The Tower of Speech
Four volumes of black granite, rigorously aligned with the four cardinal directions, form a tower. Between them, narrow slits allow light to enter.
At the top, a circular opening, like a well turned towards the sky, admits another kind of light — more vertical, more intimate.
In one of the corners, a human silhouette carved out of the solid mass creates an entrance. One can step inside.
Within, the space narrows and then opens out. The body finds its place there, and so does the voice.
Here, one can speak.
Speak of joy, anger, sadness, dreams, fears, poetry. Simply express whatever moves through us. Carried by the space, the spoken word meets the granite walls, strikes against them, resonates and returns to the person who uttered it.
The mass of the granite thus amplifies human expression.
The Tower of Speech is a place for speaking, but also a place for listening: listening to one's own voice, allowing it to resonate, perhaps discovering it in a new way.
The light entering through the slits and the opening at the top accompanies this experience. It reminds us that even at the heart of a material as dense and silent as granite, there is always a passage for light.
To enter the tower is to enter a space where matter lends strength to words, and where, for a moment, what we say takes on a physical presence.