12.8.09

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Ένα βουναλάκι αγριολούλουδα, το ίδιο αναλλοίωτα κι αμάραντα όσο μέσα στη σκέψη μας, τρέμει κάθε φορά που καταφέρνουμε να γίνουμε αέρας. Και να σκεφτεί κανένας ότι, με την προϋπόθεση να το θελήσουμε όλοι, μ π ο ρ ο ύ μ ε. Όπως μπορούμε να επεκταθούμε σε όλα τ' απέραντα τετραγωνικά της ηθικής που απλώνονται πέραν από ένα και αποτρόπαιο φευ, όπου μας έχει καθηλώσει μια πανάρχαια βλακεία, στην ανθεκτικότητά της πανίσχυρη.

Οδυσσέας Ελύτης (Ο μικρός ναυτίλος: ΧΧ)

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A little mountain of wild flowers, as unchangeable and untouchable by time as they are in our thoughts, trembles each time we manage to become wind. And, think about that, if we all want it, we c a n [...]

Odysseas Elytis (free translation by me)

12 σχόλια:

dudivie είπε...

so: hows finland°

Finn είπε...

the way I imagine it? ;)

dudivie είπε...

ye sure *!

i just had three months there. quite lonely id say

Finn είπε...

you can feel lonely anywhere, I am afraid..

As an architect I can see that there is no space that can determine the way we feel; at least not for long.

Ανώνυμος είπε...

how can any greek feel ever lonely..Ö) inside his countrys boarders...

dudivie είπε...

now u say..inside his mind..but there iis difference, somewhere. we finns (:) think its achievment to cope with piple

Finn είπε...

so you are from Finland after all?!

I also think it is an achievement to relate to people, to communicate. I think we (greeks) are losing this capacity, if we haven't lost it already.
We just seem to do so, in most cases. Of course there is still fine friendship and love; these are personal achievements.
It doesn't come from belonging to a nation, from living in a country.

There were times that Greeks had this natural human touch, nobility and a great sense of hospitality, I hear. You can find some remains here and there. Still, we are mostly lost in the rapid way of change. We like to immitate in our attempt to adjust, to recover from our past.

dudivie είπε...

no. u should see the women on our street singing all night long. cause theres nothing else To do..!

yes yu are right. diavasontas ellhniki istoria törmäsin-i met, so exiting stories abuot the (yhteisöllisyys ison..) communities(i really speak just finnish)..which we called democracy..but that wasnt all..It was a different state of mind. piple helping each other
but what was the book

we just read about democracy, but that was not politics..it was a spirit

finns love Change, mostly and i did

Finn είπε...

we seem to love it, too. But I don't know how one can love something in which he is biased.
It is a new era, no doubt. Now, change comes from somewhere unknown, far away, we have no control, it has nothing to do with us, our needs, our hands and minds. We have to adjust.

Ανώνυμος είπε...

beautiful! good morning

Finn είπε...

good morning to you!

dudivie είπε...

"change comes from somewhere unknown, far away, we have no control, it has nothing to do with us, our needs, our hands and minds. We have to adjust.'..this is very interesting. the need. how can any ruling market/a ruler serve a eperson.