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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.52,0:00:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you about an affliction I suffer from.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.62,0:00:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have a funny feeling that quite a few of you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.13,0:00:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffer from it as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.05,0:00:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm walking around an art gallery,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.14,0:00:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rooms and rooms full of paintings,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.25,0:00:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after about 15 or 20 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.76,0:00:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize I'm not thinking about the paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.66,0:00:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not connecting to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.26,0:00:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, I'm thinking about that cup of coffee
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.77,0:00:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I desperately need to wake me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.77,0:00:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm suffering from gallery fatigue.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.95,0:00:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you out there suffer from --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.33,0:00:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes. Ha ha, ha ha!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.33,0:00:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, sometimes you might last longer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.48,0:00:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than 20 minutes, or even shorter,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.58,0:00:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think we all suffer from it. And do you have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.79,0:00:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the accompanying guilt?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.87,0:00:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, I look at the paintings on the wall
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.86,0:00:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think, somebody has decided to put them there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.87,0:00:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinks they're good enough to be on that wall,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.40,0:00:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't always see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.76,0:00:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, most of the time I don't see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.42,0:00:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I leave feeling actually unhappy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.20,0:01:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel guilty and unhappy with myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.66,0:01:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than thinking there's something wrong with the painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.73,0:01:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's something wrong with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.18,0:01:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's not a good experience, to leave a gallery like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.09,0:01:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.36,0:01:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is, I think we should give ourselves a break.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.67,0:01:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think about going into a restaurant,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.13,0:01:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you look at the menu, are you expected to order
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.82,0:01:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single thing on the menu?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No! You select.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.88,0:01:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go into a department store to buy a shirt,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.06,0:01:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are you going to try on every single shirt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.04,0:01:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and want every single shirt?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.36,0:01:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course not, you can be selective. It's expected.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.49,0:01:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How come, then, it's not so expected
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.11,0:01:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be selective when we go to an art gallery?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.68,0:01:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are we supposed to have a connection with every single painting?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.98,0:01:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I'm trying to take a different approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.68,0:01:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's two things I do:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.30,0:01:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I go into a gallery, first of all, I go quite fast,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.80,0:01:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I look at everything, and I pinpoint the ones
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.03,0:01:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make me slow down for some reason or other.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.08,0:02:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even know why they make me slow down, but something
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.89,0:02:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulls me like a magnet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.94,0:02:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I ignore all the others, and I just go to that painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.06,0:02:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's the first thing I do is, I do my own curation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.52,0:02:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I choose a painting. It might just be one painting in 50.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.82,0:02:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the second thing I do is I stand in front of that painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.51,0:02:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I tell myself a story about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.59,0:02:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why a story? Well, I think that we are wired,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.19,0:02:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our DNA tells us to tell stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.08,0:02:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tell stories all the time about everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.45,0:02:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think we do it because the world is kind of a crazy, chaotic place,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.56,0:02:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes stories, we're trying to make sense of the world a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.51,0:02:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to bring some order to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.68,0:02:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not apply that to our looking at paintings?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.67,0:02:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I now have this sort of restaurant menu
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.38,0:02:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visiting of art galleries.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.61,0:02:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three paintings I'm going to show you now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.81,0:02:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are paintings that made me stop in my tracks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.88,0:03:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and want to tell stories about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.42,0:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first one needs little introduction --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.98,0:03:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.01,0:03:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,17th-century Dutch painter.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.16,0:03:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the most glorious painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.66,0:03:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first saw it when I was 19,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.81,0:03:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I immediately went out and got a poster of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.09,0:03:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact I still have that poster. 30 years later it's hanging in my house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.24,0:03:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's accompanied me everywhere I've gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.39,0:03:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never tire of looking at her.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.74,0:03:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What made me stop in my tracks about her to begin with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.52,0:03:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was just the gorgeous colors he uses
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.07,0:03:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the light falling on her face.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.02,0:03:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think what's kept me still coming back
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.80,0:03:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year after year is another thing, and that is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.86,0:03:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the look on her face, the conflicted look on her face.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.55,0:03:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't tell if she's happy or sad,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.97,0:03:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I change my mind all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.94,0:03:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that keeps me coming back.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.54,0:03:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, 16 years after I had this poster on my wall,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.54,0:03:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lay in bed and looked at her,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.23,0:04:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I suddenly thought, I wonder what
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.80,0:04:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the painter did to her to make her look like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.72,0:04:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was the first time I'd ever thought that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.67,0:04:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the expression on her face is actually reflecting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.47,0:04:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how she feels about him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.61,0:04:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always before I'd thought of it as a portrait of a girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.76,0:04:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I began to think of it as a portrait of a relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.53,0:04:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, well, what is that relationship?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.36,0:04:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to find out. I did some research and discovered,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.57,0:04:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have no idea who she is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.90,0:04:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we don't know who any of the models
