The Idea of You

698 00:30:33,833 --> 00:30:35,892 So it's usually best if you just don't look them in the eye. 699 00:30:35,916 --> 00:30:38,041 [Solène] Okay, great. Just staring straight ahead. 700 00:30:38,125 --> 00:30:42,541 They are really not noticing anything. 701 00:30:42,625 --> 00:30:44,125 I think we're good. 702 00:30:44,208 --> 00:30:47,333 That's kind of amazing. 703 00:30:47,416 --> 00:30:49,583 Wow. You're a natural. 704 00:30:49,666 --> 00:30:52,083 - Hello. [laughs] - [grunts] 705 00:30:52,166 --> 00:30:54,166 [gentle music playing] 706 00:31:02,166 --> 00:31:03,166 Thanks. 707 00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:10,250 - I like these. - Ah. 708 00:31:10,333 --> 00:31:12,833 Natrice Miller. Fantastic. 709 00:31:18,333 --> 00:31:19,541 [clears throat softly] 710 00:31:22,666 --> 00:31:24,541 [Hayes] Is this a painting? 711 00:31:24,625 --> 00:31:26,291 [Solène] Yes, it is. 712 00:31:26,375 --> 00:31:28,916 - What does it mean? - It's a calendar. 713 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,500 - No, don't do that. - Don't what? 714 00:31:30,583 --> 00:31:32,903 Do you really want the lecture about how art is subjective? 715 00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:35,875 What do you see? 716 00:31:35,958 --> 00:31:37,166 It's a grid. It's grid-like. 717 00:31:37,250 --> 00:31:39,708 It's-it's-it's numerical. 718 00:31:39,791 --> 00:31:41,166 Which means that... 719 00:31:41,250 --> 00:31:42,375 Please. I-I've got nothing. 720 00:31:42,458 --> 00:31:44,458 [both laugh] 721 00:31:45,791 --> 00:31:49,458 So the artist calls this piece a self-portrait. 722 00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:52,000 Now, what's she's showing is that 723 00:31:52,083 --> 00:31:56,791 she's not some, uh, untouchable genius in a rarefied space. 724 00:31:56,875 --> 00:31:59,666 This is her life as an artist. 725 00:32:00,750 --> 00:32:02,541 I find its honesty incredibly moving. 726 00:32:03,833 --> 00:32:05,708 This piece is from my friend Sarah. 727 00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:07,934 Um, she's sending all of these to a gallery show in New York, 728 00:32:07,958 --> 00:32:10,208 but she never sends this one. 729 00:32:10,291 --> 00:32:11,583 Hmm, why's that? 730 00:32:11,666 --> 00:32:14,583 Um, I don't know. She doesn't want to. 731 00:32:17,125 --> 00:32:18,333 Wow. 732 00:32:19,541 --> 00:32:20,583 What's it called? 733 00:32:20,666 --> 00:32:22,541 [Solène] <i>Unclose me.</i> 734 00:32:24,083 --> 00:32:26,083 What do you feel when you look at it? 735 00:32:26,166 --> 00:32:28,333 ♪ ♪ 736 00:32:33,250 --> 00:32:34,958 Everything. 737 00:32:42,583 --> 00:32:44,708 - How did you meet Sarah? - Uh... 738 00:32:44,791 --> 00:32:46,833 Uh, in college. Freshman year. 739 00:32:46,916 --> 00:32:51,250 She was, uh, blasting a Fiona Apple song from her dorm room, 740 00:32:51,333 --> 00:32:52,916 and I knew instantly we'd be friends. 741 00:32:55,666 --> 00:32:56,708 Should we go? 742 00:32:56,791 --> 00:32:59,333 And-and, um, college? 743 00:32:59,416 --> 00:33:01,000 What'd you study? 744 00:33:01,083 --> 00:33:03,875 Um, I was an art history major. 745 00:33:03,958 --> 00:33:06,458 - Although I started out as premed. - A doctor? 746 00:33:06,541 --> 00:33:10,750 Well, I was an 18-year-old people pleaser from New Jersey, 747 00:33:10,833 --> 00:33:13,083 and my parents really liked the idea. 748 00:33:14,625 --> 00:33:16,791 But then I... 749 00:33:16,875 --> 00:33:19,583 took an art history class for the credits, and I fell in love. 750 00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:22,458 Anyway. 751 00:33:22,541 --> 00:33:24,583 What about you? What's your life story? 752 00:33:26,083 --> 00:33:28,333 I'm sorry, was that your life story? 753 00:33:28,416 --> 00:33:29,916 Partly. 754 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,500 Tell me, how does one find oneself in a boy band? 755 00:33:34,583 --> 00:33:36,833 [sputters] Very random. 756 00:33:36,916 --> 00:33:38,666 Uh, I auditioned. 757 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:40,916 Others did, too. 758 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,625 You know, we were just Polaroids on a wall, really. 759 00:33:43,708 --> 00:33:45,333 You know, you got Adrian, 760 00:33:45,416 --> 00:33:46,875 million-dollar smile. 761 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:49,958 Rory, Aussie rebel. 762 00:33:50,041 --> 00:33:52,583 Simon, brooding poet. 763 00:33:52,666 --> 00:33:56,000 Ollie, you know, Ollie's just got that swagger. 764 00:33:56,083 --> 00:33:57,416 And what about Hayes? 765 00:33:57,500 --> 00:33:59,666 - Oh, I'm just English. - [laughs] 766 00:33:59,750 --> 00:34:01,666 Just works a charm, really. 767 00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:07,000 You know, the funny thing is, the same day that I auditioned for the band, 768 00:34:07,083 --> 00:34:09,500 I also auditioned to play Tiny Tim 769 00:34:09,583 --> 00:34:12,208 in the Hackney Playhouse version of <i>A Christmas Carol.</i> 770 00:34:12,291 --> 00:34...