Yah … to be honest and tell the whole story: I was sitting on the bench listening to others who read their works (in their own languages), waiting for Mr Brooks to be his turn to read his own piece of work in Cymraeg. I literally blew the whole thing up, that’s why I’m always pointing out my lousy face recognition. He appeared besides the stage where others were reading their works, he looked at me from time to time but did nothing and then when the last reader before him read their part, he came and sat beside me on the bench. I looked at him saying nothing and he wait for a while until he obviously had enough of waiting and went back to the post he stood before. There were other people (organizers obviously) and I couldn’t know it is him and there was not many people listening either so I thought it’s one of them who’d sit and listen aswell. Only then when he came to the stage and started to read, I realized it was him sitting there beside me earlier obviously waiting if I’d say anything. When I’ve rushed to catch up with him when he was leaving, he was already in a hurry and there couldn’t be more than a few words spoken between us - greeting and two or three additional sentences, handshake, and the chat was over … He probably thought I’m ignorant toward him and that was why he rather hurried a bit, so more than “thank you” I should maybe rather say “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that to happen.”
This happens to me all the time and the biggest fear I ever have when I go somewhere or have to deal with people (as when I was on the Bootcamp for example or if I have to go and meet someone) is if I’d be able to recognize people I should recognize.
So now you know the (less bright) true story about my meeting with Simon Brooks … 