Rebirth

The patting down

The smoothing off

Of dirt and sand

The rain poured on

The desert then

It disappeared

The star we know

Is unforgiving

At times like these

Tectonic plates

That separate

On surfaces

All roads lead to

Another life

Wherever it

May be it is

The patting down

The smoothing off

Another life

Is somewhere else

But here because

The armies made

Of dirt and sand

Must now disarm

Disperse themselves

Not just disperse

But also break

To tiny pieces

From which new life

Is carved like birth

All roads lead to

Another life

Somewhere above

Where hints of light

And lesser texture

Define that place

Song of rebirth

Is good or bad

Depending on

What good or bad

Is smoldering

Upon the skin

Rebirth © Ron Villejo
 

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Elsa Zylberstein

On reading an interview of French actress “Elsa Zylberstein – pure héroϊne” in Aéroports de Paris magazine.

Part 5

La maison Nucigen – Un homme a gagné aux cartes une maison située au Chili. Après un long voyage avec son espouse, il arrive dans un endroit étrange où les fantômes ne sont pas plus bizarres que les vivants.

I always say yes. I left for Chile without even reading the script.

They say, ‘Be careful what you wish for, you 
     May actually get whatever it may be’ –

Mysterious place, a darkness with an air of fey, 
     The haunts of dying at the edge of life.

Elsa Zylberstein © Ron Villejo
 

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Elsa Zylberstein, Paris Fashion Week

On reading an interview of French actress “Elsa Zylberstein – pure héroϊne” in Aéroports de Paris magazine.

Part 4

I’m something of a global citizen… but Paris remains my city.

I can be resident 
     Of everywhere. 
It is no accident 
     The clothes I wear. 

Home is the place I nest 
     Where comforts live. 
Those parts that never rest 
     I do not give. 

We’ve traveled near and far 
     With roads that carry us 
Defining who we are – 
     Still, home is Paris.

Elsa Zylberstein © Ron Villejo
 

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Elsa Zylberstein

On reading an interview of French actress “Elsa Zylberstein – pure héroϊne” in Aéroports de Paris magazine.

Part 3

Romantic suits me! But it doesn’t mean much. It has dark and desperate connotations. I’m romantic, without the passive quality.

But doesn’t romantic mean eternal heavenly and active seeking of a love?

Elsa Zylberstein © Ron Villejo
 

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Elsa Zylberstein

On reading an interview of French actress “Elsa Zylberstein – pure héroϊne” in Aéroports de Paris magazine.

Part 2

I’m always getting ready for something. In September, I’ll be playing Hannah Arendt in Antoine Rault’s “Le Démon d’Hannah.” She was Heidegger’s pupil and they had an affair. When she returns to Friborg much later, she wonders how she could have fallen in love with a Nazi.

You’ll come to know how Hannah fell in love
        With Heidegger, before you even enter her.
But can you be the pupil, still, with love
        Unknowing in her eyes, while knowing her?

Elsa Zylberstein © Ron Villejo