène :
– Toi, mon gaillard, tu ne perds rien pour attendre !
L’invitation vient de lui ; je téléphone au responsable de mission basé dans mon pays pour en savoir plus :
– Euh... pourquoi voulez-vous que j’aille en Inde ? Qu’attendez-vous de moi ?
– On aimerait juste que tu viennes pour que tu sois influencé par ce que tu y verras...
– ... et c’est tout ?!
On ne me demande pas d’être orateur, de repeindre les façades avec des Mickeys, de creuser un puits ou de sauver des otages
(et c tant mieux paske j’sais pas trop comment qu’on fait!)... mais juste de venir !?!
On est où, là !?
Dès la sortie de l’aéroport, je suis accueilli par cette odeur particulière (épice et pisse) et ce brouillard permanent (poussière et pollution), qui tels les vendeurs en bord de rue ne me lâcheront plus d’une semelle. Le spectacle qui s’impose à mes yeux est complètement déstabilisant. Rââââ!!! C’est sûrement cet empaffé de pilote qui a dû passer un couloir spatio-temporel !! Ce que je découvre me donne l’impression étrange d’avoir reculé dans le temps. Mais différent du continuel espace-temps qui a été le nôtre, car dans celui-ci plusieurs aliens vivent en connivence avec les humains ! Des types avec des turbans énormes sur la tête, d’autres coupés en deux se déplaçant à l’aide de leurs bras sur une planche à roulettes, des femmes magnifiques revêtues d’arc-en-ciel...
Circulez, y a tout à voir!
Dans la rue, c’est pas mieux : une abondance de gobelets de yogourts géants au nombre de roues aléatoires servant de véhicules grouillent sur la chaussée. La voiture anglaise tout droit sortie d’un autre siècle qui me sert de taxi glisse tel un bateau massif dans les cascades d’un fleuve de véhicules hétéroclites à la vitesse du courant de circulation. Ici, les conducteurs sont complètement libérés de la contrainte des règles de circulation les plus primaires. Quand le taxi s’engouffre dans le sens inverse de l’autoroute pour gagner quelques minutes inutiles, je reste cool (mon cerveau s’est mis en mode : bah ! de toute façon, tout cela ne peut pas être réel!)
La suite, la semaine prochaine...
[:de]Aus dem Buch "Verabredungen im Wald". Erster Teil (von vier)
Nach Indien sollst du gehen...
Kurz vor dem Erscheinen meines ersten Comics, zu der Zeit, als ich noch ohne das Blitzlich der Journalisten zeichnete und als nur hoffnungslose Fälle mich eingeladen hätten, um zu einem Publikum zu reden, bekam ich einen Anruf. Diese Stimme (genauso wie die Person, zu der sie gehörte) war mir total unbekannt. Sie verklickerte mir unter anderem, dass sie eine Vision von mir bekommen hatte, wie ich zu tausenden von Jugendlichen reden würde und dass mich Gott (einfach so nebenbei) eines Tages nach Indien schicken würde... (Okäääääy ... und vielen Dank, dass Du angerufen hast!)
Zehn Jahre später verschlägt mir ein in meinem Briefkasten aufgefundenes Flugzeugticket nach Indien die Sprache. Gleichzeitig öffnet sich erneut das Fach meines Gedächtnisbriefkastens mit der Erinnerung an die zuvor beschriebenen Erlebnisse. Ich dachte, diese wären in den Chroniken meines Gehirns, das so chaotisch aufgeräumt ist wie mein Schreibtisch (das sagt eigentlich alles), jämmerlich verloren gegangen.
Der seltsame Absender des Flugtickets ist eine Missionsgesellschaft namens „Empart“ ... na? Vor ein paar Monaten war ich eingeladen worden, um zu zeichnen, während ein indischer Referent etwas vortrug. Wir hatten beide viel gelacht, denn ich hatte eine Karikatur von ihm auf Großleinwand gebracht und von der Bühne hatte er mir diese witzige Bemerkung zugeworfen:
- So leicht kommst du mir aber nicht davon, mein Lieber!
