Upside of Inevitable

One of upsides of being an artist is that you get to meet lots of kindred spirits. A year ago I was lucky to get acquainted with a troupe of Teatro Palino in Baden (http://www.palino.ch/). Since then, if I am not painting or being away, I am there – restoring, serving drinks (it's an art too!) and talking to fellow artists at UnvermeidBar, an inevitable part of Teatro Palino.

Teatro Palino has two hearts – Marc Palino Brunner and Simona Hofmann (www.simonahofmann.ch/). Being same age with Simona we quickly became close. Last night she played her solo spectacle “Nachts explodieren deine Träume” in Theater Tuchlaube, Aarau. To watch on one breath. Funny, sad, sharp, ironic. If you get a chance to see this one woman show – do not miss it.

On the way back home from Tuchlaube I took the same train with Marc Palino Brunner and Xavier Mestres. Tomorrow they play their new piece 'ZWDU Der Zweifel' in Baden (the premiere took place in Gerona festival in December 2009). Two guys, one beard, I am looking forward to it. To watch this duet is always a joy – both on stage and in real life (always improvisations and uncontrollable giggles). Their friendship goes 30 years back to their wild times in Paris. The piece will be played in Teatro Palino till 21st of March.

Change of plans

Something huge, yellow, and warm struck against my windows. I peered out from under the duvet: “Nah. Neeeeh. Noup. Can’t be. CAN’T BE! The sun? THE sun?” I felt like one of those heroes in sci-fi movies walking out of a cave/star ship rumble/grey city block clearing out from a ten-year-old nuclear dust and looking in bewilderment and disbelief at comrades with an uncertain widening smile on unshaven faces…tears shining in the eyes: “We survived…”

Ok. But why now? Where has it been all that time? Why had it decided to show up when I declared to the world my winter depression, crawled to the nearest drug store to buy some vitamin C (make it also A, B, D, E, and some fish oil), and brought back two weighty value packs of various chocolate bars and a few good films? It’s not fair. What shall I do with you now, Sun? Have to go out obviously. Kuba the cat agreed.

So I dug out my ancient Armani sunglasses (it's kinda shocking: not the rain- or the snowglasses...the SUNglasses) and went out to buy new brushes, because I wanted to paint again. No, it should be written in capital letters: I WANT TO PAINT AGAIN. Then I had a coffee with a friend in a very pretty little café, it might become a next (little)exposition spot :). Then I went to a gym and bought one month subscription. I am a sportive person, but I have never been to a gym before.  After two hours of grunting and pressing buttons (unsuccessfully) on various machines I am back home marveling at my new brushes and wondering how much my muscles will hurt tomorrow. I am feeling quite happy actually. I am back. Change of plans.