L’autre versant de l’Haleakala, là où le volcan a éructé des coulées de lave, où le vent crisse dans les herbes folles. Aridité, savane et murets de pierre. Ici le minéral “LA NATURE EST MA MEILLEURE devient végétal et le végétal devient minéral. AMIE. C’EST AUSSI LE MEILLEUR DESIGNER. ” William Neil < aerial photograph. The wander and dream. A world islands of Lana’i, Kaho’olawe unto itself, it’s the size of Man- and Molokini rise from the hattan—where William once vastness of thePacific like so lived, and where he forged many celestial visions. In fact, friendships with cultural fig- the house was built accord- ures like the photographers ing to cosmic principles, Saul Leiter, Sarah Moon and with the triangle as its basic Peter Beard. module. “The original owners William also has a passion used to sit in this pyramid at for an odd species of tree, night during the full moon,” the hapu’u or Hawaiian tree William recounts, showing fern. With its reddish coils on us a niche surrounded by tall top, “It looks like a warrior,” he triangular windows. says. He is also fascinated by William is a landscape lichens, which he has been designer, creating gardens photographing in preparation for the most beautiful proper- for a future wallpaper collec- ties in Hawaii, and a sculptor tion. And he loves his garden: of bronzes evoking fruits, “I’m the happiest man alive plants, seed pods… Nature is when I have my hands in his source of inspiration, his the soil.” His other biggest travel companion, his spiritual pleasure is seeing the owl guide. “Nature is my best that comes to his house friend,” he says, “and the best every day. “My dad told me designer.” He feels a deep that as a child I thought I connection with Haleakalā was a bird andcould fly,” he (“House of the Sun” in Hawai- says. Perhaps the daily visit ian). Rising to 3,055 meters from the owl is a meeting of (10,000 feet), this immense kindred souls… It wouldn’t be lunar crater is an earthly won- surprising for someone who derland for him, a place to lives in an aerie. Y ALLER : Vols AIR FRANCE Paris-Kahului, rens. au 3654. airfrance.com PARTIR AVEC : LES MAISONS DU VOYAGE, à partir de 4 250 € le circuit de 12 jours et 10 nuits, incluant vols, hôtels et location de voiture. maisonsduvoyage.com S’INFORMER : GO HAWAII, gohawaii.com Renseignements : hawaii@interfacetourism.com VOIR : le travail de WILLIAM NEIL sur williamneil.com Ses bronzes sont en vente à la galerie De Vera, 1 Crosby Street, New York, Etats-Unis. deveraobjects.com Exposition cet hiver chez Hugomento, 807 22nd Street, San Francisco, Etats-Unis. hugomento.com AIR FRANCE MADAME / 223