The Tunnel

Being seen by someone can be terrifying. Castel is drawn to Maria because she sees his sadness but that same visibility eventually drives him mad.

“There was only one person who could understand me.”

Castel thinks he finally found a soulmate because Maria noticed a tiny window in his painting. It shows how desperate we get for any sign of being truly understood.

“I analyzed every word, every gesture, every silence.”

Obsession starts to look like logic when you spend too much time alone. He builds these massive mental cases against her over the smallest delays.

“In any case, there was only one tunnel, dark and solitary: mine.”

Love feels like a dark tunnel where you think you see another person. Then you realize you were just walking past each other in the dark.