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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Welcome to Ric's Cafe'!

Ric’s Cafe' is a time and place for artists, open-hearted searching people and their friends to present what they do (or want to do), building on themes, making connections and sharing experiences.

It is a wonderful opportunity to share food, ideas, works-in-process and to meet once a month with friends in a supportive environment. Also, a time to acknowledge courage, heart, talent, hard work and humor, and to express appreciation for luminous moments and surprises.

And a time to eat (first of course!) drink and socialize!

Nicole, Simon, Kai, Lotti, Ruth Miriam, Matthias, Lea, Kolja, Julia, Jan, Petra, Jana, Ric, Pip, Antje, Douglas and Doris met at Theaterwerkstatt Bethel in Bielefeld on a spectacular Sunday afternoon in June. Our theme for the month was: Strömende Liebe (Flowing Love).

Kai and Ric performed a dance to the Isley Brothers song “Keep it Flowing”

Matthias invited the group to stand in a circle and pass around an action in which sound and movement flowed from one person to the next.

Lotti then performed an original song for us ...

Ich sah den Schnee

Auf den gräburn

Und stellte mir vor,

Es seien Federbetten.

Ob die, die hier liegen,

Es wohl warm haben?

Als ich mir vortstellte,

Dass Du hier liegst,

Würde mire kalt.

I saw the snow on the graves

And I imagined them to be

Feather beds

Do those who lie there

Feel warm?

When I imagined that you

Were lying there

I felt cold

(written by Lotti Kluczewitz; translated into English by Pip Cozens & Simon Füchtenschnieder)

Antje enchanted us with a Hildegarde Knepf song.

Kai and Julia performed “Wet is the Color”. They sang “Black is the Color of my True Love’s Here” while Jan poured water over their heads.

Simon read an original love poem entitled “Twistin’ in Britain”

Jan sang “In mijn bloed” by the Frank-Boejen-Groep accompanying himself on the guitar.

Du strömst durch meinen Körper

Du bist in meinem Blut

You are streaming through my body

You are in my blood

I dreamt that I had no voice tonight

I could not talk

I was mute

And I saw you dancing

I dreamt tonight that I had no eyes

I couldn’t see

I was blind

Although I knew

I dreamt that I lost you

I couldn’t find you anymore

And the crowd-

You were there

I dreamt that I was under water

I could not breathe

And a sea of blood

In my veins

We closed the salon with a juggling lesson, an exchange of information regarding upcoming events around the city followed by our monthly giveaway!