Die Einladung kommt von ihm. Ich rufe den Missionsleiter an, der sich in meiner Heimat befindet, um ein bisschen mehr in Erfahrung zu bringen:
- Äh... Warum soll ich denn nach Indien kommen? Was erwarten Sie von mir?
- Wir möchten nur, dass du kommst, damit du inspiriert wirst von dem, was du dort sehen wirst...
- ... Ist das alles?!
Die bitten nicht darum, dass ich was sage, dass ich Fassaden mit Micky-Mäusen gestalte, dass ich einen Brunnen grabe oder, dass ich irgendwelche Geiseln rette (und das ist auch besser so, weil ich nicht richtig weiß, wie´s geht), sondern sie wollen nur, dass ich komme!?!
Wo sind wir denn hier?
Sobald ich aus dem Flughafen raus bin, begegnen mir sowohl dieser besondere Geruch (Gewürz und Pisse) als auch dieser beständige Nebel (Staub und Verschmutzung), die genauso wie die ringsum stehenden Straßenverkäufern mich nicht mehr verlassen werden. Der Anblick, den ich vor Augen habe, ist vollkommen irritierend. Aaaargh!!! Es liegt bestimmt an diesem dusseligen Piloten, der durch einen räumlich zeitlichen Korridor geflogen ist!! Was ich entdecke, gibt mir das eigentümliche Gefühl, dass ich in der Zeit zurückgegangen bin. Aber es ist anders als in unserem Raum-Zeit-Kontinuum, denn hier leben auch Aliens im stillen Einverständnis mit den Menschen! Es gibt Typen, die einen Turban als Kopfbedeckung tragen, andere sind zweigeteilt und bewegen sich mit Hilfe ihrer Armeskraft auf Rollbrettern, Frauen sind auch zu sehen, wunderschön und mit einem Regenbogen bekleidet...
Weitergehen, da gibt´s viel zu sehen!
Auf der Straße ist es nicht viel besser: Die Chaussee wimmelt von riesigen Joghurtbechern mit beliebig vielen Rädern, die als Fahrzeug fungieren. Der englische Wagen, aus einem anderen Jahrhundert stammend, der mir als Taxi dient, gleitet wie ein massives Schiff in der Flut verschiedenartiger Fahrzeuge im Verkehrsstrom mit. Hier sind die Fahrzeugführer völlig befreit von jeglichen Verkehrsregeln. Als der Taxifahrer in die Gegenrichtung der Autobahn auffährt, um einige zeitraubende Minuten zu gewinnen, bleibe ich cool. Mein Gehirn ist mittlerweile im Modus: „Was soll´s, all das kann sowieso nicht real sein!“
Es geht nächste Woche weiter...
[:en]A story from "Appointment in the forest"
In India you will go…
On the eve of the publication of my first comic book, at a time when I still used to draw without the light of the flashes of journalists and when the idea of inviting me to speak to an audience would only have occurred to a desperate organiser, a man telephoned me. That voice (as well as the person to whom it belonged) was completely unknown to me back then. He told me amongst other things that he had had a vision of me speaking to thousands of young people and that (just like that, in passing…) God would send me one day to India…
(?...okaaay… thanks for the call).
The discovery of a plane ticket to India in my letter box ten years later leaves me speechless. Simultaneously, my recollections also place in the letter box of my memory the circumstances of the events described previously. Yet I believed that I had lost it in the annals of my brain, which is as messy as my desk (and that says it all!).
The strange sender of the ticket is a mission by the name of ‘Empart’… Aha? ...A few months
ago, I was invited to do drawings in conjunction with an Indian speaker. We had all had a good laugh because I had drawn a caricature of him on the big screen and he had shouted out this joke at me from the stage:
‘Hey, you, buddy, you’ll get what’s coming your way!’
The invitation is from him ; I phone the head of the mission based in my country to find out more :
‘Er… why do you want me to go to India ?
