busy

cutting and placing

and stitching

and creating a pleasing pulse...

a unifying pattern, a burst of energy and light, a design in time, an ουρανός

sometimes i think...

i have way too  much time to reflect

(oh my)

clouds

The clouds today 

are crouching crawling muscly beasts

gleaming with sunshine 

groping their way through the air

to rest

on the mountain peak.

A rippling mass

of windstrewn rain and ice and snow 

in my endless blue shuttercaught

sky.

Fire!

In Cyprus, when a fire alarm in the office rings nobody moves from their desk. Maybe it could be devotion to duty. Really we all know it's indifference.

Anya Marina - All the Same to Me [Official Music Video]

Σωκράτης Μάλαμας-Το θαύμα

Είμαι ουρανός για κάποιον και είναι οθρανός για'μένα.

air

it's the simple things that make us truly happy

a windy day at the seaside

 my son's smile

and something else without a name.

colours

how much do we actually see when we look at the world around us?

placement

centeredness

motion and colour

atmosphere

there are days when i can't see this either.

San Paidi Papakonstantinou-Siotas

sunshine

I'm looking out the window today and imagining myself out in the sunshine. It's a beautiful day.

I wonder how many of the people around me have actually really noticed.

Μάλαμας - Το θαύμα

when I grow up....

sometimes it's just a matter of perspective

orange

appearances were not deceiving in this case.

people

it occurred to me today that, the more effort people put into trying to justify their "time" by presenting entire lists of "what got done," the less they've probably actually accomplished.

maybe this is because most of our time is spent doing the vitally necessary but mind-bogglingly boring tasks of everyday life.  most of us spend a lot of time on necessities but very little time actually doing what really fulfills us. and if we do spend a significant amount of time doing what really fulfills us, then the rest of the planet (probably) considers us to be a bit "lazy," "irresponsible" or "self-centered".

then there are those who put a lot of effort into justifying their time when in reality they've done absolutely nothing at all but just want to appear to have been doing something. this is just an effort at pulling the wool over the eyes of those around them.  if they're successful, they're never seen as lazy, self-centered or irresponsible.

types of people?

• people who satisfy most or all of their obligations but would really rather be doing something more fulfilling
• people who satisfy most or all of their obligations but don't have anything more interesting to do with their time.
• people who fulfill few or none of their obligations and maintain the ruse of having done so...but haven't done anything more interesting or fulfilling with their time.
• people who fulfill few or none of their obligations, don't bother covering-up for their neglect and who spend most of their time doing what really fulfills them.
• people who fulfill few or none of their obligations and maintain the ruse of having done so while actually spending their time doing what really fulfills them.

and, finally, those who satisfy all of their obligations and also make time to "do the fun stuff". that's difficult.

most people probably fall into the category of satisfying most of their obligations and wishing that they could do/had done/could have done the "fun stuff". that's unfortunate.

of course, i always see things in black and white so it's hard tellin'..........

i only look like i have the answers (actually I don't know jack-sh*t)...i'm good at that.

possibility

Christopher: What's beyond the planets?
Me: The stars.
Christopher: What's beyond the stars?
Me: I really don't know...there's so many stars...
Christopher: I know what's after the stars...
Me: Really? What?
Christopher: It's all white and it's full of doors.


white being the total of all colours (endless imaginary possibility) and doors being the choices we all have in front of us.


maybe we should all see things like a 7-year-old...just look at all those lights!!

dreams

it's true that sometimes dreams burst like soap bubbles

Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου - αερικό

αερικό

αερικό: το φάντασμα, το στοιχειό

...οφείλεται στη άποψη ότι ο αέρας έχει αόρατη υπόσταση και μυστηριώδη δύναμη, η οποία μπορεί να προκαλέσει θόρυβο, να παρασύρει, να καταστρέψει. Αυτή η άυλη δύναμη αποδόθηκε σε υπερφυσικά στοιχεία και αόρατα δαιμόνια.

Questions

XLIX - Pablo Neruda

When I see the sea once more

will the sea have seen or not seen me?

Why do the waves ask me

the same questions I ask them?

And why do they strike the rock

with so much wasted passion?

Don't they get tired of repeating 

their declaration to the sand?

People look at me and say I'm "doing my own thing". I say I'm walking the path that's being built in front of me.

I don't believe in predestination or that people's fates are "written" but, given that my choices involve doing what brings me enjoyment and fulfillment, I'm not sure that my life could be otherwise than what it is.

I ask a lot of questions, mostly about the people around me. Why do they not make the same kinds of fulfilling choices? 

People seem so unhappy... 

I'm only really unhappy when I can't get to the bottom of the "why".

I like this photo because it's a burst of colour in wintery greys:

α(σοφο)λογίες: Απορία

α(σοφο)λογίες: Απορία

otan o ilios tha papsei na anatelei--stathis artinos

it's not hard for me to find beautiful things around me...sometimes I do have to adjust my "filter" to see what the world has to offer me though...

plastic

perhaps one of the reasons that people get lost is because things often look like what they are not.

we probably get confused and then we don't know what to believe.
it's convenient that we have the media to tell us what's important and real...

clouds & dreams

sometimes it just feels like clouds are solid.

that's kind of like when you think your dreams are real...