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BOB DOLE : The Life that Brought Him ThereEpisode 403 THE GREAT AMERICAN AUTHORS Episode 1: F. Scott FitzgeraldSend a textWelcome to the first episode of our special Holiday Season, "The Great American Authors", Bob Dole's series will return in January 2026. In this episode we welcome you to our series, an introduce you to our host, Randal Wallace's, English teacher Mother, Gloria Bulmer. She was also a writer and as part of a writing class, had some of her writing published in only one book by Coastal Carolina University, as part of a writing class in 1983, also one of her short stories won an award. Our host has that award hanging at hi...
2025-11-251h 08
Trashy DivorcesS30E19: Zelda and F. Scott FitzgeraldToday, Alicia has the sad tale of the King and Queen of the Jazz Age, writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. Though they never divorced, the story is a great illustration of the reality that some marriages don’t work, and a lot of people would be better off ending a marriage rather than staying in it. That's what Alicia wishes that Zelda had decided, dancing away from their doomed marriage a century ago instead of disappearing into it.
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2025-09-241h 09Trashy DivorcesZelda and F. Scott FitzgeraldToday, Alicia has the sad tale of the King and Queen of the Jazz Age, writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. Though they never divorced, the story is a great illustration of the reality that some marriages don’t work, and a lot of people would be better off ending a marriage rather than staying in it. That's what Alicia wishes that Zelda had decided, dancing away from their doomed marriage a century ago instead of disappearing into it.
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2025-09-241h 11
Love & MiseryF. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda SayreTo mention these two is to invoke the 1920s, the Jazz Age, romance, and their outrageous early success, with all its attendant pitfalls. Their names can summon images of taxis at dusk, they conjure images of gleaming hotel lobbies and smoky speakeasies, flappers, yellow phaetons, white suits, large tips, expatriates, and nostalgia for the Lost Generation. They also remind us of what the effect of alcoholism and mental health can have on a marriage. These two were reckless and abandoned. So, if you heard our last podcast, then you know we are talking about F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Sayre.
2025-04-1039 min
AmorissimiScott Fitzgerald e Zelda SayreUna storia d'amore soffocante come la definì Zelda nel suo romanzo autobiografico " Lasciami l'ultimo valzer" quella di Scott Fiztgerald e Zelda Sayre. La coppia fu un'icona della nuova Età del jazz in America e negli anni '20 del Novecento un modello per l'Europa.
2025-03-0307 minAmorissimiScott Fitzgerald e Zelda SayreUna storia d'amore soffocante come la definì Zelda nel suo romanzo autobiografico " Lasciami l'ultimo valzer" quella di Scott Fiztgerald e Zelda Sayre. La coppia fu un'icona della nuova Età del jazz in America e negli anni '20 del Novecento un modello per l'Europa.
2025-03-0107 min
The Mad Genius ThesisThe Crack-Up : F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Maladjustment to Life"Was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s brilliance inseparable from his self-destruction? In this episode of The Mad Genius Thesis, we explore Some Sort of Epic Grandeur by Matthew J. Bruccoli, examining the link between Fitzgerald’s creativity and his struggles with alcoholism, financial instability, and personal turmoil.From his early literary ambitions to his turbulent marriage with Zelda Sayre—whose own mental health battles shaped their lives—Fitzgerald’s genius was shadowed by excess and despair. Did his struggles fuel The Great Gatsby and his other works, or was his artistry a fragile thing crushed by addiction and lost dream...
2025-02-1722 min
Podcast Radio Tuscia EventsLasciami l'ultimo valzer: cinema fotografia tra moda e stileLasciami l’ultimo valzer è l’unico romanzo che Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald abbia mai scritto. Uscì nel 1932.
Zelda Sayre, icona di stile dell'epoca Flapper, modello per le donne di allora: capelli corti, abiti sopra il ginocchio e nessuna intenzione di sottostare alle regole di decenza, subordinazione e modestia. Lei vive solo il presente, fino in fondo, fino a bruciarsi.
Lasciami l’ultimo valzer non è solo un racconto, ma un manifesto dell’indipendenza e della creatività femminile, un valzer che risuona ancora oggi tra le note del jazz, la luce delle pellicole e lo scintillio dei tessuti dell’epoca flapper.
2025-01-1101 min
La malattia dell'ostrica9. Siamo tutti maschiette: Zelda Sayre "in Fitzgerald"A differenza di tutte le altre ragazze di Montgomery, Zelda Sayre fa quello che le pare e non ha paura di niente.La sua storia d'amore con Francis Scott Fitzgerald, lo scrittore più pagato al mondo, è un turbinio di feste, balli, alcool, ville, camerieri e cliniche psichiatriche. Il loro è un amore tossico.Dopo svariati ricoveri in clinica psichiatrica, le sue lettere a "Franceschino" sono straordinarie. E se fosse Fitzgerald ad essere "il muso" di Zelda e non il contrario?Con un’intervista a Amedeo Caruso, medico chirurgo, specialista in medicina interna, psicoterapeuta, Presidente del C...
2024-12-1815 min
Secret Life of BooksThe Great Gatsby: is this THE great American novel?Few novels capture a moment and place in time as The Great Gatsby. F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 masterpiece captures a generation determined to live and party hard in the aftermath of the First World War. There are love affairs, exotic cocktails (a ‘gin rickey’ anyone?), no less than three car crashes and, of course, the famous party scenes. It has been adapted at least eight times for film and television, yet the road from publication to becoming considered one of Great American Novels was a slow burn. Fitzgerald died believing his life a failure. The Great Gatsby has som...
2024-10-011h 10
Inside booksDi qua dal paradiso di F.S. Fitzgerald - #MATTONIAMERICANIL’ultimo dei romantici, il divo dimenticato, il cantore dell’età del jazz, l’altra metà di Zelda Sayre con cui formava una coppia maledetta, lo scrittore geniale con un debole per l’autodistruzione, lo sceneggiatore di Hollywood dal talento sprecato, l’alcolizzato, il più brillante tra i dissipatori, l’autore del perfetto grande romanzo americano. Francis Scott Fitzgerald nella sua breve vita – muore a 44 anni di crepacuore – fu tutto questo, e molto altro. Per decifrare il mito di Fitzgerald, tentiamo di fare un’analisi del suo romanzo d’esordio, il libro-manifesto dei ruggenti anni Venti!min 00:01 Intro...
2024-09-061h 22
Alabama Short StoriesZelda Sayre FitzgeraldZelda Sayre was born and raised in Montgomery, the daughter of a lawyer and politician. She was a socialite and caught the interest of young men from as far away as Atlanta. No one swept her off her feet until she met a young soldier stationed in Montgomery named F. Scott Fitzgerald. Their marriage and volatile relationship became the story ideas for books such as “The Great Gatsby” and made them the poster children of the Jazz Age. Support the showSupport the Podcast The podcast is free but it’s not che...
2024-03-2616 min
Alabama Short StoriesSeason 6 TeaserWelcome to Alabama Short Stories. This is Shawn Wright, and I am happy to say that Season 6 starts on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, with more great stories about the state of Alabama.I will start the season with a story in the news the past couple of years. It’s about Cudjo Lewis and the writers who have been telling this former slave's story for the past 100+ years, and we find the Clotilda in the process.We take driving on our well-maintained roads around the state for granted, but can you imagine what it wo...
2024-02-2002 min
Top-Rated Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, WomenOdyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author by Jennifer HornePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Odyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author Author: Jennifer Horne Narrator: Sara Sheckells Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 16, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Sara Mayfield was born into Alabama's governing elite in 1905 and grew up in a social circle that included Zelda Sayre, Sara Haardt, and Tallulah and Eugenia Bankhead. After winning a Goucher College short story contest judged by H. L. Mencken, Mayfield became friends with Mencken and his circle, then visited with Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and hobnobbed...