What are you expecting of me?’
‘We would just like you to come so that you are influenced by what you see there…’
‘ ... and that’s all ?!’
They are not asking me to be a speaker, to repaint walls with Mickey Mouse, to dig a well
or save any hostages (and that’s just as well, cos I really don’t know how that’s done!) …but just to come!?!
Where are we now !?
From the moment I walk out of the airport, I am greeted by that distinctive smell (spice and piss) and that permanent fog (dust and pollution) which, like the roadside vendors, will never give up following me around. The scene which imposes itself on my gaze is completely destabilising. Aarrrgh!!! It must be that stupid pilot who must have gone through a space-time corridor!! What I discover gives me the strange impression of having gone back in time. But it is different from the space-time continuum which has been ours, as in this one several aliens live in collusion with humans! Guys with enormous turbans on their heads, others, cut in two, moving about on skate-boards with the help of their arms, magnificent women decked out in rainbows…
Keep moving, there’s so much to see!
In the street, it’s no better : the roadway is teeming with an abundance of giant yoghurt pots with a number of random wheels, serving as vehicles. The English car, straight out of another century, which serves as my taxi, glides along, like an enormous boat in the cascades of a river made up of motley assorted vehicles, at the speed of the current of traffic. Here, drivers are completely freed from the constraint of the most rudimentary traffic regulations. When the taxi plunges in the wrong direction on to the motorway to gain a few unnecessary minutes, I stay cool (my brain has gone into ‘So what’ mode anyway, all that just can’t be real!)
To be continued next week (Part 2 - out of 4)
[:es]A la India irás
A punto de salir mi primer cómic, en una época en que aún dibujaba sin la luz de los flashes de los periodistas y en que la idea de invitarme a hablar en público sólo se le hubiera ocurrido a un organizador desesperado, un hombre me llamó por teléfono. Está voz, (así como la persona a quien pertenecía ) me era por aquel entonces totalmente desconocida. Me anunció, entre otras cosas, que había tenido una visión acerca de mí hablando a miles de jóvenes y que (así, como si nada…) Dios me enviaría un día a la india… (?...vaaaale... Gracias por su llamada).
Descubrir un billete de avión para la India en mi buzón 10 años más tarde me dejó atónito. Simultáneamente, mis recuerdos depositan también en el buzón de mi memoria las circunstancias de los acontecimientos descritos precedentemente. Yo creía sin embargo haberlos perdido en medio de los anales de mi cerebro, tan caótico como mi escritorio (¡Con eso lo digo todo!).
El extraño remitente del billete es una misión cuyo nombre es "Empart"... ¿Y eso?... meses atrás me habían invitado para hacer un dibujo al mismo tiempo que un orador indio daba su conferencia. Nos habíamos reído mucho porque yo había hecho su caricatura en la gran pantalla y él me lanzó esta broma desde el escenario:
- ¡ Tú, amigo mío, espera y verás !
La invitación viene de él; llamo por teléfono al responsable de la sede de la misión en mi país para saber más:
- Esto… ¿Por qué quiere que vaya a la India? ¿Qué esperan ustedes de mí?
- Lo que queremos es que vengas para que seas influenciado por lo que veas allí…
- ¿Y eso es todo?
No me piden que vaya a dar una charla, ni que pinte fachadas con Mickeys, ni que cabe pozos ni que rescate rehenes ( ¡Y menos mal, porque no tengo ni idea de cómo se hace eso!)... Sino solo que vaya¡?!
¿ Pero qué lugar es este?
Desde que salgo del aeropuerto, me acoge ese olor particular (especias y orina) y esa niebla permanente (polvo y contaminación), que como los vendedores que están al borde de la calle, se quedarán pegados a las suelas de mis zapatos. El espectáculo que se impone ante mis ojos es completamente desestabilizador. ¡Raaaaas! ¡Seguro que ese piloto tan chalado ha traspasado la barrera del espacio tiempo !!! lo que descubro me da la extraña impresión de haber retrocedido en el tiempo. ¡Pero diferente al nuestro porque en este, muchos alienígenas viven confabulados con los humanos! Tipos con enormes turbantes en la cabeza, otros, cortados en dos, se desplazan con ayuda de sus brazos sobre una tabla con ruedas, mujeres magníficas revestidas de arco iris...
