The Guardian for this meeting was Zen Arado. The comments are by Zen Arado.

We talked about music-making and Spanish architecture, music and art.

Zen Arado: Hi Uns:)
Uns Mistwalker: Hi Zen
Uns Mistwalker: yay a got a cross-legged sit this time.
Uns Mistwalker: oops. nooo but this works
Zen Arado: blue and brown cushions are different
Zen Arado: Hi Sunji :)
szavanna Resident: 's current display-name is "Sunshine".
Uns Mistwalker: thank you. would have been years before I discoverd that on my own.
Uns Mistwalker: Hi Sunshine.
Zen Arado: no :)
szavanna Resident: hi Zenji, Unsji
szavanna Resident: Xirji °͜°

Zen Arado: Hi Xirana :)
szavanna Resident: Xirji please check again your place at the club
Uns Mistwalker: meme tracesmephonehello Xirana``
szavanna Resident: I changed a little
szavanna Resident: °͜°
Xirana Oximoxi: hello Sunji, Zen, Uns :)

szavanna Resident: today is flower power day
Uns Mistwalker steps out of his head and looks at his face, adjusts his mouth muscles.... Hi Xirana
Xirana Oximoxi: I'll do Sun!! asap :)
szavanna Resident: °͜°
Zen Arado: I won't get to the French class tomorow Xiri
Xirana Oximoxi: oh! :(
szavanna Resident: pour quoi pas?
Zen Arado: I have to go to a dinner with members of my writing course
Zen Arado: in Belfast
Xirana Oximoxi: wonderful! :-)
szavanna Resident: ah really?
szavanna Resident: nice °͜°
szavanna Resident: what will you eat?
Xirana Oximoxi: I will ask Emilie to give you double homework for next week :))
Zen Arado: well..it's at a Pizza Express...so...
Xirana Oximoxi: easy to guess:)
Zen Arado: passe simple -  groans
szavanna Resident: poor Zenji
szavanna Resident: c'est pas gentil
szavanna Resident: ts ts
Xirana Oximoxi: pulsquamperfect
Xirana Oximoxi: plus
Xirana Oximoxi: kk...have a lot of fun Zen...no more homework :)
szavanna Resident: hehe better
Zen Arado: I need to learn verbs though
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
szavanna Resident: you always make me feel sad that I am not going to your class Xiri
Xirana Oximoxi: me too
szavanna Resident: when we talk about it
Zen Arado: a Frenchwoman friended me on Facebook this morning
szavanna Resident: oh really Zenji
Zen Arado: I don't know why
szavanna Resident: is she very romantic?
szavanna Resident: ;o)
Zen Arado: she is also friend of Emilie
Xirana Oximoxi: it's not my class Sunji...I do nothing...Émilie and Hats do it all :-)
szavanna Resident: I heard that you also teach :)
szavanna Resident: Zenji told me
szavanna Resident: °͜°
Zen Arado: Xiri is very advanced in francias
Zen Arado: Hats talks too fast for me
Xirana Oximoxi: well...I am a learner..and we try to learn together...not exactly teaching:)
szavanna Resident: depends how we define teaching
Xirana Oximoxi: ah yes... I must tell her
Zen Arado: I understand you and Emilie better
szavanna Resident: is she French?
Zen Arado: yes from South of France
Xirana Oximoxi: exactly Sunji...teaching is very good when all people is active and involved
szavanna Resident: ops sorry hehe my DJ thingy
szavanna Resident: I DJ in the commune on wednesdays
Xirana Oximoxi: :-)
Zen Arado: I made another track Sunji :)
szavanna Resident: really
Zen Arado: Electronic this time
szavanna Resident: do you have soundcloud Zenji?
Zen Arado: no?
szavanna Resident: https://soundcloud.com/szavanna
szavanna Resident: its like flickr for sound files
Zen Arado: I see
Zen Arado: must post some music
Zen Arado: somebody might steal it though
Zen Arado: looks worried
szavanna Resident: Xiri check out this
Zen Arado: :)
szavanna Resident: giggles
szavanna Resident: meeeee
szavanna Resident: https://soundcloud.com/szavanna/what...jive-d-testing
Zen Arado: us artists have to protect out music :)
Zen Arado: our
Xirana Oximoxi: trying:)
szavanna Resident: no we don't have to
szavanna Resident: what happens if someone steals it?
Zen Arado: no I would be flattered if lots played anything of mine
szavanna Resident: Uns listen to it hehe
Zen Arado: even the big guys can't stop people using their music free I think
szavanna Resident: yes me too
szavanna Resident: well once you hear it
szavanna Resident: you can recreate it
szavanna Resident: once you see a painting
szavanna Resident: you can paint it
szavanna Resident: we get ideas from everything around
Zen Arado: not so easy with abstracts
szavanna Resident: well yes of course
szavanna Resident: you need to have skills
Zen Arado: I could'nt reproduce one of my abstracts
Xirana Oximoxi: I would be very proud too..if everybody hanged a painting at home :)
szavanna Resident: ;))
Zen Arado: no idea how I painted some parts
szavanna Resident: abstracts are like jazz
Xirana Oximoxi: what do you mean 'reproduce' Zen?
Zen Arado: yeh improvised
Xirana Oximoxi: ahhh I see :)
szavanna Resident: and thats the fun about it
Zen Arado: make another copy
Xirana Oximoxi: paint another one...new...no problem at all :)
szavanna Resident: well you can only get some ideas
Zen Arado: yes but not the same
szavanna Resident: what is the point in copying something
Zen Arado: even landscapes I found hard when someone wanted a copy
Xirana Oximoxi: why do you want a similar one?
Zen Arado: someone else might want a copy
szavanna Resident: yes
Zen Arado: they like a painting and someone else bought it
Xirana Oximoxi: ahhh I see :-)
szavanna Resident: yes and they wanna copy it
szavanna Resident: instead of buying from the shop
Zen Arado: it ws like a different 'me' painted even 10 years ago
szavanna Resident: another Zenji
Zen Arado: sometimes I do te same sunject in tow different media
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...we change and our works show it...writing, painting, composing
Zen Arado: in pastel and oil
szavanna Resident: sunject?

