Actress Jill Clayburgh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Clayburgh
died yesterday of Leukemia. She was so young!
I remember Jill Clayburgh most from the movie, “An Unmarried Woman”, 1978. This was a very progressive movie in its day. Jill Clayburgh played Erica, the wife of stockbroker, Martin. She did not realize that something was very wrong. Martin abruptly announced that he was leaving her. She was shocked and went through a wide variety of emotions. Her close friends and daughter helped her through the experience until she, finally, came out on the other side and realizes that she wanted to make her life better.
I rented “An Unmarried Woman” from Netflix about a year after I fell. I was in a great deal of physical pain which led to considerable emotional pain. I, too, felt as if my life had unraveled suddenly (for different reasons). My counselor spoke about the value of watching movies as an escape. I also watched movies as a safe way to look at my life by watching others’ lives. It did not matter to me that they were fictional characters.
Here are the thoughts I dictated into a voice recorder when I watched
This was another scene from “An Unmarried Woman”. This was the scene with Erica’s psychologist and I can really relate.
It's just this experience of life crashing down, and every day is frightening. Every day I don't know what's going to happen. Having to face each day is an enormous challenge. Now I have some people in my life, who are helping me explore it. The exceptionally astute friend I have in Wisconsin that I talk to once or twice a month and volunteers from Faith in Action who drive me to doctors’ appointments and help slice vegetables and prepare food.
I feel that there are people out there who can be a witness to my life just as Erica found people to do so. And so this is a very powerful “An Umarried Woman” scene, I find, and a very comforting scene. The psychologist comes across as a very comforting person, very authentic, and compassionate.
I remember Jill Clayburgh most from the movie, “An Unmarried Woman”, 1978. This was a very progressive movie in its day. Jill Clayburgh played Erica, the wife of stockbroker, Martin. She did not realize that something was very wrong. Martin abruptly announced that he was leaving her. She was shocked and went through a wide variety of emotions. Her close friends and daughter helped her through the experience until she, finally, came out on the other side and realizes that she wanted to make her life better.
I rented “An Unmarried Woman” from Netflix about a year after I fell. I was in a great deal of physical pain which led to considerable emotional pain. I, too, felt as if my life had unraveled suddenly (for different reasons). My counselor spoke about the value of watching movies as an escape. I also watched movies as a safe way to look at my life by watching others’ lives. It did not matter to me that they were fictional characters.
Here are the thoughts I dictated into a voice recorder when I watched
This was another scene from “An Unmarried Woman”. This was the scene with Erica’s psychologist and I can really relate.
It's just this experience of life crashing down, and every day is frightening. Every day I don't know what's going to happen. Having to face each day is an enormous challenge. Now I have some people in my life, who are helping me explore it. The exceptionally astute friend I have in Wisconsin that I talk to once or twice a month and volunteers from Faith in Action who drive me to doctors’ appointments and help slice vegetables and prepare food.
I feel that there are people out there who can be a witness to my life just as Erica found people to do so. And so this is a very powerful “An Umarried Woman” scene, I find, and a very comforting scene. The psychologist comes across as a very comforting person, very authentic, and compassionate.