2024-01-1630 minTrashy DivorcesS20E20: Zelda Sayre and F. Scott Fitzgerald2023 has been a monster year for breakups, with celebrities (Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, anyone?), politicians (Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau!), musicians (almost too many to choose: Cardi B and Offset are done; Kacey Musgraves broke up with her longtime boyfriend), all hitting the escape hatch. Breakups are hard, but we are here to say: We're for it! If your relationship isn't giving you what you need, there's no shame in deciding to leave and go live your best life. That's exactly what Alicia wishes that Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, had done in their...
2023-12-171h 12Trashy DivorcesZelda Sayre and F. Scott Fitzgerald2023 has been a monster year for breakups, with celebrities (Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, anyone?), politicians (Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau!), musicians (almost too many to choose: Cardi B and Offset are done; Kacey Musgraves broke up with her longtime boyfriend), all hitting the escape hatch. Breakups are hard, but we are here to say: We're for it! If your relationship isn't giving you what you need, there's no shame in deciding to leave and go live your best life. That's exactly what Alicia wishes that Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, had done in their...
2023-12-171h 14
Reading Recap: Book SummariesThe Enigmatic Universe of Francis Scott Fitzgerald: Exploring the Life and Literature of an Iconic American AuthorWhat is The Great Gatsby book about?
The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925. It is set in the 1920s, a time known as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, and is considered a critique of the American Dream and the social and moral decay of society during that period.
The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man who moves to New York City and becomes neighbors with the enigmatic and wealthy Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is known for throwing extravagant parties but is surrounded by mystery and rumors about his...
2023-11-3011 min
Zelda's Peaches & Biscuits PodcastDoes a Moment of Revolt Come Sometimes to Every Married Man?"Does a Moment of Revolt Come Sometimes to Every Married Man?" by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald First published in March 1924. Read by Greta Lambert Directed by Greg Thornton Produced by Alaina M. Doten Additonal Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax This is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
2023-11-1403 min
Zelda's Peaches & Biscuits PodcastWhat Became of the Flappers"What Became of the Flappers" by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald First published in McCalls Magazine in October 1925. Read by Greta Lambert Directed by Greg Thornton Produced by Alaina M. Doten Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax This is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
2023-11-1207 min
Zelda's Peaches & Biscuits PodcastEulogy of the Flapper"Eulogy of the Flapper" by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald First published in Metropolitan Magazine in June 1922. Read by Greta Lambert Directed by Greg Thornton Produced by Alaina M. Doten Additional Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax This is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
2023-11-1107 min
Zelda's Peaches & Biscuits PodcastFriend Husband's Latest"Friend Husband's Latest" by Zelda Sayre (Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald) First published on 2 April 1922 in the New York Tribune. Read by Greta Lambert Directed by Greg Thornton Produced by Alaina M. Doten Additional Audio Engineering and Editing by Cope Till of Strident Trax T his is a FitzMuse Podcast made possible by grants from AHA! The Alabama Humanities Alliance and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
2023-11-1008 min
Women in Film and TV PodcastFrom the Archives: Director Neasa Hardiman on the Importance of the EditToday's podcast is from the WFT Ireland Archives and features a masterclass on Directing with Neasa Hardiman. This talk covered the editing segment and was recorded in the RTE studios in 2017.
About Neasa Hardiman
Neasa is a BAFTA-winning Director and Writer for film and television drama. Born in Dublin, she began her creative career with a First Class Honours degree from the National College of Art and Design Ireland, winning a scholarship to the Universität der Künste Berlin. Her unique engagement with art and politics led to a Master’s degree in Politics and Aesthetics at NCAD, and a PhD...
2023-05-0826 min
Significant Lovers34. When F. Scott Fitzgerald Met Zelda Sayre (Part II) *TEASER*This is a teaser for a bonus episode. You can listen to it in full on Patreon!
Where did we leave off? Last we saw them, Zelda had an affair with a French aviator, and Scott said their marriage would “never be the same.”
He was correct, as their relationship took dark turns for the worse. Scott befriended Ernest Hemingway in Paris, who told him “Zelda just wants to destroy you.” Zelda’s mental health deteriorated as she and Scott fought, and she entered many mental institutions in the following years.
Yet even while Scott...
2023-04-1906 minSignificant Lovers33. When F. Scott Fitzgerald Met Zelda Sayre (Part I)Prohibition. Jazz. Bobbed hair. & the Fitzgeralds! We’re going back to the 1920s this week to talk about one of literature's most iconic couples: F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald.
You may know Gatsby and Daisy from Scott’s legendary novel “The Great Gatsby.” But behind the writing, Scott’s real-life love story with Zelda was even more wild and fascinating. Many of their letters still exist to this day, and with so much to uncover, we’ve split their relationship into two episodes. In part one, we follow the early days of Scott and Zelda’s relationship as they become eng...
2023-04-121h 19
The Norton Library PodcastThis Is Not a Love Story (The Great Gatsby, Part 2)In Part 2 of our conversation with Anne Margaret Daniel, we break down common misconceptions about The Great Gatsby and dig in to what it is about the novel that draws readers (and Hollywood) in and keeps us coming back. Anne Margaret Daniel is the editor of the Norton Library edition of The Great Gatsby and teaches literature at The New School University in New York City. She is also the editor of I’d Die For You and Other Lost Stories, Fitzgerald’s last previously unpublished short stories, and of the forthcoming selected letters of Zelda Sayre Fitzg...
2023-04-1034 min
The Paranormal LoversEpisode 11:Highland HospitalSend us a textJoin us in beautiful Asheville NC were we visit the former home of Highland Hospital. Founded during what seemed to be a wave of sanitariums across the country, Highland Hospital incorporated common medical practices, or torture, with getting out in nature and a good diet.One of the more well known patients was Zelda Fitzgerald, who sadly lost her life at this hospital in 1948, but is said to still be roaming the neighborhood today. Not open for public viewing, you can still take a stroll through the neighborhood and m...
2023-03-1522 min
The Norton Library PodcastHow Fitzgerald’s Least Popular Novel Became an American Icon (The Great Gatsby, Part 1)In this inaugural episode of the Norton Library Podcast, we welcome Anne Margaret Daniel to discuss how F. Scott Fitzgerald came to write his Jazz Age masterpiece. We also explore some of the themes that have captivated readers for over a century—self-improvement and the "American Dream," the power and limits of wealth in the upper reaches of the elite, and the narrative filtering of Gatsby's world through the perspective of outsider Nick Carraway. Anne Margaret Daniel is the editor of the Norton Library edition of The Great Gatsby and teaches literature at The New School University in...
2023-03-1431 min
La Audioteca, libros para escuchar"El Gran Gatsby" de F. Scott Fitzgerald Cap 8-9 FINALEl gran Gatsby es una novela de 1925 escrita por el autor estadounidense F. Scott Fitzgerald que sigue a un grupo de personajes que viven en la ciudad ficticia de West Egg en la próspera Long Island, en el verano de 1922. Existe controversia respecto al autor original de la obra, ya que Fitzgerald fue acusado reiteradas veces por la novelista Zelda Sayre de haber plagiado pasajes enteros de su diario y cartas luego de que le haya permitido leerlas cuando aún era su esposa. A pesar de esto, la obra continúa siendo públicamente atribuida al escritor. Much...
2022-08-281h 04
La Audioteca, libros para escuchar"El Gran Gatsby" de F. Scott Fitzgerald Cap 7El gran Gatsby es una novela de 1925 escrita por el autor estadounidense F. Scott Fitzgerald que sigue a un grupo de personajes que viven en la ciudad ficticia de West Egg en la próspera Long Island, en el verano de 1922. Existe controversia respecto al autor original de la obra, ya que Fitzgerald fue acusado reiteradas veces por la novelista Zelda Sayre de haber plagiado pasajes enteros de su diario y cartas luego de que le haya permitido leerlas cuando aún era su esposa. A pesar de esto, la obra continúa siendo públicamente atribuida al escritor. Much...
