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In history’s path..

inspiration of mind and body..

Pheidippides lives…

Στη λεωφόρο ιστορίας …

έμπνευση νου και σώματος …

ο Φειδιππίδης ζει

Photography by Odysseus Mikalis and Eleni Kandilaki

Συγκινητικό .. θα μας μείνει όσο ζούμε!

Very touching.. an experience that will remain with us!

BACKGROUND ON PHIDIPPIDES (click)

ΦΩΣ – LIGHT

ΗΧΟΣ-SOUND

Morning greeting..
Helios welcomes,
parting the clouds and darkness,

Πρωινές ευχές… Ο Ήλιος, καλωσορίζει, χωρίζοντας τα σύννεφα και το σκοτάδι

Πρωινή Έμπνευση .. Morning Inspiration (Click to listen):

Γαλήνη,
μπλε απέραντο 

Serenity
infinite azure

Αρχαιότητα,
μεσαίωνας,
σύγχρονο

Antiquity,
Middle Ages,
contemporary 

Σμίξη εποχών,
ανθρώπων

Mix of eras,
people

Με παρακάμψεις,
ενώνοντας
πολιτισμό 

With detours,
combining civilization

OM
Μονεμβασιά
2019
Cafe Malvasia
Monemvasia

Our faces, roadmaps of emotions, reflecting life’s imprints …

8 November 2018 

ENLIGHTENMENT 
My Voyage 
  

The flow chart and Power Point document containing the chart have, by now, become permanent fixtures in our mechanical existence.  Time has been quantified to texting, risk assessments, electability, and performance evaluations.  Life is measured in dates of birth and death (and if anything happened in between, hopefully there are digital records on the social blogs).  

Our increasing inability to stop the second hand is all too evident on the weekends, beginning with the “thank God it’s Friday” salutation, the manic drivers, clogging the roads on Saturdays to catch up with their children and other consumers, and ending Sunday nights. Life -- the function of mitigated stress (or death as a function of ongoing stress).  

Are we too busy chasing careers, intertwined with facades, and not happiness?What brought us to this point?  Is it our success in ratcheting up income levels (where disposable income becomes subservient to conspicuous consumption)? Is it the subconscious desire to keep up with our consuming neighbors, as the banking system enables borrowing to one’s heart content?

My voyage has been a fascinating tour of the human experience, albeit on a limited scale.  The attempt to look back and record, for my family’s and friends’ posterity, speaks to the wonders of Life, as well as the challenges that remain.  

I wish you good journey.


© 2020, Odysseus Mikalis

The world’s first feature film entirely in Ancient Greek has been produced by graduates of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium specialized in classical languages and with a deep passion for ancient culture and the art of cinema.
— Read on www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1220185/first-film-in-ancient-greek/