Too much love will kill us said the boy

Cause we fought a lot  (yet this should not  come as a surprise as our whole friendship actually started with a fight) and you were stuck in my head so...

-I thought about writing you a love letter said the girl
-I thought about fucking you when you were away said the boy....

A modern day love letter to a boy that is easily one of the best things that happened to me last year. Our friendship may be complicated and dramatic but we never like it easy huh?

You said that too much love will kill us but I am still trying to convince you that when I say "I love you" I love you in a different way than the plumber who successfully manages to fix a leaking pipe or the next Uber driver that offers us a bottle of water and some candy... This one is for you.

Cause this could be your motto

and we have danced to this one countless of times...



and KAVLA is still the most important word I ever taught you

and you are everything but EASY and you know it.





yet I have come to love your charming, lady-loving, social whoring ways... and your unique way of masking compliments into insults




and we laughed like fools when sweet concert goers confused us with singers and we just played along






and well I guess what I am trying to say is you can always have some affection without penetration with me...

and we will always believe in the magic of the night and chase music around the globe...

Teddy Boys and Copycats

"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensation for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

I finally read the dystopian all-time classic and  this is the paragraph that stayed with me the most. Cause a good fight against misfortune and a struggle with temptation do hold a dangerously glamorous allure.

Speaking of dystopian futures and state controlled behavioral manipulation, an interesting fact about Greeceland is that during the 60s, a time of revolution across the rest of Europe, an infamous law, law 4000, was put in place to punish "Teddy Boy" behaviour. According to law 4000 young troublemakers arrested for the offense of slander had their heads shaved, the cuffs of their pants ripped and were forced to walk around with a sign stating "I am a Teddy Boy", for pedagogic reasons of course.

And now for the copycats, surprisingly enough some of my favorite "songs du jour" seem to be covers and the quintessential soundtrack during this transitional month is Todd Terje's Johnny and Mary sang by Brian Ferry! This song is GOLD.

Another current favourite:

And last but not least photos and tips from 2 of the must-see exhibitions in Athens at the moment.

-The exceptionally curated A THOUSAND DOORS exhibition by NEON and Whitechapel Gallery that is hosted at the majestic Gennadius Library until the 30th of June.

Tip: all the volunteers are extremely polite and well-informed ask them to tell you a story about the art piece they are standing next to you won't regret it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I'm profoundly shallow, my lack of knowledge is vast and my horizons are narrow" said the boy.

 

 "No Respect": Graffiti and street art at the OCC." 

Cause our graffiti rocks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And my favourite portrait at the moment needlewordk by Lockibird