szavanna Resident: ;o))))
Zen Arado: ha;)
Xirana Oximoxi: brb
Zen Arado: a Sunji subject
szavanna Resident: hb °͜°
szavanna Resident: a sunject
szavanna Resident: °͜°
szavanna Resident: did you hear this one
szavanna Resident: https://soundcloud.com/szavanna/daisy5
Zen Arado: listening
Zen Arado: ambient
Uns Mistwalker: listening
szavanna Resident: °͜°
szavanna Resident: default loops
szavanna Resident: whales
Zen Arado: you can do so much with loops
szavanna Resident: and birds
szavanna Resident: yes have you heard Juni?
szavanna Resident: he will "loop-play"
szavanna Resident: tomorrow noonslt
Zen Arado: yes of course
szavanna Resident: °͜°
Zen Arado: pity I will miss it
szavanna Resident: ahh
szavanna Resident: you are at the dinner
Zen Arado: yes
szavanna Resident: I will try to steal some
szavanna Resident: ;p
szavanna Resident: if he can send me
szavanna Resident: but he improvises everything
szavanna Resident: and doesn't record
Zen Arado: I have put little bits in with midi keyboard
szavanna Resident: ah great
szavanna Resident: so may be you could create a soundcloud account
Zen Arado: I recorded my voice and raised pitch
szavanna Resident: to show us your latest tunes
szavanna Resident: ah ;p
Zen Arado: still just playing around
szavanna Resident: thats the idea °͜°
szavanna Resident: brb :)
Zen Arado: kk

Zen Arado: wb Xiri :)
Xirana Oximoxi: ty:)
Zen Arado: art business?
Zen Arado: so many people I know going to Spain recently
Zen Arado: one went to Salou
Xirana Oximoxi: no..I asked the owner where I have my studio to hide the rental box...:) he wanted to know where I wanted it:)
Zen Arado: I tell them I have a Spanish woman friend
Xirana Oximoxi: oh..on holidays?
Zen Arado: I see
Zen Arado: yes
Zen Arado: Spain is very popular for UK tourists
Xirana Oximoxi: yes..it's near and cheaper for them..and maybe more sunny
Zen Arado: three good reasons :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yes:)
Zen Arado: but they never see the real Spain
Zen Arado: just tourist resorts
Xirana Oximoxi: a lot of people also likes the night ambience in Spain...
Zen Arado: where everyone speaks English
Xirana Oximoxi: yes:)
Xirana Oximoxi: it also happens in Mallorca:) germans go there and meet with Germans...but they are happy like this
szavanna Resident: back °͜°
Zen Arado: yes I was in Mallorca 3 times
Zen Arado: wb Sunji :)
Xirana Oximoxi: that happens in places near the beach...more inside the country is different
Zen Arado: Ibiza is all young people
Zen Arado: drinking and dancing
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...I've never been there
szavanna Resident: ty :)
Zen Arado: me neither
Xirana Oximoxi: welcome back :)
Uns Mistwalker: Spent my time in Cordoba and Granada.
Zen Arado: too old :(
Zen Arado: ah that sounds better
Uns Mistwalker: but long to see the cathedral in Barcelona.
Zen Arado: I saw it
Xirana Oximoxi: wonderful places....I enjoyed arabic influence in architecture, buildongs...
Uns Mistwalker: Is it sooooo amazing?
Zen Arado: I stayed at a little town called Callela once
Zen Arado: Callella?
Uns Mistwalker: Yes, and int the langauge, as well.
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... very nice place Zen
Zen Arado: not fra from Barcelona
Zen Arado: far
Xirana Oximoxi: not far
Zen Arado: Moorish influence on Spain
Zen Arado: it is in the music too
Zen Arado: moody and sombre
Xirana Oximoxi: I like the Cathedral of Barcelona too...and a small church not far from there...Santa maria del mar...the sensation when you go inside is special...it seems to elevate your soul to the sky... :)
Uns Mistwalker: Yes.....and in their genes.
Xirana Oximoxi: yes.... mediterranean music:)
Zen Arado: Islamic art has much geometric design
Zen Arado: patterns
Xirana Oximoxi: yes..not images allowed
Zen Arado: ah yes
Zen Arado: like Presbyterian churches

