words are unnecessary

"painted" cliffs, Samothraki 2018

Words are very unnecessary
...
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable 
...

Martin Gore [Enjoy the silence, 1990]

stretched mind

Keanae waves, Maui

A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimension.

Oliver Wendell Holmes [American jurist, 1841-1935]

όλα αυτά που αναμένουμε

Κυότο 2017

Η ζωή μας είναι γεμάτη από όλα αυτά που αναμένουμε αλλά τελικά δε λένε να συμβούν, δε μας δίδεται η χάρις.

Ιωάννα Καρυστιάνη [Σουέλ, 2006]

The NASA way

When a link to a NASA document does not lead anywhere ...

Beauty

The plastic bag scene from American Beauty; music by Thomas Newman

It was one of those days, when it's a minute away from snowing, and there's this electricity in the air. You can almost hear it, right? And this bag was just dancing with me, like a little kid begging me to play with it, for fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know, but it helps me remember. I need to remember. Sometimes there is so much... beauty... in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.

Alan Ervin Ball [American Beauty, 1999]