Between the love of life and self

Spring 1998, Chania

The flesh surrenders itself, he thought. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication between the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not... yet I occurred.

~ Frank Herbert, "Dune Messiah"

A hollow play

Spring 1998, Chania

Eyes on the prize

Summer 1997, Samaria Gorge

Still alive

Summer 1997, Samaria Gorge

Thyme

Summer 1997, Samaria Gorge

Empire down

Autumn 1998, Kallithea, Athens

The plague is coming

Summer 1999, Elafonissi

Braindrops

Summer 1999, Elafonissi

Ready when you are, señor

Summer 1999, Elafonissi

Clay

Summer 1999, Elafonissi

Between the salt water and the sea strand

Summer 1999, Elafonissi

And now my watch begins

Winter 1997, Fortezza, Rethymno

New dawn fades

1997

For all tomorrow's parties

1997

Splinters

1997, Messini

Magnolia

1997, Messini

Seen the arrow on the doorpost
saying, "This land is condemned
all the way from New Orleans
to Jerusalem."

I traveled through East Texas
where many martyrs fell
and I know no one can sing the blues
like Blind Willie McTell

~ Bob Dylan, "Blind Willie McTell"

Sacred Whore

1998, Chania

Tilt

1998, Chania

Mischief

1998, Chania

They were innocent great apes, with little means for doing mischief, which, in my opinion as an old, old man, is all that human beings were ever meant to be.

~ Kurt Vonnegut, "Slapstick"

Inside looking out

1998, Chania

Groan

1998, Chania

I don't speak. I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

~ Frank Herbert, "Dune Messiah"

Applause

1996, Vourla

glad to be in with a roof above, floor below, wall and door between too much exposure, too much freedom, too much night

~ Ray Bradbury, "Something wicked this way comes"

So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.

~ "Star Wars Episode Like I Remember"

By the pricking of my thumbs

1996, Vourla

And the Carnival wisely knows that we're more afraid of Nothing than we're afraid of Something.

~ Ray Bradbury, "Something wicked this way comes"

Saints and sinners

1996, Quartier Latin, Paris

Cette vie est un hôpital où chaque malade est possédé du désir de changer de lit. Celui-ci voudrait souffrir en face du poële, et celui-là croit qu'il guérirait à côté de la fenêtre.

Il me semble que je serais toujours bien là où je ne suis pas, et cette question de déménagement en est une que je discute sans cesse avec mon âme.

~ Charles Baudelaire, "N'importe où hors du monde"

Birds

1996, Saint-Malo

"Say nevermore", said Shadow.
"Fuck you", said the raven.

~ Neil Gaiman, "American Gods"

The surface of a ball

1996, Saint-Malo

"You are pooped and demoralized", said Dwayne. "Why wouldn't you be? Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable!"

~ Kurt Vonnegut, "Breakfast of Champions"

The Song of Contradictions

1996, Avignon

Q

1996, Avignon

I dread the disgust that runs the narrow path from belly to brain.

~ Luther Blissett, "Q"

Riot

1996, Bordeaux

cela finit par une débandade de parfums

~ Arthur Rimbaud, "Matinée d'ivresse"

I'll pawn you my watch

1998, Rethymno

At the waterfront

1998, Rethymno

Pillars

1996, Exarcheia, Athens

chained to the pillars
a three-day party
I break the walls
and kill us all
with holy fingers

~ Pixies, "Gouge away"

Basement Tapes

1996, Patissia, Athens

Guess a man is no man
if he doesn't have the beast inside

~ Inspiral Carpets, "Beast inside"

Attention, please. This is from my very first film, shot with a borrowed, old and battered Zenit, whose light meter seemed to function whimsically on a case by case basis. I was 19, and didn't have the slightest idea what the fuck I was doing.

I find it amazing that a couple of pictures from that old film found their way here, in a blog I launched at 32. I also find it either very cute or very very depressing - I'm not sure which.

...Will you still love me when I'm 64?

Engine

2002, Engine @ Deanery Squat, Chania

- I... I don't know how to tell you this, Penfold...
- Yes, chief?
- But... we've gone off the edge of the universe.

~ Danger Mouse

The sea is a cruel mistress

2004

Sculpt

Summer 1997, Samaria Gorge

A Nubian princess
She's drunk all the time

~ Cracker, "River Euphrates"

Batman calls the kettle black

1998, Chania

It was tough work, carrying 220 pounds of sociopath to the top of Gotham Towers — the highest spot in the city. The scream alone is worth it.

~ Frank Miller, "The Dark Knight returns"

Boneless

2002, Vamos

Getting away with it

1999, Halepa, Chania

To warn the world

1999

Ni foi ni loi

1998, Chania

ni feu ni lieu
ni roi ni dieu

~ Victor Hugo, "Notre-Dame de Paris"

Mano negra ilegal

Summer 2002, Manu Chao @ Terra Vibe, Malakasa