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.
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ΞΗΡΑΣΙΑ ΞΕΝΙΤΙΑΣ
Ειδοί Μαρτίου

RELOCATION’S DROUGHT
Ides of March

Α.

Η σιωπή σκέπαζει το δωμάτιο,
σαν τραπεζομάντιλο στο τραπέζι
Ανύπαρκτη κατανόηση
η ορχήστρα ξεκούρδιστη

Silence covers room,
like tablecloth on table
Nonexistent understanding 
untuned orchestra

Β.

Ανακούφιση στην εκκλησία περιπλανώμενης παρέας

Relief in ecclesia
of wandering friends


Μάρτιος 2023


ΑΝΑΓΕΝΝΗΣΗ
Επιστροφή στην Πηγή

RENAISSANCE
Return to Source

Α.

Απρίλη,
μας ήρθες καθυστερημένος
Το σκοτεινό κενό της απουσίας,
αφυδάτωσή ψυχής

April,
you delayed arrival 
The dark void of absence
dehydration of soul


Β. 

Απομάκρυνση από την πηγή άγχους
η αισιοδοξία ξαναπαρουσιάζεται

Distanced from source of stress
optimism reappears

Η βροχούλα ποτίζει
ο ήλιος αγγίζει σημεία ζωηρότητας,
που φορτώνονται 
από το σύμπαν παρέας και θετικότητας

Refreshing rain
Helios stroking rays of  vibrancy
that are generated 
from the universe of friendship 
and optimism 

1 Απριλίου 2023
Ραφήνα

Every day
different (or choice of) melody?

Major, seventh, diminished, minor-
positive, happy, subdued, negative;

Hope, hinging on pheromones,

symphony of life‘s inspirations


22 September 2023

Αποσπάσματα Επουράνια, Celestial Blurbs

Minus 

Nervous energy, 
nonstop babble in row behind

PLUS

 Spirits uplifted,
heading westward;
Life enriched

Απότομα φύγαμε
προς απολευτέρωση,
επιστήμη μας καθοδηγεί
το πνεύμα ενισχύεται

We left abruptly,
trajectory towards freedom,
Science guides us,
 the spirit strengthens



 Κενό, παρελθόν, χαλάρωση, απολευτέρωση
Void, past, relaxation, liberation

Φιλίες, συνέχεια
Friendships, continuity 

Πεντάγραμμο majore


Surreal, stress
Relocating, disengaging,
coalescing

Life, Major chord

OM
8 May 2021
Flight ATH-AMS

Many clouds, 
cleared by light,
Phoebus reigns
 
Our lives,
illuminated by new beginnings

Rays of friendship,
enveloping aura


In flight
21 December 2020