Take Care of Yourself
Sophie Calle

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Published: 2007

I received an email telling me it was over.

I didn’t know how to respond.

It was as if it wasn’t meant for me.

It ended with the words: Take Care of Yourself.

I took this recommendation literally.

I asked a hundred and two women, chosen for their profession, to interpret the letter in their professional capacity.

To analyse it, provide a commentary on it, act it, dance it, sing it.

Dissect it.

Squeeze it dry.

Understand for me.

Answer for me.

It was a way to take the time to break up.

At my own pace.

A way to take care of myself.

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