Giffing the Screen

Dying for the right cause. It’s the most human thing we can do.

AMONG THE GRASS IN MOVIES

Harriet (2019) dir. Kasi Lemmons

At Eternity’s Gate (2018) dir. Julian Schnabel 

Lean on Pete (2017) dir. Andrew Haigh 

Maurice (1987) dir. James Ivory

Marie Antoinette (2006) dir. Sofia Coppola

I, well, you know, I just. You’re smart, you’re good, but I just don’t know.

If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain’t been in vain for nothing.

“Here I was born, and there I died. It was only a moment for you; you took no notice.”

And blood-black nothingness began to spin… A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem… And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played.

Now the pain we all feel at this dreadful loss reminds me, and, reminds us, that though we may come from different countries and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one.

I am not ashamed of who I am or what I have done.

I have not spoken since I was six years old. No one knows why, not even me. My father says it is a dark talent, and the day I take it into my head to stop breathing will be my last. Today he married me to a man I have not yet met. Soon my daughter and I shall join him in his own country. My husband writes that my muteness does not bother him - and hark this! He says, “God loves dumb creatures, so why not I?” ‘Twere good he had God’s patience, for silence affects everyone in the end. The strange thing is, I don’t think myself silent. That is because of my piano. I shall miss it on the journey.

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