2022-08-2457 min
EpistolarCarta de Zelda Fitzgerald a Scott FitzgeraldEsta es la historia de un amor nada fácil. Bueno, pensándolo bien, ¿qué amor lo es? A finales de la década del 10, en una fiesta de campo, el escritor Francis Scott Fitzgerald conoció a la novelista y bailarina Zelda Sayre. Alguien que se convirtió en un ícono de los años 20 por audaz, por inteligente, por tener una prosa filosa como un puñal y por ser una flapper, así se denominaba en la época a las mujeres que vestían faldas cortas, tomaban bebidas fuertes y conducían a alta velocidad. En definitiva: mujeres que hacían algunas...
2022-08-2407 min
La Audioteca, libros para escuchar"El Gran Gatsby" de F. Scott Fitzgerald Cap 5-6El gran Gatsby es una novela de 1925 escrita por el autor estadounidense F. Scott Fitzgerald que sigue a un grupo de personajes que viven en la ciudad ficticia de West Egg en la próspera Long Island, en el verano de 1922. Existe controversia respecto al autor original de la obra, ya que Fitzgerald fue acusado reiteradas veces por la novelista Zelda Sayre de haber plagiado pasajes enteros de su diario y cartas luego de que le haya permitido leerlas cuando aún era su esposa. A pesar de esto, la obra continúa siendo públicamente atribuida al escritor. Much...
2022-08-2153 min
La Audioteca, libros para escuchar"El Gran Gatsby" de F. Scott Fitzgerald Cap 3-4El gran Gatsby es una novela de 1925 escrita por el autor estadounidense F. Scott Fitzgerald que sigue a un grupo de personajes que viven en la ciudad ficticia de West Egg en la próspera Long Island, en el verano de 1922. Existe controversia respecto al autor original de la obra, ya que Fitzgerald fue acusado reiteradas veces por la novelista Zelda Sayre de haber plagiado pasajes enteros de su diario y cartas luego de que le haya permitido leerlas cuando aún era su esposa. A pesar de esto, la obra continúa siendo públicamente atribuida al escritor. Much...
2022-08-181h 12
La Audioteca, libros para escuchar"El Gran Gatsby" de F. Scott Fitzgerald Cap 1-2El gran Gatsby es una novela de 1925 escrita por el autor estadounidense F. Scott Fitzgerald que sigue a un grupo de personajes que viven en la ciudad ficticia de West Egg en la próspera Long Island, en el verano de 1922. Existe controversia respecto al autor original de la obra, ya que Fitzgerald fue acusado reiteradas veces por la novelista Zelda Sayre de haber plagiado pasajes enteros de su diario y cartas luego de que le haya permitido leerlas cuando aún era su esposa. A pesar de esto, la obra continúa siendo públicamente atribuida al escritor. Much...
2022-08-151h 09
QuotomaniaQuotomania 299: F. Scott FitzgeraldToday’s Quotation is care of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Listen in!
F. Scott Fitzgerald, (born Sept. 24, 1896, St. Paul, Minn., U.S.—died Dec. 21, 1940, Hollywood, Calif.) was a U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Fitzgerald attended Princeton University but dropped out with bad grades. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre (1900–48), daughter of a respected Alabama judge. His works, including the early novels This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and Damned (1922) and the story collections Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) and All the Sad Young Men (1926), capture the Jazz Age’s vulgarity and dazzling promise. His brilliant The Great Gatsby...
2022-07-2701 min
Love Letters to...Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and Florence NightingaleIn today's episode, Alicia pays homage to the original angel from Montgomery, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald - a talented dancer, painter, and writer. Melissa lends a little love to the mother of the Nursing profession, Florence Nightingale.Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2022-03-1024 minLove Letters to...Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and Florence NightingaleIn today's episode, Alicia pays homage to the original angel from Montgomery, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald - a talented dancer, painter, and writer. Melissa lends a little love to the mother of the Nursing profession, Florence Nightingale.Advertise with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-03-1027 min
Storie di Coraggio#46 - "Zelda"Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. Non è un personaggio del capolavoro di Francis Scott Fitzgerald, eppure è la sua più grande eroina. È la donna della sua vita, l'unica che abbia mai voluto veramente, la sola che lo abbia amato davvero. È sua moglie, e racconta la verità. Tutta la verità, lo giuro. La racconta in prima persona a partire da quella sera del 1918 in cui, nella grande villa del Sud dove sta per iniziare un'attesissima festa da ballo, lei, splendida diciassettenne ribelle e piena di promesse, incontra per la prima volta il tenente Fitzgerald. Che la incanta con le sue storie di guerra, i suoi raccont...
2022-01-1615 min
NADA MÁS QUE LIBROSNada más que libros - El Gran Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)“Nueva York empezó a gustarme por su chispeante y aventurera sensación nocturna, y por la satisfacción que presta a la mirada humana su constante revoloteo de hombres, mujeres y máquinas. Gustaba de pasear por la Quinta Avenida y elegir románticas mujeres de entre la multitud; imaginar que dentro de breves minutos irrumpiría en su vida, sin que nadie lo supiera o desaprobara”.
-Fragmento de 'El Gran Gatsby'-
Francis Scott Fitzgerald nació en 1.896 en Saint Paul, Minnesota. Abandonó la Universidad de Princeton en 1.917 para alistarse en el ejército durante la I Guerra Mundial. Se enamoró de Zelda Sayre...
2021-04-2228 min
Club BookClub Book Episode 118 Therese Anne FowlerTherese Anne Fowler is a perennial favorite among historical fiction readers. She is perhaps best known for Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald (2014). Z showcases the incredible life and historic times of Zelda Sayre, the reckless Southern belle who married and inspired literary superstar F. Scott Fitzgerald. Amazon Studios turned the book into a period drama, Z: The Beginning of Everything, starring Christina Ricci and co-produced by Fowler herself. Fowler’s next novel, the New York Times and USA Today bestseller A Well-Behaved Woman, profiles the iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt. Matriarch of one of the Gilded Age’s richest families, Vand...
2021-04-081h 00
Ratas de BibliotecaBioRatillas - F. Scott Fitzgerald¡Propicios días, Ratillas! Nos vamos a los felices años 20 para conocer a la irrepetible Zelda Sayre y al inigualable F. Scott Fitzgerald. ¿Qué tal un poco de amor, celos y creatividad a raudales? Todo ello por supuesto fermentado en los salones más Art Deco que te puedas imaginar. Aquí no escatimamos en decoración.
2021-03-2558 min
Half GlassZelda Sayre: The Girl Before FitzgeraldIn this companion episode to our Zelda Fitzgerald segment, Ri reads a rare short story from Zelda’s time in high school.
2021-03-1207 min
Dying To Tell YouDEATH OF A FLAPPER (Part Two) -- the disturbing and eerie death of Zelda FitzgeraldThe conclusion of the Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald story
2021-03-0316 min
Soul SistersZelda Sayre Fitzgerald è Soul Sisters“Io non voglio vivere. Io voglio prima amare, e incidentalmente vivere“Un viaggio attraverso l'anima di Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald.
