"To flirt with rescue when one has no intention of being saved..."

Send in the clowns.

(A Little Night Music)

Some weeks ago I was told of this interesting course that is to be held at the same place in Greece where I spent a month in 2007 - namely Lesvos. The course I'm interested in, is in mid September this year. There are two different subjects to be discussed: Philosophy for non-philosophers and The mysteries, the wine and the sexuality. Not quite ( Read more... )

One of the most beautiful songs I know is by Mikis Theodorakis, a Greek composer born of the island of Chios. He's most know for his "Zorba the Greek" movie music, but he's also composed lots of choral and operatic work, fusing Greek folk tones with the classical tone of the west. Think Carmina Burana gone Greek ( Read more... )

Jeg åpner munnen min
og havet fryder seg
og bærer ordene mine bort i sine hemmelige huler
og hvisker dem til de små selene
på de nettene som menneskenes lidelser gråter

Jeg skjærer blodårene mine
og drømmene blir røde
de blir til økser i barnas nabolag
og lakener til jentene som ligger hemmelig våken
for å høre på erotenes undere.Fantastisk ( Read more... )

I want to travel SOOO badly right now.... If I haven't travelled in a while, I'm getting glimpses - quick glimpses - in my head, of places I've been, places I've had my sense wide open, places I've left my heart... It's a very peculiar feeling. The closest I've seen it depicted is in the movie "Chocolate", where the northern wind comes to drag ( Read more... )

I feel like shit. Many reasons - love issues, university issues, all kinds of issues. Maybe I'M the one with issues.

Dang. Right now I'm on my way to Arendal to empty and clean my old apartment, so that I'm finished with THAT part of my life, at least. Physical cleaing sometimes work as mental cleaning, so I'll give it a try. I'm tired of crying