¡Circulen! ¡sálvese quien pueda!
En la calle, las cosas no están mejor: una abundancia de vasos de yogur gigantes con un número de ruedas aleatorio, sirviendo de vehículos, bullen por la calzada. El coche inglés, salido de otro siglo, que me sirve de taxi, se desliza tal un barco macizo por las cascadas de un río heterogéneo de coches a la velocidad de la corriente de la circulación. Aquí los conductores son completamente liberados de la limitación de las más vitales reglas de circulación. Cuando el taxi se cuela en sentido contrario a la autopista para ganar algunos minutos inútiles, yo me quedo tan Pancho (mi cerebro se ha puesto en modo: ¡Bah, de todas formas, todo esto no puede ser real!)
Continuará la semana próxima...
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A one-man show as an antidote to extremism
Whereas after Paris, the world is asking how to fight against extremism and terrorism, the comedian Alain Auderset replies in an original way to this question by a humoristic show, which breaks from religiosity but still has a profound respect for God. As astounding as this may seem, these two things have nothing to do one with the other!
The Swiss comedian’s show is entitled “A not-practising atheist”: He is interested in the beliefs of each of us on; the couple, life, religion or on atheism. These beliefs, rarely consistent and often strict, but so deliciously absurd are the origin of a series of intelligent and funny sketches playing on words, and full of genuine emotions. At this time when a multitude of atrocities are committed in the name of religion, but where God is rejected, Alain Auderset’s show is of a vital pertinence, allowing us to see things from another angle, and to not throw the baby out with the bathwater!
The show cancelled
By an unfortunate coincidence, the comedian should have officially launched the DVD of his show by a performance in Paris on the 5th of December 2015, in the prodigious Wagram theatre, which was sold out! The enthusiasm of the public proves that in spite of the spirit of fear, and the rejection of God and religion that the attacks have provoked, people need to interrogate themselves and to dare to laugh in spite of all their apprehensions. In spite of the protestations of the comedian, who wanted to bring a little consolation to this town in mourning, the performance was cancelled by the organisers fearful for the safety of the audience of the show.
The adventure of the DVD
For more than five years now, the author has been on tour in many French speaking countries (Switzerland, France, Belgium and Quebec), and has had a real success. Constantly revised and corrected, his show has become a real gem and the comedian felt that it was time to “box it” by proposing to the public a DVD.version
The author in a few words:
Alain Auderset is a Swiss cartoon book artist and writer, he has three times won a prize at Angoulême (France), and has sold more than 110,000 copies. Having now become a comedian, we could believe that one of his characters has escaped from his drawing board to express himself on the “boards” of a theatre!
Another coincidence, Alain Auderset’s first cartoon book called, « Conventional Wisdom », which equally questions blind beliefs, came out on the 11th of September 2001, the date was chosen because there was nothing special going on that day (!!!). It makes you believe that Alain Auderset’s message is like Gandalf the Grey, he arrives precisely when we need him; that is, in a crisis situation!
+ Information on the show
See the B-A
Contact"
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Communiqué de presse :
Un One Man Show comme antidote à l’extrémisme
Alors qu’après Paris, le monde se demande comment lutter contre l’extrémisme et le terrorisme, le comédien Alain Auderset répond de manière originale à cette question par un spectacle humoristique qui casse du religieux tout en ayant un profond respect pour Dieu, puisque, aussi étonnant que cela puisse paraître, les deux choses n'ont rien à voir l’une avec l’autre.
