Charlotte Casiraghi - “L’homme et la mer.“ de Charles Baudelaire

On the occasion of the bicentennial of Charles Baudelaire’s birth on April 9th, 1821, the musée d’Orsay has decided to celebrate the leading 19th century poet by hosting a series of weekly readings by creative figures from all over the world. Each creative figure designs their video. Charles Baudelaire was a friend of many artists whose works are held at the musée d’Orsay. He has contributed to define what art, culture and poetry, have been from the 19th century to today. This week’s reading is by Charlotte Casiraghi, President of the Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco @philomonaco. She reads Baudelaire’s poem “Man and the Sea.” Free man, you will always cherish the sea! The sea is your mirror; you contemplate your soul In the infinite unfolding of its wave, And your spirit is not a less bitter abyss. You like to plunge in the bosom of your image; You embrace it with your eyes and arms, and your heart Is sometimes distracted from its own rumo