THE HISTORY OF BLANCPAIN

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ART DE VIVRE THE FORESTER WE SEEK WORKS ALONE, MAKING HIM ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND. HERE HE IS. A FEW BEADS OF SWEAT TRICKLE ABOVE HIS AMAZING BLUE GAZE.
Nothing. Only a faint rustle of branches in the breeze breaks the silence. Here and there, beneath a root or near a venerable moss-grown trunk, we find some sign of our man, as if he were leading us on a trail. We zigzag onwards – his black felt hat, with a hole in it. Further on, rainwear that has evidently weathered many a storm. Then a ladder against a fir tree and some tools. Banal they might seem, but these are valuable, almost reassuring clues. Since his retirement, the forester we seek has worked alone, making him all the more difficult to find. “Maybe we should look upwards,” suggests Céline, manager and co-founder of JMC Lutherie SA. “If he’s not on the ground, he must be in a tree.” It makes me wonder. Are we looking for a squirrel? “Ahoy, Lorenzo! Where are you?” The uncertain sound of a chainsaw from the distant undergrowth is the only indication that Lorenzo is out there, somewhere. We at least have a vague direction, without which we would likely never get out of this maze of trees. Quite a few wanderers get lost in the Risoud forest. Leading the way, Céline tells stories of witches and deadly nightshade, the hallucinogenic plant with which they sought to alleviate their sad existence. There are many strange stories in the Risoud forest. We follow vague tracks until cut foliage litters the ground. The undergrowth is being cleared; Lorenzo can’t be far. Here he is, bent under the burden of a life of labour and the contemplation of simple things. A few beads of sweat trickle above an amazing blue gaze. I’m immediately struck by how man imitates nature. He’s nothing like a squirrel but every inch a man of the forest. No wonder he’s difficult to see. He is now 78 years old. Lorenzo first saw the light of day in a small village in Italy’s Bergamo province. He retains the accent of his country and the memories of a childhood as harsh as the surrounding mountains. 16 | 17
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