2021-02-0313 min
感觉香水：香奈儿和她的艺术家朋友圈02. 七十二变的艺术家导语
Bonjour~ 朋友寄了一张⽣⽇卡⽚给我，画家是20年代开始就在巴黎相当活跃的藤⽥嗣治（Léonard Foujita）。我的这位朋友很有意思，每年都会寄⼀张有关⾹⽔的卡⽚给我，这张卡⽚呢，实际上是1928年藤⽥替⼀家公司画的⾹⽔⼴告，⼴告⽂案只写了⼀句话：“Mon seul ami”，中⽂就是“我唯⼀的朋友”，sweet……
1921年的巴黎，战后复兴
上周见⾯的时候，我提到⾹⽔史的重要分界年：1921年——从这⼀年开始，⾹⽔历史开始分为⾹奈⼉五号之前和之后的历史。
实际上，今天持久的“经典”中，有许多实际上是在1920年代创造的，⽐如有1925年的Guerlain的Shalimar，还有1927年的Lanvin的Arpege，在这些⾹⽔⾥⾯，其中最出⾊、最常被⼈们提及的，就是⾹奈⼉五号⾹⽔。
要知道，每⼀款⾹⽔的诞⽣，都有着特定的历史原因和社会背景。20年代的⾹⽔市场之所以会如此蓬勃发展，这和欧洲当时的享乐主义和新⼥性主义有关。
经过了第⼀次世界⼤战后，战争的痛苦记忆导致了⼈们⼴泛的转变，尤其在哲学和对⽣存的态度上。⼈们开始希望能够享受当下的快乐，⽽不⽤关⼼未来。中⽂不是有句名⾔吗？“今朝有酒今朝醉，明⽇愁来明⽇愁”，当时的欧洲就是这种⼼态，⼤家想摆脱社会法规的束缚，所以新的奢侈的趋势、⽣活⽅式和时尚就这么产⽣了。
在法国，1920年代被称为“疯狂的年代”（Les Annees Folle）。这个时期，⼥⼈们开始穿上舒服的⾐服，⾃由地表达着新⼥性主义，同时她们也希望能通过⾹⽔来定义⾃⼰。
你有没有听过⼀个词叫“flapper girl”？她们代表⾃由、时髦、奔放的⼥孩形象：⽩天还是⾝着⽇装的舒雅⼥⼦，晚上便换上亮⽚流苏舞裙，留着俏⽪短发Bob头，画上烟熏妆，叼着长管烟，出⼊爵⼠酒吧，她们快乐跳舞与放胆追爱。你看过影⽚《了不起的盖茨⽐》（The Great Gatsby）吗？⾥头⼥性的穿着服饰和⽣活态度就是“flapper”。有趣的是，写《了不起的盖茨⽐》的作家弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德（ F. Scott Fitzgerald），他的太太泽尔达（Zelda Sayre）在现实⽣活中，就是⼀个活⽣⽣“flapper girl”的代表。
菲茨杰拉德与妻子（1921）
同样在1921年，菲茨杰拉德带着他的flapper太太来到巴黎，当时的巴黎是欧洲⽂化经济的中⼼。菲茨杰拉德把20年代定义成⼀个“奇迹的时代”，⼀个挥⾦如⼟的时代，⼀个艺术的时代。所以在第⼀次世界⼤战后，美国“迷失的⼀代”（Lost Generation），像是海明威（Hemingway）和格特鲁德·斯泰因（Gertrude Stein）都来到了巴黎。
除了美国⼈，来⾃其它国家的⼀群优秀的作家和艺术家也都来到巴黎，开始现代艺术的创作，包括写《尤利西斯》（Ulysses）爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce），还有中国画家常⽟当时也在巴黎学艺术。
你知道吗，⼈们对于20年代的巴黎有⼀种美得不能再美的赞美：“怎么会有这么⼤度的胸怀去容下这样⼀群⼈，并且接纳异国的⽂化思想！”
是的，这就是巴黎！在这样⾃由的创作氛围下，巴黎画派、⽴体画派、达达主义、超现实主义、荷兰风格派与德国包豪斯学派的艺术家，纷纷出现在艺术赞助⼈创⽴的⽂化沙龙、咖啡厅和私⼈聚会，他们集体构成了繁荣、多样化的现代主义的艺术氛围。艺术中的现代主义有“去旧⾰新”的意思，指的是拒绝维多利亚时代的传统，探索⼯业时代、现实⽣活中的问题，同时也将对过去的拒绝与实验结合在⼀起，展现出⼀种“现代的氛围”。
现在，请允许我第三次讲“1921年”，因为，1921年实在太有意思了——这⼀年，假⼩⼦服装设计师可可·⾹奈⼉在她的寓所举办⼀场圣诞晚宴。
据说，⾹奈⼉的餐宴可是巴黎⼈最想参加的局之⼀，因为她的餐宴充满了巴黎“最闪闪发光，最著名和最有趣的智慧”，所以可以想象，这些宾客都是世界级的上流权贵与⽂艺⼈⼠。那⼀晚，西班⽛画家毕加索（Picasso）也被香奈儿邀请，他们的友谊从此开始。
花园街27号的⽂艺圣地
我从文化与艺术来谈香水，这其实并不容易，因为⾹⽔看不见、摸不着，但是借助谈⾹⽔诞⽣的重要时刻、那时候周遭的社会⽓氛和艺术风格，或许可以成为我们真实能够感觉⾹⽔的⼀种途径，而毕加索就是⾹⽔⽂化绕不开的⼀个⼤⼈物，不相信？那你可以继续听我往下讲——
1921年，毕加索和⾹奈⼉见⾯的时候，他已经在巴黎闯出名⽓了，和⾹奈⼉⼀样，他也很喜欢结交朋友，特别喜欢和作家与诗⼈混在⼀起，因为他认为这样才能在兴趣和专业上产⽣互补，⽽且这些圈外的朋友可以给他不同的视野与建议，帮助他来完成作品，同时也提供了⼀种国际观，将他的作品推⼴到世界其他的地⽅。
但毕加索的艺术之路并不是⼀开始就顺风顺⽔的。早在1904年，毕加索刚从西班⽛搬到巴黎发展他的艺术⽣涯。那时的他还只是⼀个在巴黎的艺术⼤海⾥挣扎的艺术家，只能靠卖画维⽣，他最常出没的地⽅，就是位于巴黎第六区的花园街27号（27 rue de Fleurus）。这个地⽅是画家、作家聚集的⽂艺圣地，就是在这⾥，毕加索遇到了他的贵⼈，也是花园街27号的主⼈，美国⽂学⼀代教母格特鲁德·斯泰因（Gertrude Stein）。
格特鲁德·斯泰因（1934）
斯泰因体态丰满，侃侃⽽谈时常常有⼀种⽓吞⼭河的⽓概，但是她的内⼼却温柔得像⼤地之母。她像教导⼉⼦⼀样教导海明威写作，那时的海明威还是⼀个抱着作家梦的战地记者呢！⽽她的⽂化沙龙出⼊的都是⽇后响叮当的艺术⼤师，名单⼀打开来，夸张⼀点的说，可以绕地球⼀圈！斯泰因家到处挂满壁画的景象，花园街27号就是绘画作品的展⽰厅：布拉克（Braque），德兰（Derain），雷诺阿（Renoir），塞尚（Cézanne），⾼更（Gauguin），马蒂斯（Matisse）…… 当然，还有毕加索。
