<n>Zouzou</n> as the character Chloé in <n>Éric Rohmer</n>'s 1972 film, <n>Love in the Afternoon</n>.

A performance by the Japanese <n>Butoh</n> dance company <n>Sankai Juku</n>.

A still from <n>Guy Gilles</n>'s 1968 film <n>Au pan coupé</n>, featuring actress <n>Macha Méril</n>.

The <n>Arts and Crafts</n> wallpaper pattern <n>Pimpernel</n> (1876) by designer <n>William Morris</n>.

To be alive: not just the carcass

But the spark.

That's crudely put, but...

If we're not supposed to dance,

Why all this music?



Gregory Orr, *To Be Alive*

"I have led a toothless life, he thought. A toothless life. I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting. I was reserving myself for later on - and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone."

Jean-Paul Sartre, *The Age of Reason*

<n>Haydée Politoff</n> in <n>La Collectionneuse</n> (1967), a film by <n>Éric Rohmer</n>.

Digital illustration with the text <n>i am worth the mess i make</n>.

<n>The Modern Postage Stamp</n> (2018), a screenprint by <n>Kristopher Raos</n>.