modern love
“Insanity is a direct and appropriate response to the coercive inauthenticity of society...”
““The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying.” ”
film · noah baumbach’s frances ha is a witty and beautifully shot modern coming of age tale—traveling home for the holidays, missing your best friend, paying atm fees, and settling into your imperfections.
music · modern love by david bowie plays in our film.
words i · lionel trilling’s sincerity and authenticity which frances quotes early on in our film.
words ii · marcel proust on memory and relationships from in search of lost time.
paintings · these vibrant and textural interiors by henri matisse are perfect in that they look like they have mistakes and are comfortable in that imperfection.
sculptures · these sculptures by nancy graves from her spill series have that same quality, possessing both childlike rhythms and a sophisticated compositions. graves went to vassar college, baumbach’s alma mater.