cherry

“The bogus religiosity which now surrounds original works of art, and which is ultimately dependent upon their market value, has become a substitute for what paintings lost when the camera made them reproducible […] If the image is no longer unique and exclusive, the art object, the thing, must be made mysteriously so.” Ways of Seeing, John Berger

In the final scene of the movie Mia and her husband stumble upon a Jazz club. It is interesting because the husband points it out to her (also serendipitous that they appeared to parked right outside - did he end up opening it where he wanted to? If so did Mia remember?), which lends me to believe that she carried her love for jazz, instilled in he

“People love what other people are passionate about.”

“Are people gonna like it?” “Fuck ‘em”

“Why do you say ‘romantic’ like it’s a dirty word?” “Unpaid bills are not romantic.”

“It seemed like the most perfect metaphor in the world - so perfect it was almost embarrassing. This work, huge and heavy, was an immaculate expression of artistic ambition and achievement. It was work that required resources, and time, and the help of others. It required Judd’s belief in himself. And underneath: snakes. Like a ridiculously literal