light as a leaf.

Bad habits are common to all human beings. Drugs, alcohol, passion, incessant search for genuine feelings, you name it. You have them, I have them and we will keep on having them, even though it will bring negative consequences that will remain with us forever.

Marla Singer, character of the motion picture ‘Fight Club’, directed by David Fincher, is the perfect example of these habits. She embodies the spirit of an addicted animal that irrationally looks for something in her life. From joining cancer groups (just because) to meeting an undefined person, ‘the narrator’, she is the only character that remains true to herself throughout the whole motion picture.

The female character created by Chuck Palahniuk wears black, a faux fur jacket and her raw personality while smoking an effortless cigarette covering her apathetic and sloppy allure. Marla is as light as a leaf, the only thing that keeps her tied to the ground is her attempt to live, that perfectly fails throughout the story. The wind blows through her light body, carrying her to bad habits and fake realities.

As I said, it’s a story that shows us how it's like to be alive with our scars, bones and more than one identity exposed, looking to the abysm.

The worst part of it all is that this is real life for some of us.

Catarina João Vieira