Uns Mistwalker: yes, the geometric design in the architechture can sometimes make
Zen Arado: was looking at suggested topic
Uns Mistwalker: the bujildings appear as though they are just emerging into form.
Zen Arado: that cathedral isn't finished yet?
Zen Arado: Gaudi wasn't it?
Xirana Oximoxi: in Barcelona?
Zen Arado: yes
Xirana Oximoxi: noo it's a Gotic Cathedral Zen ...
Zen Arado: but Gaudi or someone is the architect?
Uns Mistwalker: yes.... but I'm talking about the highly ornamented Islamic Architecture.... the plaster work in the Alhambra for example.
Xirana Oximoxi: Gaudi is the architect of Sagrada Familia
Zen Arado: oh I am wrong somewhere then
Xirana Oximoxi: no... Gaudi is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD
Xirana Oximoxi: he was born last century... :)
Zen Arado: you know the music 'Recuerdos de l'Alhambra' ?
szavanna Resident: hi Luci
Xirana Oximoxi: well 1852 ..I mean :)
szavanna Resident: ah all my dream students are here
Xirana Oximoxi: yes
Xirana Oximoxi: he is a catalan composer...tàrrega
Zen Arado: Hi Luci :)
Zen Arado: yes I used to play his pieces
szavanna Resident: really
Zen Arado: Lagrima and Adelita
Zen Arado: two I remember
Zen Arado: 'Recuerdos...'was too difficult :)
Xirana Oximoxi: ahh I am wrong..the catalan composer is Albeniz
Zen Arado: tremolo
Zen Arado: well Spanish anyway
Xirana Oximoxi: yes:)
Xirana Oximoxi: hello Luci! :-)
Zen Arado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rb477dcfXA
szavanna Resident: let me know if I can help with anything for your dream eggs
szavanna Resident: listens
Zen Arado: we should get some paintings from that Xiri :)
Zen Arado: so much atmosphere
Xirana Oximoxi: you mean from the music?
Zen Arado: and the Alhambra
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...we must try :)) wonderful idea Zen!!
Zen Arado: and the architecture
szavanna Resident: °͜°
Zen Arado: SL has been strange this week
szavanna Resident: sooo anyone needs help with the dream shells?
Zen Arado: I see a beautifl mosaic in the video
szavanna Resident: ah yes I see
Xirana Oximoxi: arabig designs are wonderful
Zen Arado: yes
Xirana Oximoxi: arabic
szavanna Resident: yes
szavanna Resident: when shall we meet
szavanna Resident: tomrrow 8am?
szavanna Resident: ok lets meet tomorrow 8am then
szavanna Resident: °͜°
Xirana Oximoxi: :) I will go now...have a nice time all!! and see you soon
Zen Arado: kk bye Xiri
Zen Arado: ty for coming
szavanna Resident: take care Xiri °͜°
Xirana Oximoxi: have a nice eveing Zen...show how well your French is to you mates:)
Zen Arado: :)
szavanna Resident: ;))
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
szavanna Resident: I better go also
Zen Arado: me too I guess
szavanna Resident: so make a soundcloud
Uns Mistwalker: thank you, Zen.
szavanna Resident: °͜°
Zen Arado: thanks for coming
szavanna Resident: hugs Zenji see you soon
Zen Arado: hugs bye for now
szavanna Resident: take care Luci °͜° then tomorrow 8am
szavanna Resident: °͜°

szavanna Resident: byebye UNsji