relics

All over Greece I have come in contact with messages from the past

I am deeply enamored with reliquary objects, and icons.
They are a nonverbal record marking a spiritual event or a transcendental experience.

And this record has been a very normal part of my day to day here. It is very grounding.
To be with these objects , is to come face to face with my ancestors, in a silent dialog.

Sight

I have been a gluttonous sightseer on this trip

greedily gobbling up the views of the island,

thank you very much, theres no room for dessert

I'm stuffed.

smell+taste megablog

Smell and taste are two senses that are intimately intertwined.

Smell precedes taste
It can enhance or deceive.
Smell is a sneak preview
-of the taste attraction to come

Smells and taste mix like paint on a palette (palate)
or ink on a slab.

The octopus
mixes
with the lamb
the calamari
eggplant
fresh bread
tomatoes

guzzle down the wine Yorgos
keeps
giving
us
more

and more and more....

hungry beasts wait patiently for the feeding to begin
waiting
waiting
waiting

waiter arrives and the beasts snap hungrily at the floating feast.

foods here dig in..... but WAIT! a prayer

rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub, yay god.

Sound

sound is primal

it has a vibratory power that evokes a response at the most basic sensory level.

through some unknown dynamism, sound and music can unlock a part of our psyche that is otherwise ignored. It is a trigger for creative action.