29.11.2009
This morning we cried in bed for a long time. Everything is too hard and Thoth is suffering too much. We went out for a walk and when we came back he took out his violin and played for a long time. Whenever he plays I stop everything I’m doing to listen. He is such a brilliant musician. He deserves so much. I am as loving to him as possible but he constantly feels rotten and there is nothing I can do. After playing he said we were going to go out to play, so we got our things together and headed out. We randomly found a covered space in a shoe store that had really good acoustics. Thoth took out his violin and simply began toning Anya and I joined him. No movement, no dancing, just our voices. Slowly, people gathered to listen in respectful silence. They tossed money in Thoth’s case and a few talked to us and told us how moved they were by our music. We played for about 45 minutes and did very well. A woman gave us a tour of other places to play around a beautiful church. A guitarist who knew Thoth when he came to Barcelona years ago saw him and said “THOTH?” in surprise. We went back to the hotel to change into something a little more romantic and went back to the shoe store to play. A man came on a motorcycle to close up the store with a gate but we stood in front it and played for another 45 minutes. Many people came and listened and we made good money, enough to pay for dinner and then some. Once we finished, the police came again saying people in the apartments were complaining about the noise. We had a wonderful dinner and our waiter was so cute and he loved me.