bucket list #48
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” Leo Tolstoy
Eleftheria Deko Eleftheria Deko & Associates What
The Parthenon temple at Acropolis
Where
Athens, Greece
How
A temple that has been considered in time the perfect building not only because of its exquisite proportions and beauty but also its delicate play of light and shadow stands for 2500 years as a symbol of measure. As sunlight shifts, the columns and details appear to move, revealing the ancient Greeks’ mastery of form, space, rhythm and celebration of life.
When
Every day and night since the 5th century BC anyone who visits the site can experience the beauty, the charm, the dynamic of human spirit.
Why
When light caresses a monument, it awakens it of its silence to whisper to you ‒ softly in the morning, mysteriously at night. You just need to train the ears of the heart to listen. And then, by listening to the whispers that travel downstream through the passage of time, one discovers a whole civilisation; its light and its shadows… both significant and profound. And you feel compelled to embrace both equally because light without darkness and shadows would be as unbearable as music without pauses. And this embrace is the beauty of life! www.edeko.com
Image: Gavriil Papadiotis
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