Le spectacle du comédien suisse se nomme « athée non pratiquant » ; il s’intéresse aux croyances de chacun sur le couple, la vie, la mort, la religion ou encore l’athéisme. Ces croyances, rarement cohérentes, parfois rigides, mais si délicieusement absurdes sont à l’origine d’une série de sketches intelligents, drôles, aux jeux de mots subtils, plein d’émotions sincères. À l’heure où sont commises de multiples atrocités au nom de la religion et où l’on rejette Dieu, le spectacle d’Alain Auderset est d’une pertinence vitale, permettant de voir les choses sous un autre angle, et de ne pas jeter le bébé avec l’eau du bain.
Spectacle annulé
Coïncidence déconcertante, le comédien aurait dû lancer officiellement le DVD de son spectacle par une représentation à Paris, le 5 décembre 2015, dans la prestigieuse salle Wagram à guichets fermés. L’engouement du public prouve que, malgré l’esprit de peur et de rejet que les attentats ont provoqué envers Dieu et la religion, les gens ont besoin de s’interroger et d’oser rire de la façon dont on les appréhende. Malgré les protestations du comédien, qui aurait voulu apporter un peu de consolation à cette ville en deuil, la représentation a été annulée par les organisateurs animés par le sentiment tout autant louable de prendre soin des participants au spectacle.
L'aventure du DVD
Depuis plus de 5 ans, l'auteur est en tournée dans toute la francophonie (en Suisse, France, Belgique et Québec), et a rencontré un franc succès. Constamment peaufiné et retravaillé, son spectacle est devenu un vrai petit bijou, et le comédien a jugé qu’il était temps de le « mettre en boîte » en proposant une version DVD à son public.
Cette version numérique a été filmée et montée par des professionnels de la télé et du cinéma français. Touchés par la pertinence du message véhiculé par les sketches d'Alain Auderset, ils ont décidé de travailler bénévolement pour que ce projet puisse voir le jour et être partagé à un maximum de personnes. Le DVD d'A. Auderset reste disponible dans tous les points de vente de suisse-romande, et d’une partie de la francophonie. Il est aussi dès à présent sur le site de l'auteur : www.auderset.com.
L'auteur en quelques phrases :
A. Auderset est un auteur de BD et un écrivain suisse, ayant remporté par trois fois un prix à Angoulême et vendu plus de 110’000 ouvrages. Devenu comédien, on croirait qu'un de ses personnages s’est échappé de ses planches pour pouvoir s’exprimer sur celles d’un théâtre.
Autre coïncidence, la première BD d’Alain Auderset, nommée « Idées Reçues », et qui remet également en question les croyances aveugles, est parue précisément le 11 septembre 2001, date choisie parce qu’il n’y avait rien de spécial ce jour là (!!!). À croire que le message d’Alain Auderset est comme Gandalf le gris, il arrive précisément lorsqu’on a besoin de lui, soit en situation de crise.
+ d'infos sur le spectacle
voir la B-A
Contact
[:en]Press release
A one-man show as an antidote to extremism
Whereas after Paris, the world is asking how to fight against extremism and terrorism, the comedian Alain Auderset replies in an original way to this question by a humoristic show, which breaks from religiosity but still has a profound respect for God. As astounding as this may seem, these two things have nothing to do one with the other!
The Swiss comedian’s show is entitled “A not-practising atheist”: He is interested in the beliefs of each of us on; the couple, life, religion or on atheism. These beliefs, rarely consistent and often strict, but so deliciously absurd are the origin of a series of intelligent and funny sketches playing on words, and full of genuine emotions. At this time when a multitude of atrocities are committed in the name of religion, but where God is rejected, Alain Auderset’s show is of a vital pertinence, allowing us to see things from another angle, and to not throw the baby out with the bathwater!
The show cancelled
By an unfortunate coincidence, the comedian should have officially launched the DVD of his show by a performance in Paris on the 5th of December 2015, in the prodigious Wagram theatre, which was sold out! The enthusiasm of the public proves that in spite of the spirit of fear, and the rejection of God and religion that the attacks have provoked, people need to interrogate themselves and to dare to laugh in spite of all their apprehensions. In spite of the protestations of the comedian, who wanted to bring a little consolation to this town in mourning, the performance was cancelled by the organisers fearful for the safety of the audience of the show.
