I was in Montreal with friends, "celebrating" my 30th birthday, not hearingfrom a man who ended up undermining everything I thought I knew. I realized on that trip that emotions matter, that hearts can break, and that he broke mine. I sat in the bathroom wondering what to do. So I took this picture as a reminder of that quiet, sane, weirdly beautiful realization. Then went out and had a great brunch in the steaming heat of old Montreal. And lost my favourite glasses.