An acrylic painting on wood panel, titled 'Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy', of two young women in white t-shirts with the years '1983' and '1985' on them. The girl in front, with her shorts down, is holding a machete and in her other hand a smart phone is exploding in her face. The girl in the back is holding a red book looking away.

Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy

(2013, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit)

I randomly found this on YouTube one night but neglected to watch it for a long time now. Lately, I've been enjoying movies that try to portray the mind of a teenage girl. The last one I watched with a similar pace was House. These movies just jump randomly from idea-to-idea, emotion-to-emotion, scene-to-scene with little reasoning. I am really entertained by this type of story telling and it feels fresh (later I learned that the movie is based on 400+ real tweets from an anonymous girl. Cool!). Just as I hoped, the second half goes off the deep-end as Mary tries to cope with various losses. After watching my mind feels a little bit hazy. I like it.


A screenshot of two girls in white and red school uniform t-shirts are praying. The caption reads 'Work hard, open to learning, prepare to go the extra mile'. From the film 'Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy'. An animated gif from the movie 'Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy' of a girl in a red and white school uniform t-shirt walking towards the camera holding a round birdcage. A screenshot of two girls in white and red school uniform t-shirts sitting on the floor next to a school computer. One of them is listening to headphones. From the movie 'Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy'.

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