STORIES
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Alone Together
ALONE TOGETHER is an ode to the art of being alone. A collection of photographs born from my inner solitude, a personal journey of finding beauty and empowerment in going out into the world, alone or not and making it memorable.
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The Island
ITHACA
As you set out bound for Ithaca,
hope that the journey is a long one,
full of adventures, full of learning.
Of the Laestrygonians and Cyclopes,
of wrathful Poseidon have no fear,
you’ll never meet suchlike on your journey,
if your thoughts remain lofty, if noble,
sentiment grips your body and spirit.
You’ll never encounter raging Poseidon,
Laestrygonians and Cyclopes,
unless you bear them in your soul,
unless your soul sets them before you.
Hope that the journey is a long one.
That the summer morns be many
when with what delight, what joy
you enter harbours hitherto unseen;
that you stop at Phoenician markets,
and acquire fine merchandise,
nacre and coral, amber and ebony,
and all kinds of heady perfumes,
as many heady perfumes as you can;
that you visit many Egyptian cities;
to learn and learn from the erudite.
Always keep Ithaca in mind.
To arrive there is your destination.
But in no way rush the voyage.
Better for it to last many years;
and for you to berth on the isle an old man,
rich with all you gained on the journey,
without expecting Itchaca to give you riches.
Ithaca gave you the wonderful voyage.
Without her you would not have set out on your way.
Yet she has nothing more to give you.
And though you may find her wanting, Ithaca has not
deceived you.
Wise as you’ve become, with so much experience,
already you’ll have understood what these Ithacas mean.
/C.P Cavafy
Il Ford HP5
Canon AL1
Shot in September ‘22 in Crete, Greece.