{"id":9249,"date":"2026-04-13T14:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmponcet.fr\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=9249"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:32:50","slug":"lelegance","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/jmponcet.fr\/blog\/lelegance\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chronique Terrienne n\u00b0 296<\/strong>\u00a0Trop de sollicitations, brusqueries avec autrui ? Trop d&#8217;excitations, mufleries (<del>devant un taxi<\/del>), flagorneries, supercheries ? Si votre quotidien ressemble \u00e0 ces maux, avec une sensation d&#8217;\u00eatre toujours \u00e0 bout de souffle, si fatigue et lassitude sont vos bons amis, <del>avant le burn-out<\/del>\u00a0je serais tent\u00e9 de vous dire (en souriant) : Et l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance dans tout \u00e7a ?<\/p>\n<p>Attention, je ne parle pas seulement de cette notion d\u00e9su\u00e8te de prestance (ou pire, du look). M\u00eame si s&#8217;habiller proprement et harmonieusement me semble faire partie int\u00e9grante de l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance au sens large. <strong>Je ne parle donc pas de la mode, car dans l&#8217;esprit d&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance, il y a une dimension intemporelle. Et cette dimension manque aujourd&#8217;hui \u00e0 notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9, o\u00f9 le consum\u00e9risme et la vulgarit\u00e9 s&#8217;imposent presque partout.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance est une <em>&#8220;qualit\u00e9 situ\u00e9e du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l&#8217;\u00e2me, une attitude, une dimension int\u00e9rieure : un c\u0153ur qui \u00e9coute, une r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la violence, une approche empathique des relations humaines, une mani\u00e8re d&#8217;\u00eatre qui vient de soi, de l&#8217;ordre de l&#8217;esprit&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> \u00e9crit la psychanalyste Catherine Ternynck dans un ouvrage* paru en janvier. <strong><em>&#8220;Eprouver l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance d&#8217;une personne, c&#8217;est percevoir au m\u00eame instant sa part d&#8217;infini et sa finitude&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>affirme t&#8217;elle. Et de compl\u00e9ter :<em> <strong>&#8220;Au fondement de l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance, il y a une intuition spirituelle.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Je suis en parfait accord avec ces propos, notamment quand elle d\u00e9veloppe : <em>&#8220;L&#8217;esp\u00e9rance, qui est une disposition d&#8217;esprit \u00e9l\u00e9gante&#8221;<\/em>, commence l\u00e0 o\u00f9 l&#8217;espoir se finit (car l&#8217;espoir a un but pr\u00e9cis, qui est atteint ou pas \u00e0 un moment). <em>&#8220;L&#8217;esp\u00e9rance ne trompe pas.&#8221;<\/em> (Saint-Paul)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avec la d\u00e9licatesse, la gr\u00e2ce, la dignit\u00e9, la courtoisie, le savoir vivre, il y a aussi la culture, l&#8217;humour, l&#8217;altruisme, la discr\u00e9tion, l&#8217;orientation permanente vers la beaut\u00e9 et la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 qui traduisent l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance d&#8217;une personne,<\/strong> d&#8217;apr\u00e8s l&#8217;autrice. L&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance est subtile donc difficile \u00e0 d\u00e9terminer. De mani\u00e8re concr\u00e8te, un exemple du quotidien : <em>&#8220;Le SMS envoy\u00e9 \u00e0 un ami, il constitue une forme de pr\u00e9sence \u00e9l\u00e9gante par sa discr\u00e9tion : je pense \u00e0 toi.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Elle cite aussi Henry Bauchau (\u00e9crivain et psychanalyste) qui a dit : <em><strong>&#8220;Une blessure \u00e9coute toujours plus, finalement, qu&#8217;une oreille.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><strong> Ce qui l&#8217;am\u00e8ne \u00e0 dire que l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance est sans doute l&#8217;apanage de l&#8217;\u00e2ge.<\/strong> Et quand je lis : <em>&#8220;Tu n\u2019es pas encore, mais tu seras. J\u2019ignore l\u2019avenir de ta vie, mais je reconnais le possible de ton \u00eatre, ton accomplissement prochain et je m\u2019en porte t\u00e9moin&#8221;<\/em>, je me reconnais dans mon m\u00e9tier de coach et mentor, que j&#8217;ai tant appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 toutes ces ann\u00e9es. Car l&#8217;esprit d&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance, c&#8217;est aussi reconna\u00eetre l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance de l&#8217;autre. <strong>JMP<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>* <strong>&#8220;L&#8217;esprit d&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance. R\u00e9sister \u00e0 la vulgarit\u00e9 du monde&#8221;<\/strong> de Catherine Ternynck (Descl\u00e9e de Brouwer &#8211; 184 p. &#8211; 2026) :<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Les incivilit\u00e9s se multiplient, les barbaries se r\u00e9pandent, l&#8217;impudeur r\u00e8gne, l&#8217;outrance est la norme. L&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance semble \u00eatre devenue une pens\u00e9e anachronique, l&#8217;embl\u00e8me d&#8217;un \u00e2ge ancien. Ce qui aujourd&#8217;hui anime les esprits, c&#8217;est la consommation, le profit, la lib\u00e9ralit\u00e9, l&#8217;imm\u00e9diatet\u00e9 en toutes circonstances. Il y a pourtant ce &#8220;quelque-chose, presque-rien&#8221; fugitivement saisi dans l&#8217;ordinaire du temps, comme une distinction singuli\u00e8re, une tension vers la beaut\u00e9, une grandeur ajout\u00e9e \u00e0 la vie. Cette impression, qui n&#8217;a rien de mi\u00e8vre ou de na\u00eff, a amen\u00e9 Catherine Ternynck \u00e0 envisager, bien au-del\u00e0 de sa dimension esth\u00e9tique, la force de l&#8217;expression spirituelle de l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance. Cet esprit d&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance s&#8217;impose comme une r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la vulgarit\u00e9 de notre \u00e9poque. Il nous permet de trouver une plus haute qualit\u00e9 d&#8217;existence, et nous m\u00e8ne vers des joies humaines inattendues.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NB<\/strong> : Et si l&#8217;on ne veut pas progresser dans l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9gance (\u00c9tymologie : &#8220;elegans&#8221; en latin, &#8220;celui qui choisit&#8221;), on peut toujours consulter le volumineux &#8220;Dictionnaire amoureux du mauvais go\u00fbt&#8221; de Nicolas d\u2019Estienne d\u2019Orves (Plon, 2023) que je cite par pure honn\u00eatet\u00e9 intellectuelle, mais que je ne recommande pas particuli\u00e8rement, sachant que son auteur l&#8217;a d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 &#8220;Joseph Pujol, notre ma\u00eetre \u00e0 tous&#8221; (sans pr\u00e9ciser -pour les incultes- qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agit du p\u00e9tomane qui s\u00e9vissait au Moulin Rouge autour de 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