Wazalelwa eSydney (Australia) ngo-1959, kodwa wakhulela eningizimu yeFrance. UGri bruvel ngiqale ukuzama ubuciko ku- iminyaka 9 noyise, umenzi wekhabhinethi owaziwa njengoGil in ukubaza izinkuni kanye ukuklama wefenisha, walusebenzisa lolu lwazi emiklamweni yakhe yobuciko ezithombeni eminyakeni edlule. Ngo-1974, uGil waqala izifundo zakhe eworkshop yokubuyisa ubuciko eChateaurenard, eFrance, wafunda noM. Laurent de Montcassin, wafunda amasu amakhosi amadala nawesimanje , kanye nomlando wobuciko kusukela ngekhulu le-14 kuya kwele-20.
Kusukela lapho, wasungula isitudiyo sakhe eSt Remy de la Provence, kwaze kwaba ngo-1986 lapho eqala ukukhuluma nenhlangano United States, futhi kusukela lapho unendawo yokuhlala unomphela kusukela ngo-1990.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe ngakunye kumfundise ukuthanda ulwazi ngobuciko, nokuthuthuka ngokuqhubekayo izindlela ezintsha zokuhlola nokwandisa ubuhlakani bakho.
Ngingumculi, njengoba kungumsele wokukhipha imibono nokubukwayo engihamba nakho nsuku zonke. Kusukela ngiseyingane ngiye ngaqhubeka nokuhlola okwami okugxile emqondweni ongazi lutho, futhi ngikhuthazwa umkhuba wansuku zonke ngisebenzisa izindlela ezahlukahlukene zokuveza ubuciko. Ngiyazifela ngochungechunge lwami olusha loketshezi, umuzwa okhandlayo ngezinkulumo ezahlukahlukene, lapho ngizizwa ngathi ngiqala khona, ngomqondo wokusebenzisa amateyipu njengemigqa yamandla ukukhombisa iziphambano eziyinkimbinkimbi zobuhle nobuhlungu, ngaphakathi nangaphandle, i-ephemeral nengunaphakade, abakwaziyo ukuhlangabezana nayo nsuku zonke.
Fuente [UGri bruvel]