Tonight I went to my third classical concert in as many days. This time it was the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra playing in Keflavík, a town in the vicinity of Reykjavík. Unexpectedly I met two of the brass girls, Bergrún, who was actually participating in the performance, and Harpa. After talking to them for a few minutes I remarked: “I can see that you are just as wired as I am.”
After each leg of the tour you are in a different tempo from normal, and you don’t GET back to normal easily. It is almost like being on speed - or so I imagine. After one of our New York shows last spring we were talking about this bakstage, Björk, Anthony, Min Xiao-Fen (I think) and me. The question was: How do you ground yourself after a show?
Anthony pointed out how unnatural it is being on stage in front of thousands of people.
It turned out that some of us eat, others drink, still others do both and dance themselves silly.
But no matter how you do it, performing again and again in a relatively short space of time makes you almost permanently strange. Then no amount of eating, drinking or dancing will get you fixed.
Maybe the trick is to just stare at a wall for days.
Maybe I should do that.
Maybe… now!
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