“This is the only certainty. Here: your sensations; your body existing for its moment in time. Everything else is crap.”
As the person who awakens their passion for trying new things in most of the characters, she offers insightful advice to the women. The women use the art class in her dusty studio to interact and reinvigorate their interests and adventurous side. Marie and Simone find meaning in life after losing their spouses by engaging in the artsy activities. The assertion is sort of the essence of the art studio, a place to embrace art and embrace life in the moment. Thus, with the philosophy, the grieving women lead a more joyful life even though they live romantically lonely lives.
“How can you possibly reconcile the great inequities of gender – coupled with the perversions of age and the randomness of everything?”
The narrative at its core explores what it means to be a woman in the modern age. Though a minor character, Elizabeth acts as the one in the group who feels less as herself due to both her mindset and gender roles. In the assertion, she alludes to how women her age do not seem as glamorous as their male counterparts. In that men do not necessarily feel the weight of being a parent and a career person at the same time in the way women feel it. She believes she lacks some sort of edge that everyone has in terms of approaching life and dealing with their issues. However, with the help of the other women, she comes into herself and gains confidence.
