the Third month I read books aloud to my page in facebook. Read daily, although there was an attempt to arrange the weekend, but it got lost along the way. Different reading: a few books had to quit — it turned out that they are not suitable for audionositeley. Read and most likely will not leave with the end of isolation.
When it became clear that with the advent of covid–19 we will be zaizolirovali in their homes, many wondered how to help people in this emotionally complex and new situation. How to get over it, live and relive it.
I immediately thought, you can read this I know how to do best since the age of three, when my parents taught me to put the letters in the word. But all were slow to start was awkward. Until then, until I saw online a photo: President of Israel reads the Internet for children to give their parents an opportunity to rest.
Children by the time in Russia read on several well known platforms. In addition, it was clear that it is necessary not to distract the children: respite from stress, especially, need adults, then in children, the situation is equalized.
the Book in my head was this one: Jerome K. Jerome “Three men in a boat not counting the dog”. Funny, informative, and well-known. And as I tried to change it, at consciousness, she stubbornly back into place. Found online translation.
At 20.30 Moscow time I pressed “the button “live”. And how was in a homemade t-shirt with the bear on the chest without warning opened the first Chapter. After a couple of paragraphs there was a feeling that something is wrong. Then it became obsessive. But only the passage which I knew almost by heart, it became clear: the translation is not the same! Not a classic, well-known, and brand new. And all the familiar senses gone, gone. Laugh not like, rather singingwound reason to be upset.
But there was nowhere to retreat and the next day I found the classic translation of Mikhail salie. At noon posted a reminder about the second reading. And I realized that it would be better to change. And in “festive clothes” in order for students “meeting with the beautiful” was an event. Later the need to change, to think the costume turned into a compulsory habit.
Approximately two hours before the designated time, the body began jitters, nerves much headache (both effects are accompanied me the first two months daily). For 10 minutes before I sat down in front of the computer and realized that calm.
In the future, I had to think about lighting, that you can’t go out to the audience (and the audience) with unwashed head, no jewelry, not in your favorite perfume. It became clear that solo needed something to paint and cabinets with long shelves appeared hats, berets, neckties, canes. Children’s toys were replaced with characters accompanying the protagonist in the journey across the Thames.
had to make a few minor changes (to the audience did not see the crack on the wall) and think about the importance of proper light and music. And once there make-up. Without it, the image was dim and incomplete. The audience will likely not notice these changes. Small, but very important to me. But maybe I’m wrong, you didn’t notice: it’s no coincidence, as the neighbors began to offer “props” from home — boa, blankets, bows…
So it became clear that listen to the book. However, it was clear. I received good feedback from volunteers returning home after helping the homeless, tired from a day of many mothers, the sick (and not just covidом), teachers, builders, musicians. For broadcast connect my children. To listen to come from different cities of the country and Yesfrom different countries of the world. Who does not have time on the live broadcast, finds a new Chapter under the hashtag #skakkamanage and includes an entry at a convenient time.
When “Three men in a boat” ended, they had to choose what to read next. A couple of books self-censorship has withdrawn from the list for being too naive or, on the contrary, redkost. But suddenly I remembered the book of Nodar Dumbadze “I, grandmother, Iliko and Hilarion.” In a day when there was Leonid Roshchina, we read his stories. Now read and listen to Gerald Darell “My family and other animals”. The plans of the new book.
I never look at the statistics — how many people come to the esters, because once I realized that these read more just give me. Give strength to keep on living, keep afloat and are forced to keep the form. Give the joy of meeting and getting to know the characters.
And people that every night find us at the hashtag #skakkamanage and include the broadcast beginning with the words “Good evening.”
