The philosopher’s prediction may not have been accurate, but how could he have predicted over tourism?
*The philosophers’ dialogue has been translated from Ancient Greek to modern English;)
illustrations
The World Needs to Chillax
Illustration by Angela Zafiris
It’s an anthropomorphic world! Eww the world has some very ugly feet 😉
Μy drawings were inspired by the recent catastrophic events of the past few years. It seems like the whole world is on fire. From the Amazon to the Arctic to Europe, Australia and Africa. The melting of the glacier in Iceland. So many terrible chain of events. It’s so depressing. If only the arrogant world leaders were all environmentalists. What a better world it would be.
Είναι ένας ανθρωπομορφικός κόσμος! Ο κόσμος έχει πολύ άσχημα πόδια. 😉
Τα σχέδια ήταν εμπνευσμένα από τα πρόσφατα καταστροφικά γεγονότα των τελευταίων ετών. Φαίνεται ότι όλος ο κόσμος καίγεται. Από τον Αμαζόνιο στην Αρκτική στην Ευρώπη και την Αφρική. Η τήξη του παγετώνα στην Ισλανδία. Τόσα πολλά τρομερά γεγονότα, το ενα μετα το αλλο. Είναι τόσο καταθλιπτικό. Εάν μόνο οι αλαζονικοί ηγέτες του κόσμου ήταν όλοι περιβαλλοντολόγοι ο κόσμος θα ήταν ένα καλύτερο μέρος.
Savages/Αγριοι
The old man sat on his chair with a look of confusion and sadness worn on his face.
“What’s is it?” I asked
“I had a crazy dream last night. I’ll never forget it.”
“Alright. So what? I can tell you a million crazy dreams that I’ve had. Don’t let whatever you saw bother you too much.” I said to the old man/ I was worried that the old man was going to give himself a stroke.
“Let me tell you about the dream. I bet you’ve never seen or heard of this kind of dream before in your life!”
The old man proceeded to tell me his dream with great enthusiasm.
“It took place in Egypt in one of the pyramids. A group of archaeologists had just uncovered a tomb belonging to a pharaoh from four thousand years ago. When they opened the tomb the mummy opened his eyes. The archaeologists were shocked. The mummy slowly sat up in his grave and his bandages began to fall off. He asked for a translator. In the next scene he was looking out at the landscape of the world. Looking at all of the chaos. Then the pharaoh angrily exclaimed ‘savages, those people are savages!”
I looked at the old man with a look of disbelief.
” You’re kidding me now?”
“Why would I kid?” said the old man with an air of annoyance.
“He was so angry. “Savages” said the Pharaoh!”
I didn’t know what else to tell the old man. But, that he was right I had never heard of such a dream before.
Later that week I came across an article about a four thousand year old tomb of a pharaoh that had been uncovered. Chills poured down my body. The old man knew nothing of Egyptology how could he have guessed the date correctly?
I sometimes wonder about our ancestors-all of our ancestors. What do they think of us modern humans? They cannot be pleased with what we have done to the planet and how we treat each other.
This is a message from the beyond that they are horrified by what they are seeing on this earth.
*Based on a true story
Hikikomori/引きこもり
‘Hikikomori’ Illustration by Angela Zafiris
After watching a documentary about the Hikikomori in Japan I was inspired to write this post and make a little illustration.
The word ‘Hikikomori’ is a Japanese for a reclusive person or a ‘modern -day hermit’. Usually young people who don’t leave their rooms for up to 6 months or even years. Although there are many people who are reclusive in most countries, it seems to be a big public health issue in Japan, as over half a million Japanese youth are said to be Hikikomori. Social pressure, shyness and depression are all contributing factors to the problem.
Η λέξη «Hikikomori» είναι μια Ιαπωνική λέξη που σημαίνει ένα απομονωμένο άτομο ή ένας «σύγχρονος ερημίτης». Hikikomori είναι συνήθως νέοι που δεν εγκαταλείπουν τα δωμάτιά τους για 6 μήνες ή και χρόνια. Αν και υπάρχουν πολλοί άνθρωποι που είναι απομονωμένοι στις περισσότερες χώρες, φαίνεται να είναι ένα μεγάλο ζήτημα δημόσιας υγείας στην Ιαπωνία, καθώς πάνω από μισό εκατομμύριο Ιάπωνες θεωρούνταιι ότι είναι Hikikomori. Η κοινωνική πίεση, η συστολή και η κατάθλιψη αποτελούν όλους τους παράγοντες που συμβάλλουν το πρόβλημα.
