WEBVTT 00:00:02.970 --> 00:00:07.469 Embrace. Spring is here, Paris. It's hardly April 00:00:07.469 --> 00:00:09.650 and I haven't seen you for almost three weeks 00:00:09.650 --> 00:00:13.289 now. But the ducks and the Egyptian geese have 00:00:13.289 --> 00:00:16.769 been coming to rest on my pier at night, and 00:00:16.769 --> 00:00:19.550 the recent agony has completely been erased from 00:00:19.550 --> 00:00:24.850 my nights. Almost all my nights. And as the new 00:00:24.850 --> 00:00:28.350 season has started on the Thames, so has the 00:00:28.350 --> 00:00:33.899 new games. joyful ones, and the new gaze as hopeful 00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:38.880 as them. Oh, Paris, amidst all this chaos in 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:42.500 the world, do lovers have a chance but for their 00:00:42.500 --> 00:00:47.479 own requiem? The sun still arrives with crispy, 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:52.560 rarely still air. My chest is less constricted, 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:56.820 my breathing slow and effortlessly controlled. 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:03.240 The heart is engorged. My smile arises from the 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.299 engorgement as my mind touches everything that 00:01:06.299 --> 00:01:10.640 feels warm. That feels fresh. That feels budding. 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:16.799 In a couple of days, Paris, our body will entwine 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:21.099 once again, allowing my soul to expand yet again. 00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:26.230 In a couple of days, all the songs you've blessed 00:01:26.230 --> 00:01:29.609 me with will find their new meaning as I walk 00:01:29.609 --> 00:01:33.849 your grounds with newly inhaled joy and contentment. 00:01:35.310 --> 00:01:40.450 Romance is possible once again. If only for a 00:01:40.450 --> 00:01:45.989 season. If only for an era. If only for the nights 00:01:45.989 --> 00:01:49.090 that put to rest the air of sadness and closes 00:01:49.090 --> 00:01:53.010 the gap between my body and my ideas of freedom. 00:01:54.189 --> 00:01:58.849 Like our inevitable occasional separation, Paris, 00:01:59.109 --> 00:02:02.709 our constant entanglement opens for me new paths, 00:02:03.090 --> 00:02:08.090 new windows for my mind to gaze through and 00:02:08.090 --> 00:02:12.250 new doors for my heart to walk through. Oh, how 00:02:12.250 --> 00:02:16.889 bloody exhilarating! My nonchalantly rebellious 00:02:16.889 --> 00:02:20.430 daughter slash bestie is coming with me on free 00:02:20.430 --> 00:02:23.580 return Eurostar voucher -- perks of being in star 00:02:23.580 --> 00:02:27.699 level -- and stay with us for just under a week 00:02:27.699 --> 00:02:32.659 and this alone brings extra joy to my reaching 00:02:32.659 --> 00:02:37.580 for your embrace. There will be an art exhibition 00:02:37.580 --> 00:02:41.139 opening to prepare and get involved in and there 00:02:41.139 --> 00:02:43.840 will possibly be an artist interview to film. 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.960 There will be suppers among friends and cafe 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.039 rendezvous in between. There will be conversations 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:56.080 my senses are ready to indulge in immoderately 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:01.759 and perhaps a picnic not far from Pont Neuf. There 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.919 will be a new layout and a book cover by my designer 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:08.759 to discuss. If I'm really lucky, there will also 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:12.439 be walking along your river Seine, solemnly, 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:18.000 undividedly, perhaps even on my own, consuming 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:24.310 your embrace. Almost greedily. Almost greedily, 00:03:24.310 --> 00:03:28.430 Paris, I am consuming everything that is beautiful 00:03:28.430 --> 00:03:31.590 and temporary this morning has to offer for me. 00:03:32.330 --> 00:03:36.150 Everything that is music, everything that is 00:03:36.150 --> 00:03:40.189 light, everything that is warm, everything that 00:03:40.189 --> 00:03:44.629 is carnal, and in the process, I feel your embrace 00:03:44.629 --> 00:03:50.289 embodied. Who knew love isn't in anything eternal! 00:03:50.909 --> 00:03:55.250 Who knew that as the objects come and pass, love 00:03:55.250 --> 00:04:00.610 travels so that it has a chance to evolve! I'm 00:04:00.610 --> 00:04:05.509 embracing my evolving love, Paris, for you and 00:04:05.509 --> 00:04:08.509 for everything and everyone that come between 00:04:08.509 --> 00:04:14.889 us, in spite of us. I'm infusing everything that 00:04:14.889 --> 00:04:17.870 belongs within me back from my surroundings, 00:04:18.189 --> 00:04:22.829 from everything that touches my skin, from every 00:04:22.829 --> 00:04:26.750 scent that comes about my way, from every view 00:04:26.750 --> 00:04:30.889 that encounters my eyes, from every sound that 00:04:30.889 --> 00:04:37.649 enters my ears. I am with love; therefore, I 00:04:37.649 --> 00:04:42.490 am myself. Time to let the guards down, Paris. 00:04:43.350 --> 00:04:46.790 It's time to open all the locks and let the river 00:04:46.790 --> 00:04:50.629 flows freely along with every boat that has managed 00:04:50.629 --> 00:04:54.529 to take their place in the middle. At least for 00:04:54.529 --> 00:04:59.170 a while. Amidst the chaos beyond the television 00:04:59.170 --> 00:05:05.129 we no longer own, let my thinking halt. If only 00:05:05.129 --> 00:05:11.490 for a moment. If only for a gleaming spot. In 00:05:11.490 --> 00:05:13.889 the distance between the carnal and the eternal, 00:05:14.209 --> 00:05:17.430 Let me possess your embrace. londres, le 29 mars 2026. je t'embrasse !