Torstenimprints

Saturday, December 17, 2011

After the rain front is gone, the curtain goes up...

Then comes new colors again. Absolitely amazing! I feel I talk to myself a lot about colors, but, alas, they change from day to day, from hour to hour. God´s tears fell this morning. Heavily, rattling, smashing window panes and doors. And all of a sudden, with a camera always ready and catching the fronts go away and the curtain goes up, for a new and colorful play.....

THE FRONT IS JUST GONE AND THE AEGEAN BLUE SHINES THROUGH ON ROUGH WAVES

LIKE SPRINGTIME GREEN

POLARITIES

Friday, December 16, 2011

A beloved child has many names...

Have I seen the harbor before? Thousands of times. Greek villages on "my" island has a tendency to stay long and make heavy imprints on me. I notice that I always see something new, another angle, another shift of color, of shadow and light. We can always see for ourselves. I will do it as long as I can...

Down to the harbor

Amazing colors and a sleeping beauty

Always nice and tidy

Kafeníon Aigéon like a part of the sea

Mirror , mirror on the wall

Looking down from road back to the village

Like a painters palett

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Katina, sweet neighbor...

Always smiling and kind and full of good energies, my dear neighbor Katina, seemstress in her shop, clever, clever with what she is doing, which includes a bit of the local gossiping and saying hello, even if you meet her ten times a day in the alley or flirtatious when meeting in the street....

Your beautiful house, what a character

She sees me

A little shy and charming

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

How to be possessed....

An obsession is not always healthy. But the nature of this island at least possesses me. One season is so different from the other. I feel that one imprint that I am carrying with me all through life, is the training of the eye to watch, take in, memorize and enjoy. The same place is never exactly the same when I return to it. I could spend an eternity that i do not own, on making new discoveries on this island of colors and light...

Survivors

Sprawling

A tunnel to the sea

A naked beauty

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Psiriára, mon amour...

I cannot count all the times I have been on this beach. Since the times of my daughter's childhood and my own first careful steps with shoes taken off, approaching the clear water on calm days or simpy take a walk like this day and took these photos. When I think about other beaches I have been to in the world, Psiriára does not seem like anything I would write home about, but there is a magic light and sound over this area and especially at this time of the year, when most people have other things to but to unfold a beach umbrella. I feel that the sea and the many sounds of it, give me reminiscences of where we once came from, a very long time ago. Winter-Wonderland in Lesvos, imprints each and every day....

Velvet sand with spread out pearls

I live by the same water like anyone else

Psiriára has many faces, depending on water and wind

The water's edge

Silvery sea and the green to come

Like a still life

Monday, December 12, 2011

Being a part of the village...

First football. Then basket. Being a part of the audience is like being a part of the game and of the village itself. Everyone is welcome and I feel I am. Great day for the various teams. Also the basket ball team won and this time over Mytilini. It feels good to sit down and enjoy the company and the excitement. Makes me feel at home...

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Fighting spirit always wins! Thank you team....

Football time against arch rival Kalloni! Slow first half, as if everybody on the field just needed a break and a coffee in the locker room! A very exciting second, with the game on one half of the field. Great opportunities before the first goal, and then just to finish it off, 3-0. A very fair game and many thanks to all for an entertaining afternoon! That includes the audience,
with the variation of characters around!!! More imprints in me next Sunday...