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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20 some-odd years ago, I ripped a page out of some magazine which had a photo of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward on it. It’s a photo of them when they were newlyweds. I think I was sitting in a dentist’s waiting office when I saw the photo and I grabbed it then and there. I still have it. It is STILL taped to the inside of my closet door – and has been, in whatever apartment I live in, wherever I have hung my hat over the years … It’s just an image I adore, there is something indefinable about it … calming, logical, comfortable … I just like the two of them so much, too … so this obviously staged yet still somehow natural and breezy morning-at-home shot has a feel of reality to it, of a caught moment.<\/p>\n
I am shocked I was able to find it online – it took some digging, but there it was.<\/p>\n
I’m working on a larger tribute piece for Paul Newman right now – for this actor who will be sorely missed – not just by me, but – judging from the 50 pages of comments at the BBC site – from fans around the world. He was truly loved.<\/p>\n
Rest in peace. And my thoughts go to his wife, his kids, his friends, his colleagues … everyone who knew him.<\/p>\n
And so let’s look back at them then<\/i> … just married … two young actors starting out together.<\/p>\n
I have looked at this photo so often and so deeply that I feel I can smell the eggs he is cooking. I want her pants. I love that kitchen. The photo still speaks to me. It’s not static. It’s a world. It’s alive. I can hear the clatter of the pan of the stove. I can feel the affection between them, yet look at how they are separated – doing different things. It’s an atypical kind of shot … rather remarkable. Not just because it’s him who is cooking … but just the attitudes of both of them … their connection and yet their separate-ness.<\/p>\n
It’s one of those photos that cajoles you to join it … and then makes you envious that you are not there …<\/p>\n
And, for me, it keeps telling a story. Maybe that’s why I like to have it around.<\/p>\n
Recently, Paul Newman was asked the secret to his long marriage. He gave what I consider to be the best answer I have ever heard on that particular topic: “Laughter and lust.”<\/p>\n
Interesting that the word “love” didn’t show up at all. Laughter and lust. My kind of guy.<\/p>\n
Rest in peace.<\/p>\n
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20 some-odd years ago, I ripped a page out of some magazine which had a photo of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward on it. It’s a photo of them when they were newlyweds. I think I was sitting in a … Continue reading