cimorene

I wanted to sign up for Yuletide just specifically to request Harlequin/Pierrot from Commedia dell'Arte, which would be quite funny because I've never actually read or watched a commedia play. I did find a few, in my research, but I sort of got the feeling you had to be there. And the film quality of the filmed staged ones I saw was not really watchable. But the plus side (?) is that if anything, the popularity of Pierrot(s) and Harlequin(s) as archetypes has been so stunningly great that their roles in Commedia dell'Arte plays are probably a minority of their appearances now.

However, I'll save it for next year, hopefully. I thought last year that this year I'd surely have time, but no, probably not. There's... a lot of stuff to finish here.

I suppose the painting might be finished in the next few days and we may wall up the wall so our tenant can move in - although that's probably being optimistic again - but we've still got lots of little details to finish over here - trim and the floors in the hall and entry and the enclosed porch and all the furniture to paint ...