lundi 4 janvier 2010

346. Welcome Karen Blixen Original !

On quitte les girafes qui nous ont bien éblouis pou aller voir la maison de Karen Blixen, pas loin. Greg m'y invite et me raconte l'histoire. Je n'ai pas vu le film, ni lu le bouquin. Y'a un bouquin, c'est ça ? ça ne m'excite pas particulièrement mais la visite vaut son pesant d'éclats de rire. Surtout pour la guide. Involontairement drôle, elle est étonnante. "Welcome Karen Blixen office", "Welcome Karen Blixen Kitchen", "Welcome Karn Blixen toilets"... c'est extraordinaire. Avec Greg, on en rira longtemps. On y a droit à chaque pièce de la maison. Avec la mention "Original" si le mobilier est d'époque et "Non Original" si c'est un "fac similé". Donc je peux vous dire que le poele est "Original" et la buche de bois dans le poele est "Non Original". Enorme. Une chose attire mon attention dans la maison : les reproduction des peintures de Karen Blixen. Superbes tableaux, des portraits d'Africains, magnifiques. Elle touchait son pinceau. Dans le jardin, immense, des arbres majestueux et des cactus de folie. Des cactus géants. très impressionnants. Original or not Original ? We leave the giraffes who dazzled us well to continue on to see the house of Karen Blixen. Greg invites me inside and tells me the story (Out of Africa). I did not see the film, nor read the book. There is a book, right? It doesn’t particularly excite me but the visit was worth it for the outbursts of laughter. Especially the guide. Unintentionally funny, she was just astonishing. “Welcome to the Karen Blixen office”, “Welcome to the Karen Blixen Kitchen”, “Welcome to the Karen Blixen toilets”… it was memorable. Greg and I will be laughing about that one for a long time. We’re permitted to enter each part of the house. There are signs whch say “Original” on the furniture of that time and “Not Original” on furniture which is a “facsimile”. So, I can tell you that the stove is “Original” and the wood log in the stove is “Not Original”. We just about split our sides in laughter. One thing which drew my attention in the house: the reproduction of paintings of Karen Blixen. Superb paintings, magnificent portraits of Africans. She was good with a brush. In the extensive garden, majestic trees and crazy cacti. Giant cacti. Very impressive. Original or Not Original?

4 commentaires:

Anna a dit…

YMML! Original, not original, kitchen, toilet ... I expected to have you say "apple core left by Karen Blixen." (You can open your sketch book and see the sketches by you, me and Lisa describing apple cores and seeds.)

The movie "Out of Africa" is beautiful to watch as it shows grand sweeping shots of Kenya.

didier millotte - illustrateur a dit…

Thanks Anna. I'm sure, if you was with Greg and i at this visit we died of laughing ! With Greg we tried hard do don't laugh. I know, with it was impossible ! :)

Anonyme a dit…

Et ton dessin, c'est un "original"?
héhé
super croquis!
benoaperou

Didier Millotte a dit…

salut benoanonyme.
le croquis de la maison y l'est un peu boiteux du g'nou, j'trouve...