Joséphine Bacon: “I have trouble with despair”

I have a poem that goes, “J’ignore si demain me gardera intacte/Je dis que l’espoir de se laisser être éloigne le désespoir.” That’s what hope means to me. I have trouble with despair.

Joséphine Bacon

All summer long, La Presse’s columnists set out to meet the personalities who inspire them. They talk about what motivates them in life, what gives them wings, what drives them to create or to act.

Alexandre Sirois took a walk in Parc La Fontaine with wisdom incarnate, Innu poet Joséphine Bacon.