co-muses

read a great article a few years ago & was quite taken by the true story of tragic romance between two young, clever, talented but ultimately doomed artists. It looks like i wasn't the only one. brett easton ellis & gus van sant are working together on a script for Lionsgate based on the couple, inspired by the same article I read. Below are excerpts from the original article:

co-muses

"She was 'a blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window'....

She was a little bit wild (not sexually, God no -- she was rather demure there -- intellectually) and Jeremy loved wildness in people. 'By wildness I'm not referring to some corny idea of rock 'n roll excess,' he said. 'I'm talking about an internal turbulence and inventiveness that keeps the person and everyone around him or her on their toes.'

She could be combative. She let people know there was a line they couldn't cross with her. 'They were co-muses.....'

He loved that they knew interesting people, had them over all the time -- artists, musicians, writers, producers -- constantly drank, smoked, laughed and never turned on the television.....

As with everything else she did, she was fervent about it.... Her confidence was contagious. It was 'punk.'

Inspired...she made him feel free, and that made him feel loyal."

transcribed from the article "East Village Suicides" by Nancy J. Sales in the January 2008 issue of Vanity Fair about the lives of Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/01/suicides200801

see Theresa's blog here:
http://theresalduncan.typepad.com/

more on the movie:
http://www.slashfilm.com/gus-van-sant-and-bret-easton-ellis-team-to-write-suicide-film/

NY Mag'obit' called "conspiracy of two":
http://nymag.com/news/features/36091/