:26:02
The reason was not that I love orchids.
I don't even especially like orchids.
:26:06
What I wanted
was to see this thing...
:26:09
...that people were drawn to
in such a singular and powerful way.
:26:18
So how many turtles
did you end up collecting?
:26:22
I lost interest right after that.
:26:27
I dropped turtles when I fell
in love with Ice Age fossils.
:26:30
Collected the shit out of them.
:26:32
Fossils were the only thing that made
sense to me in this fucked-up world.
:26:37
I ditched fossils
for resilvering old mirrors.
:26:40
My mom and I
had the largest collection...
:26:42
...of 19th-century Dutch mirrors
on the planet.
:26:45
Perhaps you read about us.
Mirror World, October '88?
:26:48
I got a copy here somewhere.
:26:52
I guess I'd just like to know
how you can detach from something...
:26:56
...that you've invested
so much of your soul in.
:26:58
I mean, didn't you ever miss turtles?
:27:03
The only thing that made
your 10-year-old life worth living?
:27:07
Look, I'll tell you a story, all right?
:27:11
I once fell deeply, you know,
profoundly in love with tropical fish.
:27:16
I had 60 goddamn fish-tanks
in my house.
:27:18
I'd skin-dive to find just the right ones.
:27:21
Anisotremus virginicus, Holacanthus
ciliaris, Chaetodon capistratus.
:27:27
You name it.
:27:29
Then one day I say, "Fuck fish."
:27:32
I renounce fish. I vow never
to set foot in that ocean again.
:27:36
That's how much "fuck fish."
:27:39
That was 17 years ago, and I have
never since stuck a toe in that ocean.
:27:44
And I love the ocean.
:27:48
But why?
:27:51
Done with fish.
:27:54
If you'd really loved something,
wouldn't a little bit of it linger?
:27:58
Evidently Laroche's finishes
were downright and absolute.