Dream journal

[hudebnik]

I guess the Decameron event two days ago had more impact on me than I realized, for I dreamed something that was very obviously a modern Boccaccio-style tale. There were several couples, all friends of one another, and all with Italian names that I don't remember now but I'll make some up. Lavinia was frustrated that her husband Alberto was insufficiently attentive to her in bed, and started a dalliance with Lucio, while Alberto started an underwater-salvage business with Chichibio, with whom he then became romantically involved, while Lucio's wife Beatrice sought solace in the arms of Chichibio's girlfriend Mona. Alberto and Chichibio travelled around the world on business, encountering various business setbacks, becoming poorer and poorer, less and less well-equipped, and the business stress strained their personal relationship until they returned home and there was another round of bed-swapping and everybody lived happily ever after.

Comments

[darklilli]

Heh. I'm so glad you both could be there. And thank you for participating in making music and helping tell a tale.

[shalmestere]

o.O

[hlinspjalda]

Sounds like it would translate well into Commedia!

[hudebnik]

Yes, although it needs a good deal more meat on the bones. And it would strain historical credibility to have a period Commeddia treat a same-sex romantic relationship as other than a shameful secret or a dreadful mistake, to be corrected in the happy ending.