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Quelques jours avant de pr\u00e9parer la publication de mon troisi\u00e8me livre d\u2019art, Modern Impressions Book 3<\/em>, j\u2019ai v\u00e9cu une visite des plus \u00e9tranges dans ma petite galerie d\u2019art situ\u00e9e sur l\u2019\u00eele de Hilton Head.<\/p>\n Un homme tr\u00e8s s\u00e9duisant et bien habill\u00e9 est entr\u00e9 ; il d\u00e9gageait une telle \u00e9nergie et une telle assurance que j\u2019ai imm\u00e9diatement pens\u00e9 qu\u2019il deviendrait peut-\u00eatre un client.<\/p>\n J\u2019\u00e9tais \u00e0 l\u2019arri\u00e8re de la galerie en train de peindre. Je me suis rapidement essuy\u00e9 les mains et j\u2019ai attendu qu\u2019il s\u2019arr\u00eate devant l\u2019un de mes tableaux. C\u2019\u00e9tait le bon moment : je suis all\u00e9 vers lui.<\/p>\n \u2014 Bonjour ! dis-je avec un sourire engageant. Le tableau en question \u00e9tait un paysage de 91 cm x 91 cm, sans doute le meilleur que j\u2019aie jamais r\u00e9alis\u00e9. J\u2019avais bon espoir de conclure une vente avec cet homme fascinant.<\/p>\n \u2014 D\u2019o\u00f9 venez-vous ? demandai-je, esp\u00e9rant d\u00e9tendre l\u2019atmosph\u00e8re. Cette r\u00e9ponse m\u2019a surpris. Il ne ressemblait pas \u00e0 un illumin\u00e9, mais c\u2019\u00e9tait une r\u00e9ponse \u00e9trange. Mon espoir de vente venait de chuter. J\u2019ai quand m\u00eame d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de continuer \u00e0 jouer le jeu.<\/p>\n \u2014 Quel est votre nom ? Wow ! Celle-l\u00e0, je ne l\u2019avais pas vue venir\u2026 Peut-\u00eatre devrais-je appeler Lise pour qu\u2019elle vienne rencontrer ce dr\u00f4le de personnage. Mais avant cela, j\u2019ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d\u2019approfondir un peu la conversation. Lise, c\u2019est ma femme, une femme merveilleuse, mais elle n\u2019aime pas quand je lui parle des choses \u00e9tranges qui m\u2019arrivent. Elle lisait un livre derri\u00e8re le comptoir. J\u2019ai donc attendu encore un peu avant de l\u2019appeler.<\/p>\n \u2014 Ce tableau que vous regardez est peut-\u00eatre le meilleur paysage que j\u2019ai jamais peint. Il y a un bel \u00e9quilibre entre les \u00e9l\u00e9ments, un jeu de lumi\u00e8re int\u00e9ressant, une belle harmonie de couleurs, et le mouvement de mon couteau \u00e0 palette lui donne une vie propre.<\/p>\n \u2014 Je l\u2019aime aussi.<\/p>\n \u2014 Il est \u00e0 10 000 $.<\/p>\n \u2014 Je sais, Richard !<\/p>\n Il connaissait mon nom, mais je ne me souvenais pas l\u2019avoir d\u00e9j\u00e0 rencontr\u00e9. Ma m\u00e9moire est tellement mauvaise\u2026 Les visiteurs se souviennent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement de moi, mais moi, je ne retiens pas tous ceux que je croise chaque jour. Je n\u2019ai pas voulu le froisser en lui demandant o\u00f9 on s\u2019\u00e9tait vus. J\u2019ai laiss\u00e9 passer.<\/p>\n \u2014 Vous le voulez ?<\/p>\n \u2014 Oui, je l\u2019ach\u00e8te.<\/p>\n C\u2019\u00e9tait trop facile. J\u2019avais du mal \u00e0 croire qu\u2019il \u00e9tait sinc\u00e8re. Et pourtant, ce genre de personne, qui dit qu\u2019on peut l\u2019appeler Dieu, pourrait bien acheter un tableau juste pour prouver son importance.<\/p>\n \u2014 Vous payez par ch\u00e8que ou carte de cr\u00e9dit ? demandai-je, doutant de plus en plus que cette vente aboutisse.<\/p>\n \u2014 J\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 pay\u00e9 ! J\u2019ai transf\u00e9r\u00e9 l\u2019argent sur votre compte courant !<\/p>\n Wow ! Celle-l\u00e0 \u00e9tait forte\u2026 mais facile \u00e0 v\u00e9rifier. Les artistes n\u2019ont pas souvent beaucoup d\u2019argent sur leur compte, alors quand on en a, on surveille de pr\u00e8s le solde. J\u2019avais justement re\u00e7u mon relev\u00e9 la veille : 38 000 $. Je l\u2019avais m\u00eame montr\u00e9 \u00e0 ma femme pour lui faire plaisir. J\u2019ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de continuer \u00e0 jouer le jeu.<\/p>\n \u2014 Voulez-vous que je vous l\u2019emballe ?<\/p>\n \u2014 Pas besoin, je l\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 dans mon bureau !<\/p>\n \u2014 Mais\u2026 le tableau est toujours au mur\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Je vous ai fait une copie, r\u00e9pondit-il.<\/p>\n L\u00e0, \u00e7a devenait vraiment \u00e9trange.<\/p>\n \u2014 Lise, viens s\u2019il te pla\u00eet rencontrer mon visiteur.<\/p>\n \u2014 Il n\u2019y a personne avec toi, Richard. Tu parles \u00e0 ton tableau ou \u00e0 un personnage imaginaire.