TUESDAY

DEAREST,

I FEEL CERTAIN THAT I AM GOING MAD AGAIN: I FEEL WE CAN'T GO THROUGH ANOTHER OF THOSE TERRIBLE TIMES.  AND I SHAN'T RECOVER THIS TIME.  I BEGIN TO HEAR VOICES, AND I CAN'T CONCENTRATE.  SO I AM DOING WHAT SEEMS THE BEST THING TO DO.  YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE GREATEST POSSIBLE HAPPINESS.  YOU HAVE BEEN IN EVERY WAY ALL THAT ANYONE COULD BE.  I DON'T THINK TWO PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPIER TILL THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE CAME.  I CAN'T FIGHT ANY LONGER.  I KNOW THAT I AM SPOILING YOUR LIFE, THAT WITHOUT ME YOU COULD WORK.  AND YOU WILL I KNOW.  YOU SEE I CAN'T EVEN WRITE THIS PROPERLY.  I CAN'T READ.  WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS I OWE ALL THE HAPPINESS OF MY LIFE TO YOU.  YOU HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY PATIENT WITH ME AND INCREDIBLY GOOD.  I WANT TO SAY THAT - EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.  IF ANYBODY COULD HAVE SAVED ME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOU.  EVERYTHING HAS GONE FROM ME BUT THE CERTAINTY OF YOUR GOODNESS.  I CAN'T GO ON SPOILING YOUR LIFE ANY LONGER.  

I DON'T THINK TWO PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPIER THAN WE HAVE BEEN.  

V.

- VIRGINIA WOOLF, IN HER FINAL LETTER TO HER HUSBAND LEONARD, 28TH MARCH 1941.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED MUCH EARLIER.  #SOZ  

LFW AW12 MENSWEAR.

KAREN: 

I GUESS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT I'M FINALLY HAPPY.  I'VE BEEN REALLY UNHAPPY FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, MY ADULT LIFE.  I DOUBT YOU'VE BEEN AWARE OF THAT.  I KNOW OUR LIVES HAVE LED US APART, YOU, ME AND IVY, AND MAYBE WE'RE NOT AS CLOSE AS WE...AS SOME FAMILIES - 

BARBARA:  

YEAH, WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT MOM, WHAT TO DO ABOUT MOM - 

KAREN:  

- BUT I THINK AT LEAST ONE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT I HAVEN'T WANTED TO LIVE MY UNHAPPINESS IN FULL VIEW OF MY FAMILY.  BUT NOW I'M...WELL, I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY.  AND I'D REALLY LIKE US TO MAYBE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER.

BARBARA:  

YES.  YES.  

(KAREN WRAPS HER ARMS AROUND BARBARA.)

OKAY.  YES.

(THEY SEPARATE.)

- KAREN CONFIDES IN HER OLDER SISTER AFTER THEIR FATHER'S FUNERAL.

  FROM 'AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY' BY TRACY LETTS, 2007

A HAIKU / 

JACK KEROUAC c.1957-8

I WAS AT THE WIGMORE HALL TODAY, WHERE TOM WORKS PART-TIME. 

 HE'S 6'1 AND READS ENGLISH AT KINGS COLLEGE.

"'TIS THUS WHEN THE LOVELY SUMMER SUN

 OF OUR BOYHOOD, HIS COURSE HATH RUN:

 FOR ALL WE LIVE TO KNOW - IS KNOWN;

 AND ALL WE SEEK TO KEEP - HATH FLOWN;

 WITH THE NOON-DAY BEAUTY, WHICH IS ALL.

LET LIFE, THEN, AS THE DAY-FLOW'R FALL -

 THE TRANSIENT, PASSIONATE DAY-FLOW'R

 WITHERING AT THE EV'NING HOUR."

 - EDGAR ALLAN POE, 'TAMERLANE' VERSE XVI (1827)

SOME (VERY) NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK. 

SOPHIA @ UNION. 

FRANK @ PREMIER. 

HENRIETT @ VIVA. 

ADAM @ ELITE. 

BELSTAFF AW12 BY MARTIN COOPER 

COLLECTION PREVIEW FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE 

ART DIRECTION  /  BEN KEREN 

STYLING  /  KARL TEMPLER 

CASTING  /  ANITA BITTON