Jeanne Hebuterne was married to a famous artist in the early 1900s. They had a child together, and she was pregnant with another. In 1920, her husband died, from either drug addiction, illness (or both). 2 days later, Jeanne threw herself off a building, killing herself and her unborn child, leaving their first child orphaned.
Patti looks at this shocking story of love, loss and grief, probably through the lens of her own relationships. She grabs the cliche "Oh God, I fell for you" with both hands, and twists it into a grotesque meditation on love and death. That last line is repeated over & over while Smith recites some cryptic poetry (not included here), probably representing the last thoughts in Jeanne's mind before she died.
@bingoboy excellent interpretation. It's truly about the emotion and power of love, followed by tragedy of the overwhelming sense of loss. The ending poetry truly cements this anguish - "why must death be redefined".
@bingoboy excellent interpretation. It's truly about the emotion and power of love, followed by tragedy of the overwhelming sense of loss. The ending poetry truly cements this anguish - "why must death be redefined".
I heard the song the other night in the Jen Silverman play "Roommates" that prompted me to locate and read the FULL lyrics - even without knowing anything about Jeanne Hebuterne.
I heard the song the other night in the Jen Silverman play "Roommates" that prompted me to locate and read the FULL lyrics - even without knowing anything about Jeanne Hebuterne.
God, anyone that can't distinguish heroin from heroine should perhaps go buy a dictionary ...pity the fool.
God, anyone that can't distinguish heroin from heroine should perhaps go buy a dictionary ...pity the fool.
Jeanne Hebuterne was married to a famous artist in the early 1900s. They had a child together, and she was pregnant with another. In 1920, her husband died, from either drug addiction, illness (or both). 2 days later, Jeanne threw herself off a building, killing herself and her unborn child, leaving their first child orphaned.
Patti looks at this shocking story of love, loss and grief, probably through the lens of her own relationships. She grabs the cliche "Oh God, I fell for you" with both hands, and twists it into a grotesque meditation on love and death. That last line is repeated over & over while Smith recites some cryptic poetry (not included here), probably representing the last thoughts in Jeanne's mind before she died.
@bingoboy excellent interpretation. It's truly about the emotion and power of love, followed by tragedy of the overwhelming sense of loss. The ending poetry truly cements this anguish - "why must death be redefined".
@bingoboy excellent interpretation. It's truly about the emotion and power of love, followed by tragedy of the overwhelming sense of loss. The ending poetry truly cements this anguish - "why must death be redefined".
I heard the song the other night in the Jen Silverman play "Roommates" that prompted me to locate and read the FULL lyrics - even without knowing anything about Jeanne Hebuterne.
I heard the song the other night in the Jen Silverman play "Roommates" that prompted me to locate and read the FULL lyrics - even without knowing anything about Jeanne Hebuterne.
God, anyone that can't distinguish heroin from heroine should perhaps go buy a dictionary ...pity the fool.
God, anyone that can't distinguish heroin from heroine should perhaps go buy a dictionary ...pity the fool.