Photo from our friend Petro Makris’ collection in Rafina. Formally a correspondent for the Athens daily Ελευθεροτυπία, he had the opportunity to interact with many personalities over the decades. This particular photo caught my attention; it is in Berlin, in the 1980s, before the wall came down. He managed to get guards from opposing sides (DDR - E Germany, and FRG - W Germany) to pose with him.. His other photos are also very interesting and unique, including a musical notation dedication penned by Manos Hatzithakis..

The clock is ticking, 
it started at a birth;
One minute of welcoming light, 
expanded to seamless vistas
of unforgettable impressions

Each year now a month,
every month a day, 
days turning into minutes

What awaits us, 
Fate of questionable results,
with which we tamper,
hopefully earning
what remains 
in a life of quality

19 February 2009
OM

Created during “College Prep Evening” for parents at Rockville High School, more than a decade ago… thinking about thousands of dollars going to colleges/universities (ROI ???) ... 

COMPRADOR BLUES

Infinite Beauty
         Non-Paideia
         Incongruence

Economies paralleling,
impacting tourism,

Economy, as the function of Tourism 

WHERE IS THIS HEADED?

ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΠΑΕΙ;

Άδειες οι σκέψεις.     
Empty thoughts
άνευ διατροφής,
lack of nutrition
άβυσσος πρωτοβουλίας,
initiative in abyss
απουσία βάθους και πρόβλεψης 
absence of depth and foresight

Η οκνηρία παρών
Sloth-like environments obvious
το εργοστάσιο έκλεισε
the faculties shut down



27 Ιουνίου 2023
27/VI/2023

Βλέπω Εύβοια, 
τα βουνά ατελείωτες νότες,
ντιμινουίτα στο βάθος 

Τα κύματα απλώνονται 
μελωδία σύγχρονης φύσης 

Γαία, 
μη μας παρατάς,
η αρμονία
μας φτιάχνει 


 
Looking across at Evia
notes of unending mountains,
diminished in the far-off distance

Waves, splashing ashore
contemporary nature’s melody


Gaia,
don’t abandon us,
the harmony
makes our day



ΟΜ
Μαρίκες 
6 Μαΐου 2019