<\/p>\n Je me suis retourn\u00e9\u2026 et l\u2019homme avait disparu. Il s\u2019\u00e9tait simplement\u2026 volatilis\u00e9. Pourtant, j\u2019\u00e9tais persuad\u00e9 que ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas une hallucination. C\u2019\u00e9tait trop r\u00e9el.<\/p>\n Peut-\u00eatre y avait-il un moyen de savoir si tout cela \u00e9tait vrai : v\u00e9rifier mon relev\u00e9 bancaire. Je suis all\u00e9 \u00e0 mon bureau et j\u2019ai sorti le relev\u00e9.<\/p>\n \u2014 Que fais-tu ? me demanda Lise.<\/p>\n \u2014 Tu te souviens combien il y avait sur le relev\u00e9 hier ? Je te l\u2019ai montr\u00e9.<\/p>\n \u2014 Oui, 38 000 $, non ?<\/p>\n \u2014 Oui, c\u2019est ce que je me rappelle aussi.<\/p>\n J\u2019ai ouvert le fichier\u2026 et l\u00e0, sous mes yeux : un nouveau total, 48 000 $<\/strong> !!!<\/p>\n Je me suis mis \u00e0 trembler. C\u2019\u00e9tait vrai. Je venais de rencontrer Dieu. Et Il avait achet\u00e9 un de mes tableaux. Et\u2026 le tableau accroch\u00e9 dans notre galerie \u00e9tait une copie faite par Dieu Lui-m\u00eame !<\/p>\n J\u2019\u00e9tais sous le choc. Dieu aimait mon travail, Il \u00e9tait entr\u00e9 dans notre galerie, avait parl\u00e9 avec moi, et avait achet\u00e9 ce qui \u00e9tait peut-\u00eatre mon meilleur tableau, qu\u2019Il avait accroch\u00e9 dans son bureau. Mais o\u00f9 pouvait bien se trouver son<\/strong> bureau ? Comment l\u2019argent avait-il \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9 sur mon compte ?<\/p>\n J\u2019ai appel\u00e9 la banque. On m\u2019a dit que les fonds provenaient d\u2019un virement depuis une banque suisse. Je n\u2019ai pas demand\u00e9 plus de d\u00e9tails ; je n\u2019avais pas besoin de conna\u00eetre le nom de cette banque. C\u2019\u00e9tait la vie priv\u00e9e de Dieu. Et je n\u2019allais le dire \u00e0 personne. Je n\u2019ai donc rien demand\u00e9 de plus au banquier.<\/p>\n J\u2019ai aussi d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que je ne vendrais pas la copie que Dieu m\u2019avait laiss\u00e9e. Je l\u2019ai laiss\u00e9e au mur, \u00e0 la m\u00eame place, avec une petite carte en dessous : \u00ab Copie de Dieu \u2013 Non \u00e0 vendre \u00bb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Lise m\u2019a dit que les gens allaient se moquer de moi en voyant \u00e7a, que je serais ridiculis\u00e9, que cela pourrait nuire \u00e0 la galerie. Je m\u2019en fichais. Je ne pensais pas que cela serait nuisible.<\/p>\n Je ne l\u2019ai jamais vendue.<\/p>\n Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement remonte \u00e0 21 ans<\/strong>. Alors maintenant, je me demande : est-ce que c\u2019est vrai ? Est-ce que j\u2019ai tout invent\u00e9 ? Est-ce que j\u2019ai r\u00eav\u00e9 \u00e7a et fini par croire que c\u2019\u00e9tait r\u00e9el ? \u00c0 vous de d\u00e9cider. Peut-\u00eatre que j\u2019ai tout r\u00eav\u00e9, non ? Apr\u00e8s tout, je suis un \u00e9crivain de fiction. J\u2019ai inclus cette histoire dans mon livre reli\u00e9 Modern Impressions Book 3<\/em>, et cela ne m\u2019a jamais nui.<\/p>\n Dans les 19 ann\u00e9es suivantes<\/strong>, j\u2019ai r\u00e9alis\u00e9 et vendu plus de 4 000 tableaux originaux<\/strong> \u2014 un succ\u00e8s sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent. J\u2019ai ferm\u00e9 ma galerie de Hilton Head Island en d\u00e9cembre 2019. Je continue de peindre, et vous pouvez me rencontrer dans mon atelier d\u2019artiste \u00e0 Boynton Beach<\/strong>, de novembre \u00e0 fin avril chaque ann\u00e9e. Le reste de l\u2019ann\u00e9e, je suis dans mon atelier \u00e0 Laval, Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quelques jours avant de pr\u00e9parer la publication de mon troisi\u00e8me livre d\u2019art, Modern Impressions Book 3, j\u2019ai v\u00e9cu une visite des plus \u00e9tranges dans ma petite galerie d\u2019art situ\u00e9e sur l\u2019\u00eele de Hilton Head. Un homme tr\u00e8s s\u00e9duisant et bien habill\u00e9 est entr\u00e9 ; il d\u00e9gageait une telle \u00e9nergie et une telle assurance que j\u2019ai […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
\u2014 Bonjour ! r\u00e9pondit-il.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Je viens de partout et de nulle part !<\/p>\n
