Rain brings an unexpected peace to central Athens where protests are a regular thing. Here Bulgarian linguist, poet and photographer, Blaga Todorova, captures a certain beauty. J.D.
Between the Shadows and the Soul
“Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” ― Roger Miller
We have been having couple of days with a very heavy rain and in one of those days I happened to be out with my camera. I didn’t take all the pictures I wanted to, my camera has very limited options when it comes to photographing rain, and I came back home completely wet, but it was exciting and refreshing to walk in the rain, it had this mysteriously sweet taste of something majestic ruling the atmosphere …
The reason why the roads in a very busy town like Athens are completely empty it is not because people here are afraid from the rain, but because that day there was a demonstration taking place. And when we have one of those demonstrations the center of Athens is closed and isolated. I’m not sure how much I approve of…
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Thank you for appreciating and re-blogging the post Jamie! Lovely day to all “Into The Bardo” readers!
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How beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Blaga.
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Jamie: I love this!. The last “rain” we had over a month ago was amazing. I was doing a “mindful walk” on my back deck under the full moon when a few drops of rain fell on my head–as the popular song goes. . A brief line of thunder clouds quickly passed through and gifted us with a few drops of rain. The bugs and birds were very happy and there was a “riot” of song and chirping as they enjoyed a brief bath of rain. The air was so clean and clear as the rain passed by and I felt a new understainding of what Thich Nhat Hana calls “inter-being” as I walked with the animals and birds that night!
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