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.24,0:04:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any of Vermeer's paintings are,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.60,0:04:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know very little about Vermeer himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.73,0:04:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which made me go, "Yippee!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.50,0:04:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can do whatever I want, I can come up with whatever story I want to.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.16,0:04:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's how I came up with the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.76,0:04:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.64,0:04:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got to get her into the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.73,0:04:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does Vermeer know her?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.22,0:04:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there've been suggestions that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.76,0:04:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is his 12-year-old daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.18,0:05:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The daughter at the time was 12 when he painted the painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.41,0:05:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, no, it's a very intimate look,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.10,0:05:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not a look a daughter gives her father.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.29,0:05:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one thing, in Dutch painting of the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.13,0:05:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if a woman's mouth was open, it was indicating sexual availability.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.72,0:05:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have been inappropriate for Vermeer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.61,0:05:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to paint his daughter like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.50,0:05:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not his daughter, but it's somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.38,0:05:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close to him, physically close to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.63,0:05:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, who else would be in the house?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.90,0:05:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A servant, a lovely servant.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.28,0:05:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, she's in the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.84,0:05:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we get her into the studio?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.50,0:05:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know very much about Vermeer,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.64,0:05:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the little bits that we do know, one thing we know
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.78,0:05:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that he married a Catholic woman, they lived with her mother
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.77,0:05:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a house where he had his own room
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.04,0:05:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he -- his studio. He also had 11 children.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.32,0:05:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have been a chaotic, noisy household.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.40,0:05:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you've seen Vermeer's paintings before,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.34,0:05:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know that they're incredibly calm and quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.21,0:05:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does a painter paint such calm, quiet paintings with 11 kids around?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.10,0:05:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, he compartmentalizes his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.40,0:06:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gets to his studio, and he says, "Nobody comes in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.08,0:06:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the wife, not the kids. Okay, the maid can come in and clean."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.81,0:06:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's in the studio. He's got her in the studio, they're together.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.86,0:06:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he decides to paint her.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.94,0:06:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has her wear very plain clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.21,0:06:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, all of the women, or most of the women in Vermeer's other paintings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.58,0:06:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wore velvet, silk, fur, very sumptuous materials.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.54,0:06:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very plain; the only thing that isn't plain
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.06,0:06:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is her pearl earring.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.10,0:06:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if she's a servant, there is no way she could afford
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.55,0:06:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pair of pearl earrings.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.76,0:06:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So those are not her pearl earrings. Whose are they?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.02,0:06:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We happen to know, there's a list of Catharina, the wife's clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.06,0:06:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst them a yellow coat with white fur,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.68,0:06:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a yellow and black bodice,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.42,0:06:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see these clothes on lots of other paintings,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.12,0:06:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different women in the paintings, Vermeer's paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.23,0:07:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So clearly, her clothes were lent to various different women.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.71,0:07:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not such a leap of faith to take
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.23,0:07:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that pearl earring actually belongs to his wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.81,0:07:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've got all the elements for our story.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.99,0:07:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's in the studio with him for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.42,0:07:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These paintings took a long time to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.46,0:07:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would have spent the time alone, all that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.33,0:07:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's wearing his wife's pearl earring.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.33,0:07:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's gorgeous. She obviously loves him. She's conflicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.15,0:07:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And does the wife know? Maybe not.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.94,0:07:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if she doesn't, well --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.32,0:07:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.17,0:07:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.35,0:07:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next painting I'm going to talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.94,0:07:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is called "Boy Building a House of Cards" by Chardin.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.19,0:07:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's an 18th-century French painter best known for his still lifes,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.56,0:07:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he did occasionally paint people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.16,0:07:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, he painted four versions of this painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.12,0:07:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different boys building houses of cards, all concentrated.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.08,0:07:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like this version the best, because some of the boys
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.55,0:08:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are older and some are younger, and to me, this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.94,0:08:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Goldilocks's porridge, is just right.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.89,0:08:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not quite a child, and he's not quite a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.88,0:08:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's absolutely balanced between innocence and experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.68,0:08:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that made me stop in my tracks in front of this painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.16,0:08:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I looked at his face. It's like a Vermeer painting a bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.88,0:08:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The light comes in from the left, his face is bathed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.50,0:08:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this glowing light. It's right in the center of the painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.72,0:08:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look at it, and I found that when I was looking at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.74,0:08:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was standing there going,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.94,0:08:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look at me. Please look at me."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.90,0:08:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he didn't look at me. He was still looking at his cards,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.63,0:08:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's one of the seductive elements of this painting is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.38,0:08:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's so focused on what he's doing that he doesn't look at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.87,0:08:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is, to me, the sign of a masterpiece,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.77,0:08:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a painting when there's a lack of resolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.74,0:08:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's never going to look at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.26,0:08:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was thinking of a story where,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.94,0:08:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I'm in this position, who could be there looking at him?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.16,0:09:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the painter, I don't want to think about the painter.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.36,0:09:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking of an older version of himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.89,0:09:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a man, a servant, an older servant looking at this younger servant,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.83,0:09:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, "Look at me. I want to warn you about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.30,0:09:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you're about to go through. Please look at me."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.75,0:09:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he never does.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.28,0:09:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that lack of resolution, the lack of resolution in "Girl with a Pearl Earring" --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.08,0:09:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't know if she's happy or sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.13,0:09:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've written an entire novel about her,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.78,0:09:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I still don't know if she's happy or sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.78,0:09:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again and again, back to the painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.88,0:09:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for the answer, looking for the story to fill in that gap.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.56,0:09:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we may make a story, and it satisfies us momentarily,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.01,0:09:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not really, and we come back again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.82,0:09:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last painting I'm going to talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.36,0:09:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is called "Anonymous" by anonymous. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.22,0:09:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a Tudor portrait bought by the National Portrait Gallery.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.28,0:09:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They thought it was a man named Sir Thomas Overbury,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.89,0:09:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they discovered that it wasn't him,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.55,0:09:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have no idea who it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.15,0:10:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in the National Portrait Gallery,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.30,0:10:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't know the biography of the painting,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.06,0:10:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's kind of useless to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.69,0:10:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can't hang it on the wall, because they don't know who he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.11,0:10:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So unfortunately, this orphan spends most of his time in storage,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.02,0:10:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with quite a number of other orphans,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.16,0:10:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of them some beautiful paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.67,0:10:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This painting made me stop in my tracks for three reasons:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.68,0:10:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is the disconnection between his mouth
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.55,0:10:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's smiling and his eyes that are wistful.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.26,0:10:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not happy, and why isn't he happy?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.26,0:10:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing that really attracted me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.98,0:10:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were his bright red cheeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.70,0:10:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is blushing. He's blushing for his portrait being made!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.30,0:10:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This must be a guy who blushes all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.34,0:10:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is he thinking about that's making him blush?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.48,0:10:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third thing that made me stop in my tracks
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.26,0:10:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is his absolutely gorgeous doublet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.06,0:10:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Silk, gray, those beautiful buttons.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.62,0:10:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what it makes me think of,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.26,0:11:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it's sort of snug and puffy; it's like a duvet spread over a bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.05,0:11:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept thinking of beds and red cheeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.70,0:11:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course I kept thinking of sex when I looked at him,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.46,0:11:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought, is that what he's thinking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.07,0:11:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, if I'm going to make a story,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.34,0:11:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the last thing I'm going to put in there?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.33,0:11:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what would a Tudor gentleman be preoccupied with?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.96,0:11:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, well, Henry VIII, okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.89,0:11:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd be preoccupied with his inheritance, with his heir.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.03,0:11:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is going to inherit his name and his fortune?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.68,0:11:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You put all those together, and you've got your story
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.56,0:11:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fill in that gap that makes you keep coming back.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.92,0:11:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.64,0:11:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's short.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.57,0:11:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rosy"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.30,0:11:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am still wearing the white brocade doublet Caroline gave me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.35,0:11:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has a plain high collar, detachable sleeves
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.66,0:11:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and intricate buttons of twisted silk thread,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.83,0:11:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set close together so that the fit is snug.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.76,0:12:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The doublet makes me think of a coverlet on the vast bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.32,0:12:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps that was the intention.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.07,0:12:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first wore it at an elaborate dinner her parents held in our honor.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.99,0:12:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew even before I stood up to speak
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.82,0:12:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my cheeks were inflamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.39,0:12:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have always flushed easily, from physical exertion,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.09,0:12:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from wine, from high emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.44,0:12:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a boy, I was teased by my sisters and by schoolboys,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.91,0:12:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not by George.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.35,0:12:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only George could call me Rosy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.43,0:12:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not allow anyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.59,0:12:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He managed to make the word tender.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.81,0:12:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I made the announcement, George did not
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.61,0:12:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turn rosy, but went pale as my doublet.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.67,0:12:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He should not have been surprised.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.58,0:12:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been a common assumption
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.25,0:12:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would one day marry his cousin.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.10,0:12:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is difficult to hear the words aloud.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.68,0:12:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, I could barely utter them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.98,0:13:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Afterwards, I found George on the terrace overlooking the kitchen garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.38,0:13:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite drinking steadily all afternoon, he was still pale.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.64,0:13:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stood together and watched the maids cut lettuces.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.87,0:13:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you think of my doublet?" I asked.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.13,0:13:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He glanced at me. "That collar looks to be strangling you."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.57,0:13:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We will still see each other," I insisted.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.58,0:13:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We can still hunt and play cards and attend court.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.86,0:13:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing need change."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.60,0:13:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George did not speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.32,0:13:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am 23 years old. It is time for me to marry
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.71,0:13:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and produce an heir. It is expected of me."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.82,0:13:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George drained another glass of claret and turned to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.40,0:13:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials, James.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.48,0:13:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure you'll be content together."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.32,0:13:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never used my nickname again.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.63,0:13:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.39,0:13:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.78,0:13:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.96,0:14:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)