当时巴黎的沙龙与咖啡聚会，其实就是⼀个“sounding board”，充满了激发创作的灵感。⽂艺创作者们都知道，如果你在尝试构思⼀些新的想法，可以与你的好友围在⼀起⾃由⾃在地聊天讨论，你会因此和他们产⽣共鸣和激荡。说到这⾥... 我在想，⾹奈⼉五号⾹⽔是不是也是在这样沙龙的氛围下激荡出创意的呢？虽然⽆法向⾹奈⼉求证，不过，你可以跟我⼀起想象：
⾹奈⼉和朋友们在沙龙熬夜聚会后，踏着夜幕的星光⾛回住处丽兹酒店，⽉亮像刚刚告别的沙龙⼥主⼈米西亚（Misia）⼀样，跳上钢琴弹着静静的⽉光。她换上拖鞋，从口袋摸索出⼏张⼩纸⽚，这些纸⽚上记下好友们天马⾏空的点⼦。⾹奈⼉坐着、看着，重温好友们留在纸⽚上⾯的创意热情：
第⼀张纸沾了建筑师勒·柯布西耶（Le Corbusier）的铅笔味，他写下：“房屋应该是⽣活的宝库。” ⾹奈⼉摸摸⾝上的珍珠项链，想着：“嗯~ 那么⼥⼈拥有的宝库是什么？⼥⼈味，不是么？”
第⼆张纸沾了魅⼒诗⼈尚·考克多 (Jean Cocteau)的墨⽔味，他写下：“真正的诗⼈不会卖弄诗意，就像园丁不会刻意喷洒⾹⽓在玫瑰上。” ⾹奈⼉点点头，⼼⾥嘀咕着：“是呀，哪个⼥⼈会让⾃⼰闻起来是⼀朵花啊？⼥⼈闻起来就应该像⾃⼰，属于⾃⼰的⼀种⼥⼈味。”
第三张纸沾了作曲家斯特拉文斯基（Stravinsky）的铅笔味，他写下：“⿐⼦会嗅闻，它懂得选择。所以艺术家只是有⼀个懂得嗅闻松露的猪⿐⼦。” ⾹奈⼉哈哈⼤笑，想着：“真亏⽂质彬彬的Stravinsky会说这么接地⽓的话，是呀，了解原材料的特性，才是设计的第⼀步，就像我选择用Jersey一样... 对了，什么⽓味代表现代⼥性的⼥⼈味呢？”
第四张纸沾了画家毕加索的油墨, 他写下：“⽴体主义可不是你可以掌握的现实。 它更像是⼀种⾹⽔，在你的⾯前，在⾝后，在侧⾯。它⽆处不在，所以你不太知道它来⾃于何⽅。” ⾹奈⼉莞尔⼀笑，听见⾃⼰内⼼的OS说： “Voila, 可不是嘛~ ⾹⽔本⾝就是艺术。作为⼀种抽象的艺术，那... 该怎么表现呢？”
这些点⼦好像是沙漏⾥⽩⾊的沙，细细摩擦彼此。⾹奈⼉看着晨雾的星光，认真地想：“那，我能不能在花⾹中诠释出⼀种抽象迷⼈的⼥⼈味？能不能在实验室⾥创作出⼀⾸⾹⽔现代诗？”⾹奈⼉再次⾯临⼀个创意转折点……
我变，我变，我变、变、变
我想，每个艺术家在他们的艺术⽣涯中都⼀定有⼀个转折点。对Chanel来说，Jersey的成功是她的转折点；⽽对于毕加索来说，他的转折点就是《⼿捧花篮的⼩⼥孩》。
1908年的毕加索
《⼿捧花篮的⼩⼥孩》（Fillette à la corbeille fleurie）这幅画是毕加索玫瑰时期（Rose Period）的重要画作，在这幅画⾥，毕加索描绘了⼀名在巴黎蒙马特区流浪卖花⼥，画⾯中的⼥孩⾯⾊苍⽩，⼿中花篮⾥的罂粟花暗⽰了她脆弱的存在。在这个的作品中，⼥孩的篮⼦⾥装着红⾊的罂粟花，象征着⾯包和葡萄酒，也象征着基督在圣餐圣礼上的⾝体和⾎液。毕加索他⽤简洁的造型和细节在画⾯上勾勒⼀种朴素、简化的曲线，他认为这样的作法和⼀般⽤更细致、更写实的绘画处理⽅式相⽐，反⽽更能突出⼈物独特的表情与氛围。
毕加索⼀向被⼈认为是⼀个“懂得市场营销”的艺术家，但实际上，他远不如那些批评他的⼈那么“看重”市场。1906年，年轻的毕加索因这幅画的独特风格受到了市场的欢迎，但是，他很快就放弃了这种能令他财源滚滚的艺术风格，不安分地转⽽探索具有极⼤风险、担当了巨⼤骂名的新风格。
1907年，毕加索的《亚威农少⼥》代表⽴体主义的崛起，原来喜欢他的收藏家们纷纷离他⽽去。但毕加索毫不动摇，他认为，⼀定会有新的⼈喜欢他新的风格，到那时，现在离他⽽去的收藏家们还会回来...
《亚威农少⼥》
结果证明，毕加索说的没错。不管你喜不喜欢毕加索，他的创造⼒和魅⼒，就是让那些⼀辈⼦钻在钱堆⾥不敢突破的画家们眼红嫉妒。他是个不断变化艺术⼿法的探求者，⼏乎每两三年就要有⼀些绘画上的发明创新，在艺术历程上也没有什么章法可循，从⾃然主义到表现主义，从古典主义到浪漫主义，然后又回到现实主义… 弄了⼀⼤堆主义之后，玩性⼤发，接着尝试雕塑、陶艺、图案等等多项领域。他甚⾄跨界和⾹奈⼉⼀起合作舞台剧《安提⼽涅》（Antigone）和“运动芭蕾舞剧”《蓝⾊列车》(The Blue Train) 的艺术设计，毕加索负责布景设计，⾹奈⼉负责服装设计。
毕加索永远⽆休的创造⼒，很⾃然地让我想到⼩时候喜欢的英雄⼈物孙悟空的72变。唯⼀不同的是，毕加索的⼿是长了眼睛的如来神掌，⼀出⼿，所有的颜⾊、线条、形状都在他掌控之下。
不知为什么，说到这，我的脑袋浮现⼀个清晰的画⾯：毕加索⽬光炯炯有神，⾯对空⽩的画布，双⼿⼀挥，然后⼤喊：“我变，我变，我变、变、变！” ⽽这种变中求变、又再变，永远挑战⾃⼰的创造⼒是我最佩服、最欣赏的⼀点！
⽓味可以⽤眼睛闻吗？
我常常被问到⼀个问题：⽓味真的可以⽤眼睛来闻吗？这个问题可以⽤两个⾓度来回答。第⼀是科学的⾓度，第⼆是艺术的⾓度。
你有没有听过⼀个科学名词叫做联觉（synesthesia），联觉又叫做通感，根据科学家统计，全世界每2000⼈就有⼀⼈有联觉能⼒，他们能够尝到颜⾊，看见⽓味、“嗅”出形状、摸出味道……听起来很像漫威的那些超级英雄哦！
20年代活跃在巴黎的俄国画家康定斯基（Kandinsky），本⼈就有声⾳与颜⾊的联觉能⼒，所以他说：“我听到⾳乐，就看到了⾊彩。” ⽽法国诗⼈阿蒂尔·兰波（Arthur Rimbaud）更妙，他在诗⾥头写着，“⾹⽔看起来像⿊⾊，⾹⽔就是红⾊。” 嗯~ 在他的眼⾥，只有红⾊和⿊⾊的⾹⽔呀…… 哈雷路亚！还好我没有兰波这项特异功能，否则我就喝西北风，没办法胜任⾹⽔创意和包装设计的⼯作了。
Arthur Rimbaud（1871）
⾹⽔因为有“缺席”的本质，看不见，摸不着，短暂⽽易挥发。因此，如何把⾹⽔视觉化，⾃古以来⼀直是画家、玻璃匠和设计师的挑战。⾹⽔可以⽤艺术的媒介被看见，从⼀幅画、⼀张摄影、⼀张插画到⼀⾸⼩诗，当然，还有⼀只⾹⽔瓶。
这些艺术媒介当中，⾹⽔瓶是最直接的媒介了。因为瓶⼦确实能够捕捉⾹⽔的视觉形状，同时表达了⾹⽔的真实感官：当你把它握在⼿上，你握住的是⼀个瓶⼦，⽽不是⾹⽔。可是同时，这个瓶⼦又让你意识到它是⾹⽔的象征，所以实际上，根本没有瓶⼦这回事。
