The Mind Creative
What a performance!
And what a GUITAR!!
I have a nagging suspicion that
such “big name” concerts are
more to do with the aftereffects than the performance
itself. The concert is merely a
prelude to the next social chat
and the ultimate after-party
discussion. The fact that you
can quickly be a social outcast
at such get-togethers was all too evident at a recent “arty” event
where I landed up sitting next to a youngish couple. As is expected
at such events, the conversation soon turned to the arts.
Amidst other things, they showed a degree of curiosity about my
opinion on Ingmar Bergman’s movies, specifically “Wild
Strawberries”. Alas, I had not seen that one and the only wild
strawberries I was aware of were the ones laid out neatly among
other desserts on the table, in the far corner of the room. The
blank look on my face was the ultimate blow to their young (and
arty) souls. The lady got up with a snort (it might have been a
cough) to pour herself one more free drink and the gentleman,
visibly upset, shifted his chair away from me. They refused to
speak to me for the rest of the boring evening.
However, I must candidly admit that art and creativity seem to be
flourishing these days because and I keep on bumping into music
composers, singers, painters, writers every time I turn round a
corner in Sydney. These extraordinary characters lurk in the most
unexpected places and the numbers seem to be growing by leaps
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