Watching an Audrey Hepburn documentary on a Monday evening actually helped in understanding her as a person, not the glamorous celebrity. The fascination with Audrey actually started when I saw her in one of our old books. However, as time went by, the fascination with her beautiful face started to change into something more personal, existential and less physical. Aging must be one of the reasons for that change in taste, but as you discover more things about her, the more you realize that she is different from the initial assumptions made. Her smiles,as well as her slender body, hide the sadness caused by her earlier experiences in her youth.
The same goes with Francoise Hardy, my favorite French singer. Her earlier songs are beautiful, but it was her later songs that defined her as a singer- songwriter. Her later, post-yeye, songs have this charisma that makes you curious and observant. Also,as I listen to her later songs, I realized how maturity can cause a person to see things in a different way. Which in her case, a good (but sometimes sad) way. I'm starting to see aging in a good way, though, different from the ideas I had in the past.