Artist and author Brosgol, who immigrated to the U.S. from Moscow when she was a child, is clearly pulling from her own pained experience of trying to fit in, and she conveys that experience with relatable, self-deprecating humor in both her text and her drawings.
She conveys that innocence with an emotional and physical candor.
It is the spirit she conveys: that of a pure, unsullied wildness whose changes and constancies reverberate deeply in her mind.
At the same time, she conveys that the work is fun".
She is a person of conviction, who has given up a meaningful career out of belief in her husband, and she said as much; and she is a warm person, a human being - it says a lot for him that she wants to be married to him, and even more for her that she can convey that so simply and without artifice.
Still, she effectively conveys that, for Vigée Le Brun, matters such as politics, friendship, and love were subordinate to an absolute focus on honing her skill.
I never say, 'She can't do that many lines; she can't be that intimate; she can't convey that with a look.' You don't think when you pick someone when they're six years old that they're going to do that seven years later".
She tries to convey that message through the stories she tells him, and through her body as well.
Any subtleties that she seems to convey, that otherwise differ from her normal behavior, are all supporting arguments that she may be lying to you.
"The idea is to hear from the Postal Service rather than the critics, to let the dedicated work force speak for themselves," she said, and help convey that "it's not just about mail anymore, it's also shipping".
