— The Need for Tenderness [Particle II]

Second piece in the “Particule” collection: unique piece combining drawing and text.

Letter of a healthy love:

Thank you, dear love. Because even if I have an ache clinging to my soul, a black sun that never sleeps, I have this need for tenderness towards you that I cannot explain. An intimate need to receive it, a profound need to give it. That's how it is. We know so well how to make ourselves come alive by loving each other without measure, and together, remembering who we are, sometimes to the point of reinventing ourselves under our caresses. Between us, it's "madness." For the rest, don't say anything. I know how to see certain faded colors in your eyes. You don't need to talk about it. I already listen to you in your silences. Let me pick them, these flowers of shadow, and tear them from your earth. May all your stifled lights finally grow on your face.

Original charcoal drawing of “The Need for Tenderness”

• Technique: Charcoal
• Format: [38 x 26 cm]
• Support: Velin d'Arches®, fringed, BFK Rives, 100% cotton, Museum
• Traditional papermaking workshop (since 1492)
• Alkaline reserve , without acid or optical brighteners
• Comes with certificate of authenticity
• Signed by Lucas Clavel
• Completed in June 2025