The Pilgrims of Mona Lisa

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To contemplate the Mona Lisa, this visitor brought neither camera nor smartphone. Her fervor, she wears it rather in her naked eyes. This Monday morning of autumn, all her glance is dedicated to “Saint Mona Lisa”.

The euphoria of the other visitors around her does not bother her. Camped in the front row in front of the painting, the young woman lets herself be peacefully impregnated by the image, for a moment of…