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. 😉
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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.
Instagram: Elements 1/3, Ikaria, October 31, 2019
Facebook: Elements 1/3, Ikaria, October 31, 2019
See a few more photos of my choice taken in Ikaria
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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. It 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 ΣχόλιαAgrimi Sum
3 (+1) Πεζοπορικές Προτάσεις
για το Καλοκαίρι
Back int(r)o MyWorld
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 18 Οκτωβρίου, 2008 Filed under: aegean, Greece, hiking, Ikaria, Ικαρία, ικαρία, lifestyle, Personal, scouting, Sea, sport, trekking, Uncategorized | Tags: Aegean, constructive vice, for nature in nature, Greece, Ikaria, χαρά, αγαλλίαση, αγκαθότοποι, ικαρία, loneliness, love, my world, nude bathing, nude on rocks, October, off-record, photography, shinnery girl, skinny dipping, swim, thorns, trekking, underwater, why-ikaria, wild swimming, wilderness, zen 1 σχόλιο.
October:
Back to land, near the sea, inside the sea,
hidden paths, hidden places...
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© Ελένη ❤ Ευχαριστούμε που μας είπες για εκείνο το ωραίο και λέφτερο μέρος!
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Update:
This post seemed ahead of its time. We were ignorant that we created a tradition. Seven years later P.Z. posted the following amazing u/w pictures on Flickr. The last one won a good place in a famous calendar. I blogged about that quiet victory in my «An U/W shot from Ikaria in TSDR Calendar 2016».
Saturday October 18, 2008 - 07:23pm (EEST)
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When the sea in calm, Trahilas in Ikaria is THE PLACE!
love in the wild
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 24 Δεκεμβρίου, 2007 Filed under: aegean, Greece, hiking, Ikaria, Ικαρία, ικαρία, lifestyle, Personal, Uncategorized | Tags: abandonment, agrimi, almost summer, artful, ❤, DT, freedom, Greece, Ikaria, χαρά, ικαρία, kiss, loneliness, love, love in Ikaria, Manganitis, naked, nude bathing, nude on rocks, photography, wild camping, wild swimming Σχολιάστε-
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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
Our backs tell stories no books have the spine to carry - rupi kaur https://www.instagram.com/p/C0RdZ-PNet_/?taken-by=schwickertt/