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Sharing some emotions.. with you II

Journal Entry: Thu May 13, 2010, 2:02 PM


  • Mood: Adoration
  • Listening to: Elbow
  • Reading: The road less travelled
  • Watching: the birds
  • Drinking: green tea

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Ithaca

When you start on your journey to Ithaca,
then pray that the road is long,
full of adventure, full of knowledge.
Do not fear the Lestrygonians
and the Cyclopes and the angry Poseidon.
You will never meet such as these on your path,
if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine
emotion touches your body and your spirit.
You will never meet the Lestrygonians,
the Cyclopes and the fierce Poseidon,
if you do not carry them within your soul,
if your soul does not raise them up before you.

Then pray that the road is long.
That the summer mornings are many,
that you will enter ports seen for the first time
with such pleasure, with such joy!
Stop at Phoenician markets,
and purchase fine merchandise,
mother-of-pearl and corals, amber and ebony,
and pleasurable perfumes of all kinds,
buy as many pleasurable perfumes as you can;
visit hosts of Egyptian cities,
to learn and learn from those who have knowledge.

Always keep Ithaca fixed in your mind.
To arrive there is your ultimate goal.
But do not hurry the voyage at all.
It is better to let it last for long years;
and even to anchor at the isle when you are old,
rich with all that you have gained on the way,
not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.

Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage.
Without her you would never have taken the road.
But she has nothing more to give you.

And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not defrauded you.
With the great wisdom you have gained, with so much experience,
you must surely have understood by then what Ithaca means.

by C.P. Cavafy

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Bruges
  • Interests: photography, music, movies, the good life
  • Favourite movie: Gegen die wand, Black Cat.. White Cat, Los amantes del circulo Polar, Le grand bleu ;))
  • Favourite band or musician: Whitey!! Blonde Redhead, Patrick Watson, Ochre, Massive Attack, Olafur Arnalds, Ane Brun...
  • Favourite genre of music: Indie, Electronica, Rock and Roll, Punk, ...
  • Favourite artist: Frida Kahlo, Loretta Lux, Jean-Michel Folon
  • Favourite poet or writer: Paulo Coelho, Kahlil Gibran, Alice Nahon, Fernando Pessoa
  • Favourite photographer: Stefan Vanfleteren, Nan Goldin
  • Favourite style of art: Photography
  • Personal Quote: To let myself go, To let myself flow, Is the only way of being..
  • Tools of the Trade: Pentax LX - Pentax ME - Pentax MG -Pentax 645 - Diana F+ - Pentax k10d

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:iconcacciatore-di-attimi:
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Thank you for the FAV and I like you ID picture! Very good portrait!
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