Jean the Artiste
Jean the Artiste (La Plan Diabolique!) By Roger with a nod to Nin and Mel ‘20 Chapter the First…A P L A Studio in Calais In the northeast section of the city of Calais and very near the channel waters was a small colony where there lived many painters, writers and sculptors, including a particular artiste, our young, innocent Jean. The colony near Calais was known by the residents as La Petite Artiste or simply as LPA. It was a gay part of CalaIs whereat music and laughter were often heard as there were many small sidewalk cafes where artists and patrons would meet, dine, drink and tell stories. It was a happy place infused by the freedom that so often is found among artists yet too, a place with the torment that also proliferates, …