My Week So Far
3/07/2007
I'm having a fun week; On Sunday I did a random spontaneous thing and took J to a casino. Blew about 30 bucks and had a crappy breakfast. Fun :) Then we drove to Philbrook Museum; they have a couple of strange, interesting exhibits, but overall it was relatively unspectacular as Philbrook tends to be. I wish Tulsa had a real museum, something along the lines of the St. Louis museum. But I suppose Tulsa isn't exactly an artistic nexus.
Later on we went to the park and kept our eyes open for the lunar eclipse. We were lucky enough to catch a small glimpse of it waning, and hopefully in August we can get a better lock at the next one.
Tuesday I read poetry at Gypsy open mic. I was generally well-received, and I met an incredible lady who does the whole african-american spoken word thing with great joy and intensity. She was a big, beautiful poetess, a rare bird in the flock of Tulsa's mostly silent creative community. I bought one of her books and went home.
It was J's first time reading poetry in front of strangers, and I believe she did rather well. What bugs me is how loud and disrespectful a lot of the patrons tend to be. It's hard enough to get in front of everyone and read poetry for the first time, even harder when 1/3 of the crowd would rather carry on their heightened conversations on top of your recital. I don't understand why people are so disrespectful, self-absorbed and careless. Sometimes I loathe humanity. We should treat our artists with more respect than that. Fuck you people.
Tonight I was invited to play hand drums at a hafla (bellydance gathering/party). My hands are sore as hell from drumming for over 3 hours nonstop. It was a beautiful, transcendental experience. I love playing my drum and watching people dance and be sexy and beautiful.
Tomorrow is a housecleaning night. I need to tidy up a bit, buy groceries, and make the spare bed for a friend who needs a place to stay for an evening. Looking forward to Friday; I'm going to see the new David Lynch film with J, and Saturday night I plan to do some drinking with my friend M; we were best friends back in High School and only recently reconnected.
Sunday I have a house concert, which should be a breeze, and I am clueless about next week.
Just living day to day for awhile, seeing where my heart and interests take me. I look back on how I've been spending my time, and it surprises me how much I've been going out, getting involved in creative things, celebrating the spirit of dance and music and poetry. I'm in a particular creative slump at the moment, but sometimes one has to step back and absorb rather than spend all their time composing and formulating.
I wonder what's around the corner :)
posted by novachild @ Wednesday, March 07, 2007,