\u2014 Tu peux m\u2019appeler Dieu ! r\u00e9pondit-il en souriant.<\/p>\n| HISTOIRE EN ANGLAIS |<\/strong><\/h6>\r\nA few days before I prepared my art book 3 for impression, I had a very strange visit at my Hilton Head Island little art gallery.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA man walked in; a very handsome and well dressed man walked in and there was such energy and self assurance coming out from him that I immediately thought that this visitor might very well turn out into a\u00a0 client. I was at the back of the gallery and I waited until he stop in front of one of my paintings.\r\n\r\nThis was the right moment and I walked towards him.\r\n\r\nHi! I said with most engaging smile.\r\n\r\nHi! He replied.\r\n\r\nThe painting was a 36\" x 36\" landscape, one of the best if not the best I ever produced and I was quite hopeful to make a sale to that fascinating man.\r\n\r\n- Where are you from? I asked hoping to put him in a good mood\r\n- Anywhere and everywhere! He said.\r\n\r\nOh my God, I thought, another weirdo. My hope to make a sale had just drop considerably. I decided to go on and play the game with him.\r\n\r\n- What's your name? I asked.\r\n\r\n- You can call me God! He said with a smile.\r\n\r\nWow! That\u2019s a good one, perhaps I should call Lise to come over and meet the weirdo\u2026 but before that, I decided to go a little further. Lise is my wife and she was reading a book behind the counter.\r\n\r\n- It is $10,000.00. I said.\r\n\r\n- I know Richard!\r\n\r\nHe knew my name but I did not recall ever meeting him. My memory is so weak. People visiting my gallery and meeting me usually remember me while I could not remember all those people I meet every day. I\u00a0 did not want to offend him and I let it pass.\r\n\r\n- Do you want it? I asked.\r\n\r\n- Yes, I buy it.\r\n\r\nIt was too easy, I could not believe he was sincere and yet the kind of man that says I can call him God could well buy the painting just to show how important he is.\r\n\r\n- Will you pay it by check or credit card? I asked, doubting that this was going to turn out into a sale.\r\n\r\n- I already paid it! I transferred the money into your checking account!\r\n\r\nWow! That's a good one...I thought, and easy to verify; for we artists are not used to have much money in our checking account and when we do have some, we are anxious to check the bank statement balance when we receive it. And I had received it the day before and knew there was $38,000.00 in it. I had even told my wife about it to put her in a good mood.\r\n\r\n- Do you want me to bubble wrap it? I asked just to play the game with him.\r\n\r\n- I already got it in my office! The man that wanted to be called God said.\r\n\r\n- But the painting is still on the wall...\r\n\r\n- I made you a copy! He replied.\r\n\r\nAt that moment I called my wife to come over and when I turned my head back toward the stranger, he wasn't there anymore. He had simply disappeared.\r\n\r\nAfterward Lise, my charming wife, who never miss an opportunity to humble me (it\u2019s all right, I deserve it and I love her very much) told me \" there was no one with you, you were talking with yourself ...\"\r\n\r\nI wasn\u2019t convinced; I still thought something happened; I thought I really met that man and I decided to pull out my bank statement from the drawer.\r\n\r\n- You remember how much there was in it yesterday? $38,000.00 right? I told my wife.\r\n\r\n- Yes that's what you told me. She replied.\r\n\r\nI opened up the file and there it was: a new total, $48,000.00!!!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI started shaking; the whole thing was true; I had just met with God and He had just bought one of my paintings.\r\nAnd... the painting on the wall of our art gallery was a God made copy!!!!!!\r\n\r\nI was under shock, God love my work, I thought, \u00a0and He came into our gallery, talked with me and bought one of my paintings; the very best I ever made perhaps, and it was now hanging in his office. But where would His office be? How did the money get deposited in my checking account?\r\n\r\nI called the bank to find out and they told me the money had just been wire-transferred from a Swiss bank.\r\n\r\nI decided that this was none of my business and I won\u2019t tell anyone the name of that bank for I didn\u2019t ask it to my banker.\r\n\r\nI decided not to sell the copy that God gave me.\r\n\r\nThe painting is still there, on the same wall and there is a card underneath \"God copy, not for sale\"\r\n\r\nI will never sell it. You can come over to see it if you wish, you are welcome.\r\n\r\nIs it true? Did I make this up? Did I dream it and after a while thought it was a real event? You decide. I may have dream the whole thing, right? Beside I am a fiction writer so \u2026But the card \u201cGod\u2019s copy, not for sale\u201d is still under the painting.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-histoires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5168,"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions\/5168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriesaintpaul.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}