这样的意境，像是1929年⽐利时超现实画家雷尼·马格利特（René Magritte）画的《形象的叛逆》（The Treachery of Images），但是⼤家⽐较熟悉的画名是《这不是⼀个烟⽃》，因为画上只有⼀个烟⽃，下书“Ceci n'est pas une pipe”。他知道，⼈们常常会感觉⾃⼰看到了烟⽃，但马格利特想表达的是，这幅画不是⼀⽀烟⽃，它只是⼀⽀烟⽃的形象⽽已。所以言下之意，你手上的这个香水瓶，它真的不是一个香水瓶，它只是一个香水的形象而已。
《形象的叛逆》
我们除了从线条可以看见⾹⽔，颜⾊也可以表现⾹⽔。我们都知道，颜⾊在情绪传达上起着重要的作⽤。举毕加索的蓝⾊时期和玫瑰时期来说好了：
蓝⾊是忧郁的代表⾊，是沉闷的象征，英⽂也⽤“I feel blue”来表达郁闷的情绪。毕加索蓝⾊时期的作品是他在西班⽛时，因好朋友⾃杀的影响从⽽获得的创作灵感。1904年春，毕加索迁居巴黎与⼼爱的⼈⼀起⽣活，他的蓝⾊风格因为爱情的滋润宣告结束，取而代之的是那种暖洋洋的粉红⾊，代替了沉重抑郁的⼀⽚蓝⾊，青春和爱情活⽣⽣地出现在画⾯上……
和绘画⼀样，⾹⽔的情绪也可以⽤颜⾊来表达。我记得，⾹奈⼉曾对“红⾊”做过这样的解读，她说：“红⾊是⽣命的颜⾊，是鲜⾎的颜⾊，我爱红⾊。” 所以，2018年，为了迎接圣诞佳节的来临，⾹奈⼉五号限量版⾹⽔也穿上了红⾊的应景⾊。
我们再回到《⼿捧花篮的⼩⼥孩》这幅画，⼥孩⼿上那⼀篮花，红得灿烂。但是你有没有想过⼀个问题：这篮红⾊的花，为什么是罂粟花，⽽不是红玫瑰呢？我们都知道，玫瑰⾼贵又芬芳，是温室⾥娇贵的花朵；然⽽罂粟花只是⼀种欧洲随处可见的杂草、⼗分贫贱，罂粟花的花朵本⾝也没有任何味道。
其实，罂粟花暗⽰了画中⼥孩的出⾝：她是⼀名流浪⼉，⾝上⼀⽆所有，所以她根本没有条件去种玫瑰、卖玫瑰。为了活下去，她能卖的，就只有最最贫贱的杂草——罂粟花。
虽然罂粟花不像玫瑰那么⾼贵芬芳，但却有它独有的顽强的⽣命⼒。就像画中的⼥孩⼀样，哪怕出⾝贫贱、⼀⽆所有，可是当你借⽤毕加索炙热的凝视来欣赏这幅画时，你会闻到⼀股罂粟花在简朴勾勒的线条和粉红⾊调的氛围中，静静地散发出⼀股顽强天真的⽣命⽓息……
所以啊，⽓味，真的可以看得见！
艺术家的天使翅膀
赞助⼈斯泰因曾这么形容毕加索的创造⼒，她说：“毕加索总能从绘画中得到些什么，他⼀直都在⼯作。只要他摸过的，总是有神奇的事情会产⽣，或迷⼈、或可爱、或复杂、或简单，或令⼈不安、或有趣、或令⼈反感、或漂亮... 反正，就是会产⽣⼀些什么东西出来。” 可以感觉，斯泰因讲这些话的情绪有些迷惘，因为毕加索总是跑在最前⾯，还边跑边变，让⼈来不及替他下注解。
2020-10-1326 min感觉香水：香奈儿和她的艺术家朋友圈02. 七十二变的艺术家导语
Bonjour~ 朋友寄了一张⽣⽇卡⽚给我，画家是20年代开始就在巴黎相当活跃的藤⽥嗣治（Léonard Foujita）。我的这位朋友很有意思，每年都会寄⼀张有关⾹⽔的卡⽚给我，这张卡⽚呢，实际上是1928年藤⽥替⼀家公司画的⾹⽔⼴告，⼴告⽂案只写了⼀句话："Mon seul ami"，中⽂就是"我唯⼀的朋友"，sweet……
1921年的巴黎，战后复兴
上周见⾯的时候，我提到⾹⽔史的重要分界年：1921年——从这⼀年开始，⾹⽔历史开始分为⾹奈⼉五号之前和之后的历史。
实际上，今天持久的"经典"中，有许多实际上是在1920年代创造的，⽐如有1925年的Guerlain的Shalimar，还有1927年的Lanvin的Arpege，在这些⾹⽔⾥⾯，其中最出⾊、最常被⼈们提及的，就是⾹奈⼉五号⾹⽔。
要知道，每⼀款⾹⽔的诞⽣，都有着特定的历史原因和社会背景。20年代的⾹⽔市场之所以会如此蓬勃发展，这和欧洲当时的享乐主义和新⼥性主义有关。
经过了第⼀次世界⼤战后，战争的痛苦记忆导致了⼈们⼴泛的转变，尤其在哲学和对⽣存的态度上。⼈们开始希望能够享受当下的快乐，⽽不⽤关⼼未来。中⽂不是有句名⾔吗？"今朝有酒今朝醉，明⽇愁来明⽇愁"，当时的欧洲就是这种⼼态，⼤家想摆脱社会法规的束缚，所以新的奢侈的趋势、⽣活⽅式和时尚就这么产⽣了。
在法国，1920年代被称为"疯狂的年代"（Les Annees Folle）。这个时期，⼥⼈们开始穿上舒服的⾐服，⾃由地表达着新⼥性主义，同时她们也希望能通过⾹⽔来定义⾃⼰。
你有没有听过⼀个词叫"flapper girl"？她们代表⾃由、时髦、奔放的⼥孩形象：⽩天还是⾝着⽇装的舒雅⼥⼦，晚上便换上亮⽚流苏舞裙，留着俏⽪短发Bob头，画上烟熏妆，叼着长管烟，出⼊爵⼠酒吧，她们快乐跳舞与放胆追爱。你看过影⽚《了不起的盖茨⽐》（The Great Gatsby）吗？⾥头⼥性的穿着服饰和⽣活态度就是"flapper"。有趣的是，写《了不起的盖茨⽐》的作家弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德（ F. Scott Fitzgerald），他的太太泽尔达（Zelda Sayre）在现实⽣活中，就是⼀个活⽣⽣"flapper girl"的代表。
菲茨杰拉德与妻子（1921）
同样在1921年，菲茨杰拉德带着他的flapper太太来到巴黎，当时的巴黎是欧洲⽂化经济的中⼼。菲茨杰拉德把20年代定义成⼀个"奇迹的时代"，⼀个挥⾦如⼟的时代，⼀个艺术的时代。所以在第⼀次世界⼤战后，美国"迷失的⼀代"（Lost Generation），像是海明威（Hemingway）和格特鲁德·斯泰因（Gertrude Stein）都来到了巴黎。
除了美国⼈，来⾃其它国家的⼀群优秀的作家和艺术家也都来到巴黎，开始现代艺术的创作，包括写《尤利西斯》（Ulysses）爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce），还有中国画家常⽟当时也在巴黎学艺术。
你知道吗，⼈们对于20年代的巴黎有⼀种美得不能再美的赞美："怎么会有这么⼤度的胸怀去容下这样⼀群⼈，并且接纳异国的⽂化思想！"
