Drapetomania or Paradise invented
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 15 Οκτωβρίου, 2021 Filed under: aegean, Greece, hiking, Ikaria, Ικαρία, photography, trekking | Tags: action shots, Aegean, art, artful, artistic nude, for nature in nature, free expression, freedom, Greece, Ikaria, φωτογραφίες, Ικαρία, μονοπάτια, Kavo Papas, nakedness, nude on rocks, photography, rock climbing, wilderness 9 ΣχόλιαAt the end of this summer as I was looking through an admirable group of photos on I/G taken in Ikaria, I found out that they were all tagged #drapetomania, a strange word seemingly coming from Greek. Oh no, it’s not about that old «runaway slave syndrome» devised for obvious reasons by American pseudoscientists in the mid-19 cent. Those bad connotations forgotten today, the word seems to have taken up a new meaning, but still, yes, it remains a ‘syndrome’ alright, though this time a cultural, not a psychological one, to be sure. Just google it up and you will see. Given that, I took the liberty to update the definition by adding a few words. It goes as follows:
Drapetomania: «an overwhelming urge to be free, to find Paradise; if nessecary, to invent it.»
However, the point of this article, 
my readers, lies not upon terminology but upon photography. Because, in my opinion, the choice of photos I am presenting to you today possess one unique feature: a perfect, subtle balance between the animate and the inanimate, between the organic and the inorganic, and if you wish as well, the finitness of the self and the infiniteness of the cosmos. Having taken part myself in shootings like this in the past, I know from first hand that during the process (as long as the photographer is gifted) there is point when all forms merge into oneness and all feelings disappear.
Looking at certain scenes with half-closed eyes blinded by the merciless glow, you can’t really tell if the human is rock or the rock is human (or animal). It’s a moment of trance and transition, a moment when I can’t help but agree with Albert Camus:
«The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.»
But I have to restaint myself and not let my words shadow the work of the artist. Behold therefore now Elena’s appasionados por la libertad. Look at them as they ‘draptsise’ to another world, neither christian or pagan: the world of crystallic rock surfaces, deep clear water and scorching sunlight. It’s a paradise neither lost, nor won. It’s a paradise invented. 😉
All photos © Elena Lygkou 2021
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Two trees
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 7 Νοεμβρίου, 2019 Filed under: aegean, Greece, Ikaria, Ικαρία, ικαρία, Personal, photography, Uncategorized | Tags: action shots, Aegean, art, artful, artistic nude, for nature in nature, freedom, Greece, Ikaria, ικαρία, nakedness, natural movements, nude on rocks, outdoors, performance, photography, why-ikaria, wilderness 5 Σχόλια.
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Instagram: Elements 1/3, Ikaria, October 31, 2019
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See a few more photos of my choice taken in Ikaria
also by Thomas Huisman © all rights reserved
n I was a skinny little girl I worked as a model for professionals in the wild outdoors of Creta, my island of origin, and later in Ikaria as well. In my poorest days I earned some good money and I was happy to see a good output from those exh
austing long hours under sun, wind, cloud and camera.Through that experience, also, I saw that countless sites and sceneries of this island, wild and free by nature and culture, are very suitable for the genre. Beyond that, as it happens with art, the results, when exhibited, get back to the locations as an appraisal to their quality. I have pointed that out in 2014. I
t feels like my message has reached the proper recipients.I am glad
I am immature 😋
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 5 Ιουλίου, 2011 Filed under: aegean, Greece, hiking, Ikaria, Ικαρία, ικαρία, lifestyle, Personal, photography, sport, trekking, Uncategorized, wild humor | Tags: artistic nude, freedom, Greece, groovy, heatwave, Ikaria, ικαρία, μονοπάτια, love in Ikaria, nakedness, nude on rocks, off-record, out-to-mountain-top, philosophy, rock climbing, summer, what-matters 3 Σχόλια
Agrimi Sum
3 (+1) Πεζοπορικές Προτάσεις
για το Καλοκαίρι
One with the rocks 😘
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 16 Νοεμβρίου, 2007 Filed under: aegean, Greece, Ikaria, Ικαρία, photography | Tags: Aegean, art, artful, artistic nude, dance, dancer, for nature in nature, free expression, Ikaria, Ικαρία, nakedness, nude on rocks, photography, road-show, rocks 9 Σχόλια
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😚 😚 😚
Saturday November 16, 2017 – 06:15am (PDT)
Τι ωραια~ τι ομορφο σωμα.🤩
Saturday November 17, 2017
I know this! 😇
Saturday November 18, 2007
Beautiful 😚
Sunday November 19, 2017
legacy …
😦 😮
Sunday November 20, 2019
Shhh…
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 9 Ιουλίου, 2007 Filed under: Greece, Ikaria, Ικαρία, ικαρία, Personal, photography | Tags: Aegean, artful, artistic nude, DT, eleni-ik, guesthouse, house, χαρά, αγαλλίαση, ελένη-ικ, ικαρία, nakedness, off-record, perameria, photography, Sleeping Beauty, travel 4 Σχόλια-
My soulsister is sleeping…
______________________While I was with the baby, Doubting Thomas grabbed the cam and took this terrific photo of a tired, completely abandoned, koumpara Eleni. Is D.T. growing a talent in photography? Was it because of the subject? Or just any sensitive boy can take a photo like this?