The adventure of the DVD
For more than five years now, the author has been on tour in many French speaking countries (Switzerland, France, Belgium and Quebec), and has had a real success. Constantly revised and corrected, his show has become a real gem and the comedian felt that it was time to “box it” by proposing to the public a DVD.version
The author in a few words:
Alain Auderset is a Swiss cartoon book artist and writer, he has three times won a prize at Angoulême (France), and has sold more than 110,000 copies. Having now become a comedian, we could believe that one of his characters has escaped from his drawing board to express himself on the “boards” of a theatre!
Another coincidence, Alain Auderset’s first cartoon book called, « Conventional Wisdom », which equally questions blind beliefs, came out on the 11th of September 2001, the date was chosen because there was nothing special going on that day (!!!). It makes you believe that Alain Auderset’s message is like Gandalf the Grey, he arrives precisely when we need him; that is, in a crisis situation!
+ Information on the show
See the B-A
Contact[:]"
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A tower that is falling down!
My English editor told me that he was no longer going to reprint my comic books… Of 8,000 comic books, he still has about 2,600 left, I am going to see if I can buy them back… ouch!
I refuse to resolve to let everything crumble; I continue to believe that millions (for a start) of people are going to find Jesus through these comic books.
Lord, if this door closes, may it be so that another even bigger one opens somewhere else…
David’s pals:
‘Are you crazy! Fight against Goliath?! But he is so enormous!!!
David:
‘Cool, in that case I won’t be able to miss!’
Young padawans
A young Christian managed to get me into his comic book school. I was able to witness to his whole class, in spite of the teacher being visibly ill at ease about God being talked about so freely in his class.
By contrast, the students all looked really moved.
Lately I have been coming across talented young Christians saying to me that they want to follow in my tracks (hey, I’m going to have to wipe my feet then!).
It didn’t matter how hard I tried to explain to them that it was a life of hardship, taunting, uncertainty, impossible struggles, spilt inkpots, that the choice of loving Jesus and the lost was a choice of suffering, that a soldier who is dead to himself is the only one who frightens the enemy…
It was no use! I didn’t manage to discourage them (so much for that)! So I prayed for them…
Alain Auderset
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A tower that is falling down!
My English editor told me that he was no longer going to reprint my comic books… Of 8,000 comic books, he still has about 2,600 left, I am going to see if I can buy them back… ouch!
I refuse to resolve to let everything crumble; I continue to believe that millions (for a start) of people are going to find Jesus through these comic books.
Lord, if this door closes, may it be so that another even bigger one opens somewhere else…
David’s pals:
‘Are you crazy! Fight against Goliath?! But he is so enormous!!!
David:
‘Cool, in that case I won’t be able to miss!’
Young padawans
A young Christian managed to get me into his comic book school. I was able to witness to his whole class, in spite of the teacher being visibly ill at ease about God being talked about so freely in his class.
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It was no use! I didn’t manage to discourage them (so much for that)! So I prayed for them…
Alain Auderset
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I have a banana tree in my studio.
(normal for a comic book workshop)!
Each time I transplant it into a bigger pot, it grows until its roots finish taking over the new area of soil.
(Aaaarg… STOP! Stop growing!)
NO ROOTS, NO FRUIT
What is vital in a tree is what is not seen… In our case, humans (as far as giraffes are concerned, I am not too sure…), it’s intimacy with God!
The more you extend your daily quality time with him (not just: ‘I pray when my wife is driving’ or ‘while I am brushing my teeth’... The more you will grow… And the more bananas you will have in your life (and bananas … they’re so good!)!
Today I am walking in the forest once again…
My path always goes through there (Oh that it had done a sudden runner to the Bahamas during the night…)!
The morning, in perfect complicity with the dew, coats the sides of the path with a glistening sparkle!
