It’s such a
great feeling to be free on a Saturday! Just to breathe the fresh air,
contemplate the yellow mum flowers and enjoy the last days of mild weather in
Chicago! And… to meet interesting people.
I met a lady
today named Maria.
I was invited to a
friend’s house for a cup of hazelnut coffee in the morning. A Hispanic cleaning lady was working
in the house. It was such an amazing moment to meet her, observe her and listen to her. I could see clearly the character I have created recently for my new play.
Her name is
Maria!
I did not
feel bad asking her questions and communicating with her. No worries if I'm not politically correct. No hesitation. I
love to hear people’s stories. Their happiness, sadness, challenges, and
struggles through life.
Outside is
raining! How fascinating the rain is when you talk to amazing people and listen
to their lyrical words, melodic tones of their voice and honest dispositions! How
beautiful their language is when they speak in broken English!
Rain is no more a problem. Rain is an act of embracing. Rain brushes the hair of willow trees.
Rain is no more a problem. Rain is an act of embracing. Rain brushes the hair of willow trees.
Now it’s
sunny after the rain and the cars racing on the wet streets…I don’t need to
listen to any music.
Everything
has a certain melody!
She says she
is forty three years old, has four children, four grand children, her younger son
is ten, her oldest grand child is nine, (they both grow up together like brothers,) has lived in California, New York City,
now in Chicago for ten years, and she has lived in the U.S. with her husband for twenty one
years!
She is
open, quick, enthusiastic and full of life.
She is
beautiful!
I ask her:
How long have you been living with your husband?
She laughs
and says: I don’t live with my husband!
-You left
him?
-Oh, no….HE
left me!
-How so?
- He left me for a younger woman!
- He left me for a younger woman!
-You’re
young and beautiful, why?
- You know how THEY're!
-Can he afford to manage two families?
-I work!
-Can he afford to manage two families?
-I work!
-What does
he do?
-What?
- What’s his
job?
- He is a chef.
-I hope you’ll
find someone who appreciate you for who you are!
-No, no, no…I
don’t want anyone, anymore!
-Why?
-I have my children, and the children of my children.
-I have my children, and the children of my children.
She laughs.
We laugh.
Gustav Klimt laughs too from the image on the wall and winks at me. He kisses me on the canvas, as the brush touches my lips, with watercolor, the color red.
My friend looks at Maria as if seeing her for the first time.
We laugh.
Gustav Klimt laughs too from the image on the wall and winks at me. He kisses me on the canvas, as the brush touches my lips, with watercolor, the color red.
My friend looks at Maria as if seeing her for the first time.
-Maria, Do you know there are many nice songs about Maria?
-Oh, yes, I know many
Mexican songs!
-Can you
sing us a song, about Maria?
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