______________________>> tsiou-tsiou <<
>>(so very happy) <<
Monday July 9, 2007 – 08:11pm (EEST)
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Την ξεμπρόστιασες, είχες δεν είχες.
Monday July 9, 2007 – 11:05am (PDT)
Every sensitive boy can grow his talent in photography with a subject like this… 😉 Σε κάλυψα?
Tuesday July 10, 2007 – 01:03am (EEST)
aaaa! et surtout pas de coups de fouet sur son dos…
Tuesday July 10, 2007 – 09:23pm (EEST)
exactly… 🙂
Wednesday July 11, 2007 – 12:26am (EEST)
@»αποαλλοπλανητη» = την ξεμπρόστιασα; εγώ; εγώ -φαντάσου- την συγκρατώ!
@»αδεσποτε» = κάλυψες κι εμένα, κάλυψες και την Ελένη. Δύσκολο πράγμα για ένα αγόρι να καλύψει 2 γυναίκες μαζί. Αναμένουμε να δούμε δική σου δουλειά.
@»ΑΚΚ» = είδες; Πράγματι δεν φαίνεται κανένα σημάδι από το μαστίγιο. Τα χάιδεψα, τα φίλησα και πέρασαν κι έσβησαν όλα αμέσως. Ό,τι τσούζει και πονά το θεραπεύω. Αξίζει ένα αγρίμι ότι κι αν πεις.
Wednesday July 11, 2007 – 11:42am (EEST)
Όλο λεω να ανεβάσω δουλίτσες μου στο flickr και όλο με κάτι άλλο ασχολούμαι…α γίνει και αυτό… 🙂 Προς το παρόν λέω να κατέβω Ικαρία μία από τις επόμενες μέρες… 🙂
Wednesday July 11, 2007 – 02:56pm (EEST)
Just because of these kind comments, the original of this pic will appear in my set «replacements» -Flickr
Wednesday July 11, 2007 – 11:50am (PDT)
Λοιπόν τελικά θα καθυστερήσει το φευγιό μερικές μέρες ακόμα και είπα να ανεβάσω τις φωτό που έλεγα.Είναι από Ικαρία και όχι μόνο…Μπάτε δέστε…
Thursday July 12, 2007 – 08:58pm (EEST)
Ωχ, άλλος ένας που θα ταλαιπωρήσει (με την καλή έννοια) τα βασανισμένα, γέρικα μάτια μου!..
Thursday July 12, 2007 – 10:28pm (EEST)
Η φωτογραφία είναι εκπληκτική, θυμίζει πίνακα ζωγραφικής οπότε ο πιτσιρικάς εκτός από αγόρι δείχνει να έχει και καλλιτεχνική φλέβα…..
Friday July 13, 2007 – 02:53am (PDT)
ωπ! ευχαριστούμε Έλμα! Καλά θα κάνει πάντως ο πιτσιρικάς να παραμείνει οδοντοτεχνίτης. Η φωτογραφία ήταν μια εξαίρεση γιατί ήμουν παρούσα και τον παρότρυνα εγώ και «το μοντέλο» είναι στενότατη φίλη. Βοήθησε κι ο τόπος και το κέφι της στιγμής.
Friday July 13, 2007 – 09:50pm (EEST)
Nana to agrimi's blog 
Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry - rupi kaur https://www.instagram.com/p/C0RdZ-PNet_/?taken-by=schwickertt/