I ask God for nothing… other than to be closer to Him… ‘All fullness dwells in Jesus’, Colossians 1:19 (a passage in the Bible). Piece of advice for a ‘smart perspective’: if you have Jesus, you have everything!!
Suddenly on my path I see something amazing: thick, visible roots…
…that perks me up and I get a ‘banana’ smile!
P.S. I have planted lots of baobabs (that’s one of the biggest trees in the world!) all over my studio, but I no longer know where…Well, they are really tiny seeds…Oh dear! I have a hunch that they also have something to say to me
…With all these plants with the gift of the gab surrounding me while I make comic books, there is a cacophony!
Alain Auderset
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I have a banana tree in my studio.
(normal for a comic book workshop)!
Each time I transplant it into a bigger pot, it grows until its roots finish taking over the new area of soil.
(Aaaarg… STOP! Stop growing!)
NO ROOTS, NO FRUIT
What is vital in a tree is what is not seen… In our case, humans (as far as giraffes are concerned, I am not too sure…), it’s intimacy with God!
The more you extend your daily quality time with him (not just: ‘I pray when my wife is driving’ or ‘while I am brushing my teeth’... The more you will grow… And the more bananas you will have in your life (and bananas … they’re so good!)!
Today I am walking in the forest once again…
My path always goes through there (Oh that it had done a sudden runner to the Bahamas during the night…)!
The morning, in perfect complicity with the dew, coats the sides of the path with a glistening sparkle!
I ask God for nothing… other than to be closer to Him… ‘All fullness dwells in Jesus’, Colossians 1:19 (a passage in the Bible). Piece of advice for a ‘smart perspective’: if you have Jesus, you have everything!!
Suddenly on my path I see something amazing: thick, visible roots…
…that perks me up and I get a ‘banana’ smile!
P.S. I have planted lots of baobabs (that’s one of the biggest trees in the world!) all over my studio, but I no longer know where…Well, they are really tiny seeds…Oh dear! I have a hunch that they also have something to say to me
…With all these plants with the gift of the gab surrounding me while I make comic books, there is a cacophony!
Alain Auderset
[:es]
Tengo una platanera en mi taller, ¡(algo normal en un taller de cómics)!
Cada vez que la trasplanto a una maceta más grande, crece hasta que sus raíces terminan por invadir el nuevo espacio de tierra…
( ¡Ajjj, STOP! ¡Para de crecer!)
No hay raíces, no hay frutos
Lo vital en un árbol, es lo que no se ve… para nosotros los humanos (en cuanto a las jirafas no tengo ni idea…) lo vital es la intimidad con Dios!
Cuanto más tiempo (de calidad) pases cada día con él (no solo : “Yo oro cuando conduce mi mujer” o “mientras que me lavo los dientes”)… más crecerás… y más plátanos tendrás en tu vida (¡¡y qué ricos son los plátanos!!)
Hoy, camino de nuevo por el bosque… mi camino sigue estando ahí ¡(¡cómo si hubiera podido irse a las Bahamas durante la noche...!)! la mañana, en perfecta complicidad con el rocío, reviste los bordes del camino de un brillo resplandeciente!
Yo no le pido nada a Dios…
Sino estar más cerca de él…
“Toda la plenitud reside en Jesús” Colosenses 2:9 (un pasaje de la Biblia)
¡Oye!: ¡SI TIENES A JESÚS, LO TIENES TODO!
De repente, en mi camino, veo algo asombroso: raíces fuertes y visibles…
¡Se me ponen los ojos como platos y se me dibuja en la cara una sonrisa de plátano!
PD: He plantado muchos baobabs (¡es uno de los árboles más grandes del mundo!) por todo mi taller, pero ya no se dónde… ¡bah, solo son unas semillas muy pequeñas pequeñas!¡pero ay! Tengo la impresión de que ellas también tienen algo que decirme…
¡…con todas estas plantas de lenguas largas a mi alrededor mientras que dibujo mis comics... ¡¡menudo lío!!
Alain Auderset[:]"
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