10/17/2026
Pour mes amis et amies anglophones…❤️
My Caillou, the one that is truly mine, is Québécois!
Just as I am Québécoise,
right to the very tips of my paintbrushes,
to the very heart of my colours!
My Caillou is made up of little and big pieces of my life.
But with Caillou, everything was violently torn away from me!
My life, my memories, my name, my work,
and even the fact that I am a Québécoise artist and author!
My identity was violently torn away from me…
my Québécoise identity!
And it wasn’t AI that betrayed me, plagiarized my work, violated my rights,
defrauded me, insulted me, and erased me.
It was real human beings,
real women and men, and their institutions!
It isn’t AI that lies, cheats, commits fraud, plagiarizes, and deceives the public…
Despite everything,
they will never succeed in tearing away what I truly am:
an artist and author who is still here, still creating,
with pride and joy, for early childhood!
Hélène Desputeaux