On December 15th, 2013 I came across a man named Konstantinos Valkanos. He walked in the hostel room and choose the bunk below mine. After unpacking he went on to tell me the story of his life. I hadn't seen such innocent excitement in my life.  In his broken english he went on to explain that yesterday he had left his island home of Chalkida, Greece for the first time in his life. He had collected the little money saved from working his family's farm and then bought a plane ticket. He didn't have much money. He wasn't worried in the slightest. He didn't really need it. He was an explorer about to wake up and find out what else is out there. I sat down and wrote this next day. 

Konsta

Life has it's own breathe!
And what a beautiful

Inhale 
&
Exhale


Breathe

Mama

REC: The Last Day with Andy

you are sitting at an open window
a storm is quickly approaching
you can feel it coming
rain hits the courtyard below
somewhere a girl is practicing her singing
a spray paint can is rattling in the next room
rain is dripping from the rooftops
walking through an cobblestone road
you hear a chorus from far away
they shake a hat filled with change
a street musician with jet white hair stares at you
you search for a coin in your bag
you never break eye contact
you nodded to each other
an unspoken respect was shown
you are the only person listening to him play
people walked past
they never heard him
the music is interrupted by a loudspeakers
a woman’s voice speaks in Czech
she repeats the same sentence twice
there is something beautiful
in how strange this moment is
the recording cuts
there is a pause
the beauty fades
an alarm starts to sound
quiet at first
growing louder
increasingly
dissonant
the air is thick
with tension
the sound cuts
three tones
repetition
three tones
silence
a reminder of war
the air raid alarm
a time never forgotten
you sit in silence
take a bite of cereal
where is all of this headed
what does it mean
another bite of cereal
does it matter
that i record these things
will you ever feel
how i feel now
another bite of cereal
repetition

_ladwar_sounds_

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