— I won't tell you I love you anymore [Povrésie X]

Tenth piece in the “Povrésie” collection: a unique piece combining drawing and poetry.

“I will no longer say ‘I love you.’ I have become incapable of reducing everything I feel for you to three words. For me, it is nothing more than an expression for budding loves, loves that are searching for themselves, loves that are still searching for the right words. I have found my language to love you… ‘I love you’ seems so hollow to me: a heap of words that are a little vague, a little distant, nothing more than letters that belong to everyone. For me, everything I want to tell you about my feelings belongs only to you. I have found you. Loving you is deciphered within me. I no longer need to translate it. Or rather, my love is explained more and more every day—
It flows. Clearly. I love you so much that "I love you" is no longer enough. My heart beats, it no longer lets me express myself. So, without saying a word, I will stay here. This will be my grave, my little death. In this book forever. Under the shadows of the letters. In the silence, eternally, I will be here. And I will still love you.

Original charcoal drawing of “I won’t tell you I love you anymore”

• Charcoal on fringed Velin paper, BFK Rives, museum quality [50 x 65 cm]
• Accompanied by a first draft on traditional handmade A5 paper [14.8 x 21 cm]
• Comes with certificate of authenticity
• Signed by Lucas Clavel
• Completed in January 2024