I think the risk they keep facing and enduring is the agony of separation after deepening their attachment of love to each other.
I think this is true. In terms of dialogue, I would add this from Orphans:
Catherine: Do you think that someday… will we ever be together, truly together?
Vincent: Only if and when we understand how great the sacrifice and how large the fears and are able to move through them.
Catherine: I’m not scared.
Vincent: Catherine, we are something that has never been. And our journey is one that none has ever taken. We are just now setting out. We must go with courage and we must go with care.
I would add to the risk of separation:
- the risk of danger to one another. By this, I am speaking not of Vincent hurting Catherine physically, but of each of them being discovered, and unintentionally causing hurt to the other. And of course, discovery would likely lead to separation.
- personal risks in a fear that either (likely more Catherine) would not be able to love enough to get past the fears and sacrifices that their relationship requires.
- the risk of unfulfillment, that they will never be able to be together, and that all the struggle and all the sacrifice never has the hoped for outcome.
Just some other thoughts.
Pat
[quote]I think the risk they keep facing and enduring is the agony of separation after deepening their attachment of love to each other.[/quote]
I think this is true. In terms of dialogue, I would add this from Orphans:
Catherine: Do you think that someday… will we ever be together, truly together?
Vincent: Only if and when we understand how great the sacrifice and how large the fears and are able to move through them.
Catherine: I’m not scared.
Vincent: Catherine, we are something that has never been. And our journey is one that none has ever taken. We are just now setting out. We must go with courage and we must go with care.
I would add to the risk of separation:
- the risk of danger to one another. By this, I am speaking not of Vincent hurting Catherine physically, but of each of them being discovered, and unintentionally causing hurt to the other. And of course, discovery would likely lead to separation.
- personal risks in a fear that either (likely more Catherine) would not be able to love enough to get past the fears and sacrifices that their relationship requires.
- the risk of unfulfillment, that they will never be able to be together, and that all the struggle and all the sacrifice never has the hoped for outcome.
Just some other thoughts.
Pat