24th February 2009

Sant Cugat, Spain
The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists
Day 4

I wake up rested and refreshed, great! Finally feel I dealt with the post nightshifts doziness.

After the kitchen team meeting move to the kitchen with Romain and Thomas to show them how to bake bread. In the meantime the lunch team begin their work, the special exercise introduced during the kitchen meeting is running.

Then to the Alexander Technique meeting with Mariela. Work on beginning and ending together, as a group. To me the essence of today's work is: when you're walking - walk, when standing - stand. Whatever we do, let us do it with intention, on behalf of the group.

In the afternoon catch up with my personal space, do the laundry etc.

The go shopping. This afternoon i notice most of the customers are women with children, it must be time when they pick them up from school and go shopping. Motherhood, a tough job, this...

Then to the kitchen. The dinner preparation is getting a bit out of hand, the kitchen is loud and tens The chief cook deals with the situation skillfully, with a touch of humour. ed. I look and appreciate more experienced dealing with a situation like this. And the dessert is getting late. There's an idea of delaying serving of the meal, but since the main meal is on time, why should it be delayed? Instead we stay in the kitchen and continue the work while the people are eating in the dinning room. Eventually everything turns out ok, and the pancakes are ready with 13 minutes delay, just after the performance of ZUM.

I'm wondering if the timing issues we are experiencing as the group are also reflected when playing guitars.