simon et julia

- You disconcert me. I find it unbearable, even for a second, to think of loving without bodies coming in to free or to sustain desire.
- Who said anything about desire? I’m talking about a specific emotion which creates presence way beyond the real body.
- Emotions, we have more than we need to elude reality. Desire is what prompts every encounter, every life impulse.
- I don’t desire you. I’m moved by you. I’m keenly touched by everything in you that signifies. That is infinitely more precious than desiring you. I’m vitally touched by you.
- As for me, I say desire and quickly, bodies one on one. Bodies of abundance, caresses, embraces, excitation. I want traces, marks, blood streaming in our veins. Love needs evidence. Carnal evidence otherwise the body languishes, dissolves into the twisted stuff of words, the chaos of emotion.

Nicole Brossard, A Book to Translate in Mauve Desert (via journal de bord de simon pour julia)

mauve desert is one of our favourite books. this is a conversation between two lovers. this part felt particularly poignant when i re-read the book when we were apart for 3 months. for a couple who has spent nearly half of our relationship long-distance, i’m very interested in the physical/emotional aspects of relationships… what a voice means, what a kiss means, what a touch means. how can the length of time between when you were last touched make those feelings more intense?

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   This makes me want to read that book !

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