是的，这就是巴黎！在这样⾃由的创作氛围下，巴黎画派、⽴体画派、达达主义、超现实主义、荷兰风格派与德国包豪斯学派的艺术家，纷纷出现在艺术赞助⼈创⽴的⽂化沙龙、咖啡厅和私⼈聚会，他们集体构成了繁荣、多样化的现代主义的艺术氛围。艺术中的现代主义有"去旧⾰新"的意思，指的是拒绝维多利亚时代的传统，探索⼯业时代、现实⽣活中的问题，同时也将对过去的拒绝与实验结合在⼀起，展现出⼀种"现代的氛围"。
现在，请允许我第三次讲"1921年"，因为，1921年实在太有意思了——这⼀年，假⼩⼦服装设计师可可·⾹奈⼉在她的寓所举办⼀场圣诞晚宴。
据说，⾹奈⼉的餐宴可是巴黎⼈最想参加的局之⼀，因为她的餐宴充满了巴黎"最闪闪发光，最著名和最有趣的智慧"，所以可以想象，这些宾客都是世界级的上流权贵与⽂艺⼈⼠。那⼀晚，西班⽛画家毕加索（Picasso）也被香奈儿邀请，他们的友谊从此开始。
花园街27号的⽂艺圣地
我从文化与艺术来谈香水，这其实并不容易，因为⾹⽔看不见、摸不着，但是借助谈⾹⽔诞⽣的重要时刻、那时候周遭的社会⽓氛和艺术风格，或许可以成为我们真实能够感觉⾹⽔的⼀种途径，而毕加索就是⾹⽔⽂化绕不开的⼀个⼤⼈物，不相信？那你可以继续听我往下讲——
1921年，毕加索和⾹奈⼉见⾯的时候，他已经在巴黎闯出名⽓了，和⾹奈⼉⼀样，他也很喜欢结交朋友，特别喜欢和作家与诗⼈混在⼀起，因为他认为这样才能在兴趣和专业上产⽣互补，⽽且这些圈外的朋友可以给他不同的视野与建议，帮助他来完成作品，同时也提供了⼀种国际观，将他的作品推⼴到世界其他的地⽅。
但毕加索的艺术之路并不是⼀开始就顺风顺⽔的。早在1904年，毕加索刚从西班⽛搬到巴黎发展他的艺术⽣涯。那时的他还只是⼀个在巴黎的艺术⼤海⾥挣扎的艺术家，只能靠卖画维⽣，他最常出没的地⽅，就是位于巴黎第六区的花园街27号（27 rue de Fleurus）。这个地⽅是画家、作家聚集的⽂艺圣地，就是在这⾥，毕加索遇到了他的贵⼈，也是花园街27号的主⼈，美国⽂学⼀代教母格特鲁德·斯泰因（Gertrude Stein）。
格特鲁德·斯泰因（1934）
斯泰因体态丰满，侃侃⽽谈时常常有⼀种⽓吞⼭河的⽓概，但是她的内⼼却温柔得像⼤地之母。她像教导⼉⼦⼀样教导海明威写作，那时的海明威还是⼀个抱着作家梦的战地记者呢！⽽她的⽂化沙龙出⼊的都是⽇后响叮当的艺术⼤师，名单⼀打开来，夸张⼀点的说，可以绕地球⼀圈！斯泰因家到处挂满壁画的景象，花园街27号就是绘画作品的展⽰厅：布拉克（Braque），德兰（Derain），雷诺阿（Renoir），塞尚（Cézanne），⾼更（Gauguin），马蒂斯（Matisse）…… 当然，还有毕加索。
当时巴黎的沙龙与咖啡聚会，其实就是⼀个"sounding board"，充满了激发创作的灵感。⽂艺创作者们都知道，如果你在尝试构思⼀些新的想法，可以与你的好友围在⼀起⾃由⾃在地聊天讨论，你会因此和他们产⽣共鸣和激荡。说到这⾥... 我在想，⾹奈⼉五号⾹⽔是不是也是在这样沙龙的氛围下激荡出创意的呢？虽然⽆法向⾹奈⼉求证，不过，你可以跟我⼀起想象：
⾹奈⼉和朋友们在沙龙熬夜聚会后，踏着夜幕的星光⾛回住处丽兹酒店，⽉亮像刚刚告别的沙龙⼥主⼈米西亚（Misia）⼀样，跳上钢琴弹着静静的⽉光。她换上拖鞋，从口袋摸索出⼏张⼩纸⽚，这些纸⽚上记下好友们天马⾏空的点⼦。⾹奈⼉坐着、看着，重温好友们留在纸⽚上⾯的创意热情：
第⼀张纸沾了建筑师勒·柯布西耶（Le Corbusier）的铅笔味，他写下："房屋应该是⽣活的宝库。" ⾹奈⼉摸摸⾝上的珍珠项链，想着："嗯~ 那么⼥⼈拥有的宝库是什么？⼥⼈味，不是么？"
第⼆张纸沾了魅⼒诗⼈尚·考克多 (Jean Cocteau)的墨⽔味，他写下："真正的诗⼈不会卖弄诗意，就像园丁不会刻意喷洒⾹⽓在玫瑰上。" ⾹奈⼉点点头，⼼⾥嘀咕着："是呀，哪个⼥⼈会让⾃⼰闻起来是⼀朵花啊？⼥⼈闻起来就应该像⾃⼰，属于⾃⼰的⼀种⼥⼈味。"
第三张纸沾了作曲家斯特拉文斯基（Stravinsky）的铅笔味，他写下："⿐⼦会嗅闻，它懂得选择。所以艺术家只是有⼀个懂得嗅闻松露的猪⿐⼦。" ⾹奈⼉哈哈⼤笑，想着："真亏⽂质彬彬的Stravinsky会说这么接地⽓的话，是呀，了解原材料的特性，才是设计的第⼀步，就像我选择用Jersey一样... 对了，什么⽓味代表现代⼥性的⼥⼈味呢？"
第四张纸沾了画家毕加索的油墨, 他写下："⽴体主义可不是你可以掌握的现实。 它更像是⼀种⾹⽔，在你的⾯前，在⾝后，在侧⾯。它⽆处不在，所以你不太知道它来⾃于何⽅。" ⾹奈⼉莞尔⼀笑，听见⾃⼰内⼼的OS说： "Voila, 可不是嘛~ ⾹⽔本⾝就是艺术。作为⼀种抽象的艺术，那... 该怎么表现呢？"
这些点⼦好像是沙漏⾥⽩⾊的沙，细细摩擦彼此。⾹奈⼉看着晨雾的星光，认真地想："那，我能不能在花⾹中诠释出⼀种抽象迷⼈的⼥⼈味？能不能在实验室⾥创作出⼀⾸⾹⽔现代诗？"⾹奈⼉再次⾯临⼀个创意转折点……
我变，我变，我变、变、变
我想，每个艺术家在他们的艺术⽣涯中都⼀定有⼀个转折点。对Chanel来说，Jersey的成功是她的转折点；⽽对于毕加索来说，他的转折点就是《⼿捧花篮的⼩⼥孩》。
1908年的毕加索
《⼿捧花篮的⼩⼥孩》（Fillette à la corbeille fleurie）这幅画是毕加索玫瑰时期（Rose Period）的重要画作，在这幅画⾥，毕加索描绘了⼀名在巴黎蒙马特区流浪卖花⼥，画⾯中的⼥孩⾯⾊苍⽩，⼿中花篮⾥的罂粟花暗⽰了她脆弱的存在。在这个的作品中，⼥孩的篮⼦⾥装着红⾊的罂粟花，象征着⾯包和葡萄酒，也象征着基督在圣餐圣礼上的⾝体和⾎液。毕加索他⽤简洁的造型和细节在画⾯上勾勒⼀种朴素、简化的曲线，他认为这样的作法和⼀般⽤更细致、更写实的绘画处理⽅式相⽐，反⽽更能突出⼈物独特的表情与氛围。
毕加索⼀向被⼈认为是⼀个"懂得市场营销"的艺术家，但实际上，他远不如那些批评他的⼈那么"看重"市场。1906年，年轻的毕加索因这幅画的独特风格受到了市场的欢迎，但是，他很快就放弃了这种能令他财源滚滚的艺术风格，不安分地转⽽探索具有极⼤风险、担当了巨⼤骂名的新风格。
1907年，毕加索的《亚威农少⼥》代表⽴体主义的崛起，原来喜欢他的收藏家们纷纷离他⽽去。但毕加索毫不动摇，他认为，⼀定会有新的⼈喜欢他新的风格，到那时，现在离他⽽去的收藏家们还会回来...
