"The Breath of Life" my biggest wall to this day in Boulogne-sur-mer (France)

At the end of July, I was invited to take part in the 10th anniversary edition of Boulogne-sur-mer's street art festival to create my 7th outdoor mural, and the largest one to this day!

Let me confess that it was an ordeal, but I made it through, and now I am thrilled to share the result with you and tell you the symbolic meaning behind it!

"THE BREATH OF LIFE" (Genesis 2:7)

A mural about the act of calling into being

In the book of Genesis, it is written: “Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

This moment in Scripture does not only describe biological creation, but the mystery of spirit animating matter. Breath is life, consciousness, and presence.

In this mural, the father leans toward his newborn child, lips close to the child’s face, as if reenacting that primordial gesture of creation. The father does not merely hold — he transmits. His gaze and breath embody both protection and initiation: the act of calling the child into being, affirming you exist, you are alive, you are loved.

Seen through the lens of Jungian depth psychology, this encounter evokes the archetype of the Divine Child — the symbol of new beginnings, potential, and the Self in its nascent form. The father becomes here the archetypal Father, not only biological progenitor but also guide and bearer of the spark of life. He represents the bridge between the transpersonal and the earthly, between spirit and matter.

Thus, this mural is more than an intimate portrait of paternity; it is a meditation on the mystery of incarnation itself. Every birth is a new Genesis, every first breath a renewal of creation. The hands that cradle the child remind us that to breathe life into another — with love, with presence, with recognition — is to participate in the sacred work of creation. here

the final shot: