I spent my first 30 years without direction, meandering aimlessly between family life, school and social life. I considered myself insignificant and I did not see myself as having anything of value. When I encountered what were then called “gestures”, this did not really call into question the life I was leading, which consisted of suffering and frustrations. But one day my path led me to a different door, to the door of the Village Tower at the Château de Vincennes on the east side of Paris. I took the challenge to push open that heavy door. Walking through that door was a decisive moment and because of taking that first step, my life was changed forever.