《亚威农少⼥》
结果证明，毕加索说的没错。不管你喜不喜欢毕加索，他的创造⼒和魅⼒，就是让那些⼀辈⼦钻在钱堆⾥不敢突破的画家们眼红嫉妒。他是个不断变化艺术⼿法的探求者，⼏乎每两三年就要有⼀些绘画上的发明创新，在艺术历程上也没有什么章法可循，从⾃然主义到表现主义，从古典主义到浪漫主义，然后又回到现实主义… 弄了⼀⼤堆主义之后，玩性⼤发，接着尝试雕塑、陶艺、图案等等多项领域。他甚⾄跨界和⾹奈⼉⼀起合作舞台剧《安提⼽涅》（Antigone）和"运动芭蕾舞剧"《蓝⾊列车》(The Blue Train) 的艺术设计，毕加索负责布景设计，⾹奈⼉负责服装设计。
毕加索永远⽆休的创造⼒，很⾃然地让我想到⼩时候喜欢的英雄⼈物孙悟空的72变。唯⼀不同的是，毕加索的⼿是长了眼睛的如来神掌，⼀出⼿，所有的颜⾊、线条、形状都在他掌控之下。
不知为什么，说到这，我的脑袋浮现⼀个清晰的画⾯：毕加索⽬光炯炯有神，⾯对空⽩的画布，双⼿⼀挥，然后⼤喊："我变，我变，我变、变、变！" ⽽这种变中求变、又再变，永远挑战⾃⼰的创造⼒是我最佩服、最欣赏的⼀点！
⽓味可以⽤眼睛闻吗？
我常常被问到⼀个问题：⽓味真的可以⽤眼睛来闻吗？这个问题可以⽤两个⾓度来回答。第⼀是科学的⾓度，第⼆是艺术的⾓度。
你有没有听过⼀个科学名词叫做联觉（synesthesia），联觉又叫做通感，根据科学家统计，全世界每2000⼈就有⼀⼈有联觉能⼒，他们能够尝到颜⾊，看见⽓味、"嗅"出形状、摸出味道……听起来很像漫威的那些超级英雄哦！
20年代活跃在巴黎的俄国画家康定斯基（Kandinsky），本⼈就有声⾳与颜⾊的联觉能⼒，所以他说："我听到⾳乐，就看到了⾊彩。" ⽽法国诗⼈阿蒂尔·兰波（Arthur Rimbaud）更妙，他在诗⾥头写着，"⾹⽔看起来像⿊⾊，⾹⽔就是红⾊。" 嗯~ 在他的眼⾥，只有红⾊和⿊⾊的⾹⽔呀…… 哈雷路亚！还好我没有兰波这项特异功能，否则我就喝西北风，没办法胜任⾹⽔创意和包装设计的⼯作了。
Arthur Rimbaud（1871）
⾹⽔因为有"缺席"的本质，看不见，摸不着，短暂⽽易挥发。因此，如何把⾹⽔视觉化，⾃古以来⼀直是画家、玻璃匠和设计师的挑战。⾹⽔可以⽤艺术的媒介被看见，从⼀幅画、⼀张摄影、⼀张插画到⼀⾸⼩诗，当然，还有⼀只⾹⽔瓶。
这些艺术媒介当中，⾹⽔瓶是最直接的媒介了。因为瓶⼦确实能够捕捉⾹⽔的视觉形状，同时表达了⾹⽔的真实感官：当你把它握在⼿上，你握住的是⼀个瓶⼦，⽽不是⾹⽔。可是同时，这个瓶⼦又让你意识到它是⾹⽔的象征，所以实际上，根本没有瓶⼦这回事。
这样的意境，像是1929年⽐利时超现实画家雷尼·马格利特（René Magritte）画的《形象的叛逆》（The Treachery of Images），但是⼤家⽐较熟悉的画名是《这不是⼀个烟⽃》，因为画上只有⼀个烟⽃，下书"Ceci n'est pas une pipe"。他知道，⼈们常常会感觉⾃⼰看到了烟⽃，但马格利特想表达的是，这幅画不是⼀⽀烟⽃，它只是⼀⽀烟⽃的形象⽽已。所以言下之意，你手上的这个香水瓶，它真的不是一个香水瓶，它只是一个香水的形象而已。
《形象的叛逆》
我们除了从线条可以看见⾹⽔，颜⾊也可以表现⾹⽔。我们都知道，颜⾊在情绪传达上起着重要的作⽤。举毕加索的蓝⾊时期和玫瑰时期来说好了：
蓝⾊是忧郁的代表⾊，是沉闷的象征，英⽂也⽤"I feel blue"来表达郁闷的情绪。毕加索蓝⾊时期的作品是他在西班⽛时，因好朋友⾃杀的影响从⽽获得的创作灵感。1904年春，毕加索迁居巴黎与⼼爱的⼈⼀起⽣活，他的蓝⾊风格因为爱情的滋润宣告结束，取而代之的是那种暖洋洋的粉红⾊，代替了沉重抑郁的⼀⽚蓝⾊，青春和爱情活⽣⽣地出现在画⾯上……
和绘画⼀样，⾹⽔的情绪也可以⽤颜⾊来表达。我记得，⾹奈⼉曾对"红⾊"做过这样的解读，她说："红⾊是⽣命的颜⾊，是鲜⾎的颜⾊，我爱红⾊。" 所以，2018年，为了迎接圣诞佳节的来临，⾹奈⼉五号限量版⾹⽔也穿上了红⾊的应景⾊。
我们再回到《⼿捧花篮的⼩⼥孩》这幅画，⼥孩⼿上那⼀篮花，红得灿烂。但是你有没有想过⼀个问题：这篮红⾊的花，为什么是罂粟花，⽽不是红玫瑰呢？我们都知道，玫瑰⾼贵又芬芳，是温室⾥娇贵的花朵；然⽽罂粟花只是⼀种欧洲随处可见的杂草、⼗分贫贱，罂粟花的花朵本⾝也没有任何味道。
其实，罂粟花暗⽰了画中⼥孩的出⾝：她是⼀名流浪⼉，⾝上⼀⽆所有，所以她根本没有条件去种玫瑰、卖玫瑰。为了活下去，她能卖的，就只有最最贫贱的杂草——罂粟花。
虽然罂粟花不像玫瑰那么⾼贵芬芳，但却有它独有的顽强的⽣命⼒。就像画中的⼥孩⼀样，哪怕出⾝贫贱、⼀⽆所有，可是当你借⽤毕加索炙热的凝视来欣赏这幅画时，你会闻到⼀股罂粟花在简朴勾勒的线条和粉红⾊调的氛围中，静静地散发出⼀股顽强天真的⽣命⽓息……
所以啊，⽓味，真的可以看得见！
艺术家的天使翅膀
赞助⼈斯泰因曾这么形容毕加索的创造⼒，她说："毕加索总能从绘画中得到些什么，他⼀直都在⼯作。只要他摸过的，总是有神奇的事情会产⽣，或迷⼈、或可爱、或复杂、或简单，或令⼈不安、或有趣、或令⼈反感、或漂亮... 反正，就是会产⽣⼀些什么东西出来。" 可以感觉，斯泰因讲这些话的情绪有些迷惘，因为毕加索总是跑在最前⾯，还边跑边变，让⼈来不及替他下注解。
《⼿捧花篮的⼩⼥孩》不仅仅是斯泰因收集毕加索⼀系列的作品的开始，也是长达40年友谊的开始。尽管他们既不会说也不会读对⽅的母语，但他们互相想办法了解彼此，尤其是在艺术和现代主义⽅⾯—— 你不觉得吗？当我们谈艺术、欣赏艺术的时候，最常谈的艺术家的⽣平，往往忽略掉赞助⼈的⾓⾊。但是艺术家在实现任何值得注意的事情的第⼀个规则，就是拥有所需要的资源来⽀撑创造⼒。
总⽽⾔之，赞助⼈是艺术家的翅膀，没有翅膀，就不能飞了。这⼀点，⾹奈⼉的好友，同样也是艺术赞助⼈的Misia⼀定也感同深受。说到Misia... 和⾹奈⼉⼀样，她也是⼀个才华洋溢，⾹⽓盈盈的⼥⼈呢~
结语
好啦，今天我们从毕加索的画，聊到通感，希望你可以下次再去美术馆的时候，也可以闻到画中的味道，或者在使⽤⼀款⾹⽔的时候，打开好奇⼼，多去探索⼀点点背后的故事，我相信这都会让你更懂得欣赏⼀款⾹⽔的美丽。
我们下回见了，Ciao~
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