Thank goodness I am happily married to the love of my life... Otherwise I would think this gaping hole inside of me was left to be filled by a man. I love God, so that couldn't be it. No- this "something is missing hole" is the long lost love of Paris. It has been instilled in my heart ever since I was a child, with my grandma's French Vouge magazines that I would pour over at my dollhood childish stage. My dolls were to be named with french accents and observers were strongly chastized when they dared call her Chrisina in a bland american tone. It was silly to think that my five day bout in Paris would quelch or sustain my love- to return to the states and go happily on, as I live my life and they live theirs. No, my admiration and appreciation has only grown. Random pictures of the Eiffel seem trite and cliche. The hidden streets leading to the Sacre Coeur in Montmartre are left to be discovered and relished for those who have been, or those who have watched Amelie. The subjects I have already taken aside to teach my child are not left with simply reading, writing & arithmatic. C'est ne pas le fin. French will be spoken, love will be abounding, life will be unhurried, art will be celebrated and we will thank the Lord in both english and in french.
Celebrating Dirk's birthday tonight, we will go to a relaxed dinner- maybe staying local or even drifting to Silverdale or Tacoma. Tomorrow, I had on the agenda to go to the relaxed, almost Cannon Beach like town of Bainbridge to sip coffee and pour over books. Me- some classics that I have been meaning to finish: Kafka, The Idiot- of which I only have 60 pages left, and maybe a little Bonhoeffer. Dirk will find some local poet- ala Billy Collins (who we had gone to a reading at the Bainbridge High School a few months ago) he will look maybe for some commentaries. The most exciting portion of our lazy Saturday will be the movie that I had also missed at the SIFF- next to La Vie En Rose, with a stacked cast, and perfect premise: Paris Je'taime... Complete with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Gerard Depardieu, Juliette Binoche, music by Feist- this movie is focused on brief encounters in Paris, love, and relationships.. Highlighting small, hidden areas of Paris. (One of the shorts titled: "Montmartre"!!!) I can't contain my excitement and expectation.
See the link: http://www.firstlookstudios.com/pjt/.
Here's a little fun morsel for your Friday: Feist's Mushaboom.
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Coincidentally:
I bought The Idiot this week and it's on my summer reading list. I've read a lot of Kafka lately - what are you reading? I was flipping through Bonhoeffer's Ethics just this afternoon. I was supposed to go see Paris, Je T'aime at 6:40 tonight but bailed.
I think that's the end of the coincidences.
Oh wait, no. Today I was looking at my "La Vie Parisienne" poster and my Delacroix painting of Paris and missing the Seine, the Eiffel Tower all lit up at night, the gold everywhere and the red café awnings.
We lead the same life, apparently.
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