Red Emanuelle

Hey, Tom.

Is the rehearsal on Tuesday or Wednesday?

No, no, we're going to London on Friday,

so we need to be out of there by Thursday,

and the plane leaves at 10:30.

So I just don't know how that's gonna work,

and this last project just killed me.

I mean, it was just so stressful.

Like I don't know if I can keep this up.

Right, right, and I get that,

and I get that it's busy for you,

but it's putting a lot on me as well.

So I'm gonna need to like

have some clear communication here.

So if you could get that to me, that'd be great, yeah.

So Wednesday, okay.

No, no, Tom, I get it.

It's not all on you, but it's the photographer.

I mean, you can't put me with him again. Like it's just...

I can't do it, he's too hard to work with.

If you put me with him again, I'm gonna quit.

Like I'm being pushed to my edge, there's just...

There's no way.

Like you understand my situation here.

You get it, you're stressed.

Come on.

No, no, no, no, no, Tom, you can't be serious.

He wants to meet in LA in his office?

Are you serious right now?

I can't stand this.

This is not fair.

I need a raise.

I need you to double my salary or I'm gonna quit

because this is ridiculous.

He's the hardest person I've had to work with.

Thank you.

Get to it, make it work.

Thank you, bye-bye.

Come on, Red, you can do this.

It's just one day.

Just meet him in his office.

Tell him the plan.

Get it done with, get paid, leave.

It's gonna be fine.

It's gonna be fine.

Hey, Bella.

Yeah, no, I would love to go out today,

but I have to go meet this photographer.

Remember the one I told you about

that's like the hardest to deal with ever?

Yeah, I have to meet him at his office,

I know, in LA through all the traffic on a Saturday.

Like can you believe that?

No, no, I know.

I mean, I get it.

Like he's good for my career.

He's well known.

He's big time, whatever,

but like he's so difficult to deal with.

Like I don't know.

It's just weird vibes like...

I know, no, I know.

I know, it's for my career.

I know it'll be better.

I just have to get through it.

It'll be fine, but once I'm done,

we'll go out, I promise.

We'll go out tonight, and then we'll tear up the town,

have a great time.

It'll be great.

I'ma see you too, bye-bye.

Oh, my God, it's been 15 minutes.

Where is he?

I came all this way.

I was early even like...

I just need a vacation.

Megan, I need to get rid of this stress.

It's just too much to deal with.

I need a vacation.

First, Paris, then London,

then we gotta go to Tokyo next month.

Like these gigs never stop,

and like, of course, I'm grateful,

but like I just want to rest.

I need to relax.

Let the tension go.

It's always go, go, go, go, go.

What about me?

Like all I do is write about everyone else.

When can I really relax?

Well, well, Emanuelle.

- Hi. - Hey, how are you?

I'm good, I'm fine.

It's good to see you.

Good to see you, too.

You've changed your nails.

- I have. - Show me?

This is interesting.

When I see this pattern, it feels very vibrant.

They're very red.

- Right. - Did you do this on purpose?

They are red.

Hmm, interesting.

And yet you feel very cold.

Is everything okay?

- Somewhat. - Yeah?

Stressed, tired, a lot of work.

I know, and that's why I wanted to talk to you.

After our last shoot, I was really thinking.

I was thinking about you,

and I was thinking about the whole vibe

at the warehouse when we shot that collection.

Okay.

And I felt you were very, very stressed.

I thought we came to talk about work or like photography.

Well, this is connected in some way.

I know it's not a traditional meeting.

Trust me, I understand, I understand.

I'm not gonna waste your time, Emanuelle.

You're busy these days.

Where are you going?

Right, I have to be at Paris a couple days,

and then I'm going to London, and then Tokyo next month.

So like I got a lot to do, I...

I know.

Even right now, when you're talking to me,

I can feel you're just go, go, go.

You're really like rigid.

Yeah.

I can see it.

I can feel the rigidity coming from your hands.

Even now, you don't know this about me,

but I spent a lot of time

with this kind of body-based therapy,

movement to release stress,

and I really thought you might need some coaching.

Okay.

Don't, this is not anything weird.

This is just like as a friend and a collaborator.

- Okay. - You know?

I care for you, obviously,

and I care for your well being.

But I'm fine.

Are you?

- Yeah. - Are you fine?

It's just the work lifestyle like...

The work lifestyle?

Oh, my God, look, seriously, hold on.

You...

You're very tense,

and the energy blockage, I can feel it

kind of blocked in a way.

Emanuelle, it's not just me, by the way.

It's your assistant.

She's worried about you, too.

I don't know what's going on.

Are you seeing anybody these days?

Are you having a chance to like relax

or do anything that you wanted to do?

The modeling, the acting, the...

I don't know.

I don't have time for that.

I just write about other people.

Like...

I understand.

Well, Emanuelle, what I'm offering you

is I'm offering you a chance

to really go inside yourself

in some way,

and it'll help you.

Okay.

I mean, like I said, as a friend, as a collaborator,

I want to see you thrive.

Don't you want that?

Of course, but I think I am thriving,

like in work, you know?

In work, you're thriving,

but there's something beyond work.

There's something that goes beyond work,

and it goes straight into you,

straight into your heart, straight into your life.

I want to get to the heart of that.

I want to get to the core of that.

This was given to me by a friend of mine.

Don't worry about him.

He's a tech billionaire.

This mask transformed me.

You don't have to wear it,

but the presence of the mask

can open you up, and it can take you inside.

Emanuelle, this is a journey, an inner journey.

It looks a little ominous.

It does look ominous.

Sometimes, the mystical can be ominous.

It can be blank.

Through that dark blank space,

we can come to inhabit something different,

something more open,

something that can be channeled through us,

something like a dream.