Ας φτιάξουμε ένα σύμπαν πάνω σου
Various renditions of The Birth of Venus.
(Sandro Botticelli, Alexandre Cabanel, Francois Boucher, William Adolphe Bouguereau, Henri Gervex, Fritz Zuber-Buhler, Eduard Steinbruck)
Κοιτάζεις τον ήλιο όσο εκείνος κρύβεται.
Σου καίει το πρόσωπο και προσπαθείς να κρατήσεις τα μάτια σου ανοιχτά.
Απλά για να δεις τα χρώματα που αλλάζει ο ουρανός.
Τα κατάφερες.
[Το πιο όμορφο σημείο της επιστροφής]
when anton chekhov said “develop the aesthetic feeling in yourself. allow your heart to ache for what the eye does not see”
“There is a sort of stagnation in my soul. I am not disappointed, I am not tired, I am not depressed, but simply everything has suddenly become less interesting. I must do something to rouse myself.”
— Anton Chekhov, from a diary entry written c. November 1888
“That’s it, I guess. Just go on living, whether you feel like it or not.”
— Anton Chekhov
“Tell me. Tell me with your eyes.”
― James Joyce, Exiles
“I like you; your eyes are full of language.“
― Anne Sexton, Letter to Anne Clarke, July 3, 1964
“You have such suffering eyes. I’ll look into them and cry, and we’ll both feel better.”
― Anton Chekhov, Ivanov
“You would say you don’t see it: at least I flatter myself I read as much in your eye (beware, by-the-by, what you express with that organ, I am quick at interpreting its language).”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
— Anton Chekhov
“Her blood is dancing, she wants to live, and there is no life here.”
— Anton Chekhov, from The Complete Stories; “In Exile,”