So much blue and a narrow strip of land emerging. This image is the definition of a Cycladic island. Liberating simplicity. Two colors for two words: nostos and algos. Nostalgia*
* The Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.” Milan Kundera, Ignorance
photos by christos drazos
words by maria alipranti
Nostalgia: Like the portuguese- galician: “saudade” or “morriña”
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