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The day began with 4 hour sleep and a breakfast routine of Sunday but the things have been eaten were not in routine. An egg&bacon baguette and croissant with strawberry jam. It was the the first time of this combination. Table was shared with two experienced mourners but that morning they were both sure what to order and had decent blood glucose level. Perhaps they were not even aware of having one of the rare peaceful breakfast of all time; or he was there only physically and his mood helped him out to have this much joy on a Sunday morning. A long day was waiting and he would just ask a decent day and nothing more. It was time to get ready to work.
A bus journey with coffee and music.

Two girls from work started the day earlier than him without even an hour sleep and they just had the benefit of being young to survive the day. The picture reminded him the movie ‘Coffee and Cigarettes’ by Jim Jarmush for no reason that he couldn’t remember his name. Perhaps one of the girls’ personality pushed him to remember that movie because of coffee need, because noone else would be interested in this movie which starts with a scene of Roberto Benigni but he only remembered the scene with Iggy Pop and Tom Waits while he was telling the movie to her to get her attention a little bit. What would Roberto Benigni cause without been remembered? He did not even have a key role in the movie. After the chitchat, an hour later while he was walking down in the venue to check the vibe of the rooms, he heard a very well-known piece which was played by a quartet which has four lovely ladies. He had two known unknown questions on his mind to deal. Who was the director of the movie? Whose piece it was which was played to spoil some people who wanted a posh afternoon tea session? Questions on mind to have a clue to get the names, pictures, links to connect...

A little flashback took him to Life is Beautiful movie all of a sudden, that was the music of the scene where Roberto Benigni focuses on the balcony to make her look at him. The soundtrack was found which surrounded the restaurant on an afternoon tea session. He was happy like a kid to be sure about one of the answers to his questions. It would be a matter of google or imdb search. He found himself playing the song on his mind for at least an hour until he had chance to ask the lady who is the violinist in the quartet. He could either whistle or grizzle the notes which was got scraped on his mind for many years, but it was one of the moments as many others; found himself getting angry with himself with the lack of remembering the names of the owners of the beloved things...
Owners? “Are they the owners?” Asked himself. “Do not I own it too? Are they not just the creators which gave us a chance to find ourselves on those pieces to feel universal; to feel the belonging of something or some ideas?” It would be anything to match himself, his existence... a word, a common curse, a gesture, a moment you realise the person who is pretending...movies, pure samples of humanity on each stage. Reality... Imaginary reality...

He did not hesitate to stop the lady to ask the crucial question. He told her he could only whistle the piece and he couldn’t sleep if he can not remember the composer. It took a few seconds to recognise which piece she played half an hour ago. Offenbach! Yes! It was Offenbach! On the scene of Roberto trying to have her pretty face looking towards him. Roberto who had role in the first scene in Coffee and Cigarettes! She was the reason with her sleepless night in need of a strong coffee! She did not mean to cause all these links, she was just there, in need of sleep on a Sunday afternoon waiting to finish her shift. Nothing more, nothing less. A day with the routine. On the other hand; he could not wait to listen to Offenbach’s Barcarolle! He enjoyed playing the piece over and over again on his mind. He appreciated the peaceful day, thanked to Offenbach. He later found out the age of the song he played on his mind all day long. Born in 1864! The composer was from another century. Or from his century with ideas of all centuries from past and future... Creating a thing and it helps you to go beyond your century. Time is the only witness to all.

ECÖ 2017

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