Dumbed-Down Society/Κοινωνία Χαμηλού Επιπέδου
Illustration by Angela Zafiris
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” Isaac Asimov
False Positivity/Ψεύτικη Θετικότητα
A carefree woman walking to her doom. Illustration by Angela Zafiris
“In our day and age, global society has been saturated with the wrong teaching of false positivity. The denial of darkness never equates the abundance of light. And the denial of your actual character never equates to the reality of your best character. People today are afraid to work on themselves and on their actual realities, they believe that outward appearances are enough. Outward appearances have become everything in our current day and age. People don’t see what they are actually like, nor who they actually are, in reality. They live in a phantasmic version of reality. It has to stop. In the phantasmic version of reality, there is no chance to experience true love, true goodness, and true metamorphosis. The caterpillar does not become a butterfly by telling everybody it has wings. It actually buries itself in darkness and grows those wings.”
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Too Much Talking/Πολυ Μπλα Μπλα
‘Too much Talking’ Illustration by Angela Zafiris
Now it’s time for a little rant…
I was on You Tube and I came across numerous talking heads with channels. I listened and listened to what they have to say about people, life and the universe.. blah blah blah. I disagreed with a few things that they had to say. They seemed so out of touch. I realized it was just useless banter from people of privileged positions. They are all so sanctimonious with their ‘crowns’ and with a talent at bringing people down because its profitable. Some have a PhD in whatever field and some are intuitive/spiritual and others who have the gift of gab aka blabber mouths. There is a laundry list of things you HAVE to do before a certain age (God forbid you don’t want to do those things) or you do, but haven’t achieved these things yet, and perhaps you never will. That’s life!
What is right for them might not work for you. What they wanted out of life might not necessarily want what you want out of life.
So be your own life coach. Follow your own path. If life is too short then don’t listen to the dribble. We will all end up six feet under anyways no matter what road or piece of advice we take.
Now, I hope that wasn’t too much talking for you. Just a healthy dose of the truth.
Survival/Επιβίωση
Illustration with paper ‘Survival’ by Angela Zafiris
A woman surfaces from the dark waves and reflects a lightning bolt that is about to strike her.
This life only has meaning when we give it meaning. Some say it’s wonderful. Others call it a journey. But, we can’t ignore the basic fact that life was, is and will always be about survival.
Μια γυναίκα ξαναεμφανίζεται από τα σκοτεινά κύματα και αντικατοπτρίζει μια αστραπή που πρόκειται να την χτυπήσει.
Αυτή η Ζωή έχει νόημα μόνο όταν τις δίνουμε νόημα. Κάποιοι λένε ότι είναι υπέροχη. Μερικοί τη αποκαλούν ταξίδι. Αλλά, δεν μπορούμε να αγνοήσουμε το βασικό γεγονός ότι η ζωή ήταν, είναι και θα είναι πάντα θέμα επιβίωσης.
Happy Canada Day!
Just a rough last-minute sketch in honour of Canada day. I think that the illustration would have been more accurate if I had drawn a box of Kraft Dinner, a Tim Horton’s coffee cup and a Harvey’s Burger 😉
Creativity & Courage
Day Quote Challenge Day 3
I was nominated by Manuela to participate in the 3 day quote challenge.
Thank you to https://inaloveworld.wordpress.com/ for nominating me for this challenge.
“Creativity Takes Courage”-Henri Matisse
One of my favourite quotes because it is one thing to have an idea or image in your head and another to actually go about bringing it to form. There is a lot of doubt and uncertainty. You will make mistakes. The result won’t be like you expected, but it is worth a try.
My nominees are: https://sandsoftime10blog.wordpress.com/
https://itrainsinmyheart.wordpress.com/
