Suite:Heart Reprise

Suite:Heart
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My sweetheart right now is a suite of hearts representing the different phases of the heart...the full heart, the crescent heart, the new heart, the blue heart. The first stage finds two puzzle pieces fit together in fields of gold. In the second, the hearts are almost obscured by pretty stuff, but, underneath it all they are separating, not beating as one, but still joined. In the third, the fractured, serrated pieces, now looking more like teardrops, are hanging by a thread in darkness... a glowing orb is visible to both but separated from them in the darkness. In the fourth, there is complete separation as the two parts circle, each whole but not compatible, around the eternal ying/yang of growth and change.
These themes were fleshed out with the actors in the film of the same name. Eventually, the suite will emanate from a number of mediums. The film will show two very different couples and how they go through these changes. One couple, deeper into their phases, tackles life headlong and openly. It's messy, sometimes ugly. But real. And there is growth, change, ultimate fulfillment. The other couple looks, acts, seems so very happy and lovely (see Stepford wives, the movie and the post), they sure don't want to end up like the other couple. But something unnameable is missing.... and, as time goes on, the lack of growth and depth becomes more apparent when contrasted to the individuals who came through the fire.