In this paper, we construct a Levy area process for the free Brownian motio
n and in this way, a typical geometric rough path (in the sense of T. Lyons
(1998, Rev. Mat. Iberoamer. 14, 215-310)), lying above the free Brownian p
ath. Thus, the general results of Lyons on differential equations driven by
rough paths may be applied to the free Brownian motion case. (C) 2001 Acad
emic Press.