It has been a looong time since my last blog-principally because there has been so much happening that I haven´t been able to translate it into words!

Today is my birthday thanks for all the greetings!

Last night as the clock struck 12 I happened to be ambling along the street by myself-a set of circumstances I thought very appropriate for the coming into being of my 24th year.

I went to a festival of urban dance in the centre of my courtyard which had just dissolved and people streamed out and the dregs sat in the warm air and watched clips of dances on a big screen. I bought a cold beer and I sat happily and snugly among the dregs wide eyed watching the many absurdities that does the dancing body specially when it wants to shock. Do you know how much "contemporary" art drama dance is judged successfull on its ability to estrange its public which lets be honest isn´t difficult except the estrangement is now so expected it is a known strange which maybe isn´t strange?

A secret about me: I curl up in glee when watching bad art that takes itself seriously it is my favourite past-time. Or even if it doesn´t. Like there was a video I saw of a tongue curving a pattern in salt. Repetitively it looped,over and over this tongue and the watcing crowd stood cold and dignified quiet watching and a guide deliverd 100 unsubtle complex metaphors in explanation of this poor pink tongue(immigration displacement...) and I shrieked with laughter inside it was wonderful. Or there was a line of a fresh-writ play that said "I want your maggot infested hands to carress my supile body"(she was talking to a ghost), and it was delivered without a glimmer of mirth! For me this is artistic expression, freedom of speech total

so anyway watching some prime off-cuts of this estranging contemporary dance was a perfect place to start this 24th year.

Now my mom is chatting to my cousin and my father and brother are snoozing peacefully the siesta on adjacent couches after a long family meal ...it is so nice to have my fam-damily with me for these 3 days I will write more details tommorow of our exploits