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My duty today is to demonstrate that you are such an individual to think of the great French poet Paul Verlaine and more precisely of
so that you can be rightfully awarded this distinction and I must what another French writer Valéry said when trying to capture the
say it is a very pleasant task. Pleasant may not be easy for me. essence of Verlaine’s poems which he admired very much. Valéry
Describing your art with words is somewhat a challenge. It is an said that Verlaine was a “sophisticated primitive artist, like there
art to be experienced, not to be described. It is a world of colors, had never been before, and in reality somebody very skilled and
bright and enchanting, a world where the forms seem modest, conscious.” However, there is an important difference between
sometimes naïve even childish. A world of sensibility and sensitivity Verlaine and you, Riitta Nelimarkka. Verlaine was an accursed
which may be in turns joyful, humorous and also melancholic. This, poet while you are a blessed artist as your art has already been
nevertheless, I believe is a superficial impression, I would say an acknowledged in Finland and abroad.
optical illusion. Your art for real is the fruit of many thoughts served Speech on the occasion of the presentation of the Officer’s
by an impressive technique. Looking at some of your works, I came insignia in the Order of Arts and Letters to Ms. Riitta Nelimarkka
by Ambassador Serge Mostura

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