#streisand

Some say the absence of sound

but we hear silence the same way

that we hear our heart beating

that we hear our pulse racing

that we hear shuddering breath

silence is integral to human function.

It's where we house our worst fears

too scary to be given sound waves

too tiny to be given voice to

It's where we keep our brains attuned

Like a radio stations frequency

We hear in silences and absences

And lack thereofs, and muted melodies

Silence is where we dance with our fears

And kiss their hands and kill their darlings.

Silence is where the absences sing -

A sort of intuitive, instinctual thing

Silence is our greeting and our goodbye

Movie: Funny Girl (1968)

Legendary Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) surprises her boyfriend at dinner by proposing marriage to him while on a trip around Europe. To reflect the time period of the movie, she wears costume designer Irene Sharaff chooses an Art Deco long sleeved evening dress with a low cut bodice and empire style waist and an overlay of chiffon netting encrusted with sequins and rhinestones. She has a matching headband, clutch, and a turn-of-the-century lavalier necklace with old euro cut diamonds and rubies.

Barbra is renowned for buying her own pieces and is a fan of antique and vintage jewelry. For her roles in Funny Girl (1968) and Funny Lady (1975), the chosen jewelry revealed the changes in her character from one film to the next. In Funny Girl, Brice is striving to be a star, Barbra wears jewelry that is simple and streamlined, but in Funny Lady, she has “arrived” and can pull out the stops with her pieces.

For quite a number of her personal jewels used in the movies, it was reported that she shopped at the legendary Fred Leighton store in New York.

“My grandmother used to call me farbrent, which means on fire.”