Lazy Dayz of September 2011 in Afroz

This is a series of photos from post-festival August days and the whole of September in Afroz meditation center-Eressos, Lesvos. They represent for me the feeling of tranquility which returns to the place after the buzz of August and festival days and also the arrow-like feeling of all the experiences lived in the Buddha field and are longing to go expressed out to the world. I make this post in these days were celebration of Christmas and New Year brings the families together, since the space and people of Afroz are spiritual family.

                                                                                                             spirit of Born Again

                                                                                                              Ganga's No Dimensions

                                                                                                                           Stella Olivia       

 

                                                                                                                shades of early dayz

                                                                                                             temple of painting 

                                                                                                               red and green cook

                                                                                                                      samurai nap

                                                                                                swing out 

                                                                                                               compost playground

                                                                                                                 ragazzi pizza night

                                                                                                     tao zen oven 

                                                                                                                          whirling bones

                                                                                                                          barking fur

                                                                                                     wolf princess

                                                                                                              plastic fantastic ponny

                                                                                                            homeless drumset 

                                                                                                          home for panties 

                                                                                                                arrow search pt#1

                                                                                                                 arrow search pt#2

                                                                                                                arrow search pt#3

                                                                                               arrow search pt#4 

                                                                                                           arrow search pt#5

                                                                                                                          still searching

                                                                                                   pebble shoes 

                                                                                                  olive bridge

                                                                                                           human pendulum 

                                                                                                           you'll never sit alone

                                                                                                                      found the target

                                                                                                                          fig avenue

                                                                                                                          stoned hut

                                                                                                                     deck of dreams

Orfeas In The Street, Elaionas neighborhood, Athens

Elaionas means Olive Grove.It is the name of a large area very close to the center of Athens but also very distant from the urban collective consciousness. Being undermined for decades as a place for the transport and logistic companies, for small-but polutant- factories and as a "ghetto" for people like Roma (check my earlier post http://eliastaris.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html)it is a place were most Athenians haven't or don't wish to visit. But it also a historical place, it was the olive grove of ancient Athens. The last years a debate is going on around the "reconstruction" of it. The series of pictures that i present here, is foe me my connection with (one of) the essence of photography. Without a commision or a plan about the outcome of the project, it's just me and my camera, wandering around the area, exposing-reflecting myself on unknown streets, opening up to whatever might appear. Since it's not a commisioned project, i don'r have much time to give to it. But posting these pictures now is like a wish for the new year to explore more on those streets.