Muse
MADAGASCAR, A WONDROUS SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND AN OPEN-SKY LAB FOR A PERFUMER
"Aza migadona, aza miteny : hamaky ala ny maso, ny fo, ny saina, ny nofy..."
"Make no sound, do not speak: off to explore a forest, eyes, heart, mind, dreams..."
— Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, "Lire", poem from Translations from the night
(Madagascar NATIONAL poet and writer, and first modern African poet)