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TEGRA STONE NUESS (GIRL), VINCENT MIGEAT/AGENCE VU/REDUX (WINDOW); PREVIOUS PAGES: JUAN MANUEL CASTRO PRIETO/AGENCE VU/REDUX (COAST); SERGEY LOBODENKO/GTTY IMAGES (ALL ILLUSTRATIONS)A young woman relaxes in
countryside (left) blanketed by
the maquis, a wild scrubland
of superfragrant plants that
covers 20 percent of Corsica,
from the mountains to coastal
towns such as Tiuccia (right).singing voice is
alchemic—you
pull a lungful of air
through the human
machine and it
leaves, like magic, as
music on the exhale.
I’m a singer, so
probably biased, but
I don’t believe we’ve
managed to design
an instrument
that rivals the reed
we’ve got built in.