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Does Lightning Strike More Than Once In The Same Spot?

What do you do when you feel you've been struck down by lightning, yet the lightning itself has no other apparent interest in you other than an ability to scorch you down by it's sheer power and let you know it really enjoys your presence?

It's a strange compliment to know that lightning likes to be around you, and who isn't charmed by such divine interest to their person? I know I am. Charmed my pants off, so to speak.

But much like the tale of the frog and the scorpion who crossed the river, lightning is beautiful, charming, appealing, hell it can transform a person's whole life-perspective with its inner world of magic. Yet is still does, and always will hold the power to scorch you down to mere ashes, if you forget your place and you dare to underestimate its "electric touch". It's in its nature. It can't help but be what it is, to fulfill its purpose in life. Gorgeous but dangerous. Life changing yet deadly.

If you choose to merely watch it from a far away spot, then you can't help but fall for it's random shining bolts, the magical shapes it scars on the heavens and on your heart. You can't easily fight those emotions of powerless attraction to its glow, much like the moth is charmed by a flame.

I am drawn to this lightning exactly like the proverbial moth. And much like the moth, I am in an equally clear and present dangerous dilemma. If I keep my distance, I am bound to eventually demystify this ancient power, and that I am certain of. In fact if I go down that road, I feel secure in knowing I will never come back to it and I will be safe from harm, ready to move on with my life (until next time).

However, this is something I am not prepared to do just yet. It's been a while since I came near such lightning, and this particular one, is like no other I've ever discovered in my life. There are a million reasons why I say that (which are neither here, nor there). It feels nearly impossible to be able to choose to go down this path right now. I can't ignore the powers of my subconscious and/or my heart's desires. I learned that lesson long ago, so I know when my mind should shut the fuck up.

If on the other hand I choose to approach this creature of mystery and let myself "play" near the lightning's fire, I stand liable to lose much more than a temporary ability to see due to its intense light. I may well lose everything I hold dear to me in the process. My balance, my peace of mind, my fragile wall of sand that I call my emotions. Everything.

People say you shouldn't expect to gain anything ever in life if you are not prepared to lose everything in the process. That is oh so true. I learned that lesson too, the hard way.

That however is a fucking hard thing to do, when your body is already covered with burns that similar fatal attractions like this one have already left on your skin so many times before.

Play with fire or stay in the cold? No-one can really help me with this choice.

I just wonder what the lightning would say if it could actually see all those scars...

It's A Hard Life - Queen

Keeping with the current theme of saying it all with music, no further comment is really necessary...

I don't want my freedom
There's no reason for living with a broken heart
This is a tricky situation, I've only got myself to blame
It's just a simple fact of life, It can happen to anyone
You win - you lose
It's a chance you have to take with love
Oh yeah - I fell in love
And now you say it's over and I'm falling apart

It's a hard life, to be true lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts
It's a long hard fight, to learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you're in love

I try and mend the broken pieces, I try to fight back the tears
They say it's just a state of mind, But it happens to everyone
How it hurts - deep inside
When your love has cut you down to size
Life is tough - on your own
Now I'm waiting for something to fall from the skies
And I'm waiting for love

Yes it's a hard life, two lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts
It's a long hard fight, to learn to care for each other
To trust in one another - right from the start
When you're in love

Yes it's a hard life
In a world that's filled with sorrow
There are people searching for love in every way
It's a long hard fight, But I'll always live for tomorrow
I'll look back on myself and say I did it for love
Yes I did it for love (for love) oh I did it for love

He's Just Not That Into You

Hmmm... :-.

Way Back Into Love (Music & Lyrics OST)

There are times when my words are just too much, and instead a corny song says it all much better than I ever could. So here's me shutting up, while you get to hear what I wanna tell you :-)



I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on

I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need 'em again someday
I've been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's got to be something for my soul somewhere

I've been looking for someone to shed some light 

Not somebody just to get me through the night
I could use some direction
And I'm open to your suggestions

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love

And if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

There are moments when I don't know if it's real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love

And if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that I'll be there for you in the end.

Faraway So Close

Thank you for being there.

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or that one?



I have to say, both.

*sigh*

lol.

Exposed & Imprisoned

Well it started in a dream over 3 months ago and I went through phases of vulnerability & tenderness that have been haunting my life for the first time in what feels like years.

But I wasn't sure, since it was only a gut feeling and not based on anything real. I couldn't be certain it was more than a childish enthusiasm, and it would be silly of me (at least) to make anything of it. Sure I was interested, intrigued even, but that's natural.

After a storm of recent dreams relevant to that beautiful face, I had finally come to realise I was hoping for some sort of release. I was longing to be set free again, as insecurity stroke one too many times. I put my money on getting free and moving on with my life, after I would finally get to experience that sweet aura first hand and decide it was only a distant crush.

Could I BE more wrong? I don't think so.

Instead of getting released from that strange (mystical even) grip, I was surprised almost beyond belief. I was thrown back. I was shaken and stirred. I became a prisoner of a pair of eyes, while an all-powerful smile thwarted my plans for a quick escape. That presence dominated my air and even my sense of smell began to misbehave.

How can it be? I spent AGES building a protecting shell around myself, making sure I would not be caught in an emotional web again. All my resources were put to work, guarding me from my quirky mischievous heart. My mind was my greatest ally as I barricaded myself behind walls of caution and experience. And all that came to nothing.

My walls came crashing down like a paper tower. All my defences were scattered away like autumn leaves in the winter breeze. GOD even my words have reached new levels of corniness!

lol!

So all I am left with now is a newly found hunger for more. More looks, more words, more sounds and smells. More air time with you, in an attempt to get to finally get to know you. I am wishing I could show you the potential for elation I hold within me, but I know that is neither here nor there. Don't get me wrong, I am still cautious and kinda scared. Perhaps now I'm more scared than ever, since the realisation of reality, has taken me outside my protecting bubble of imaginary safety.

And I've become exposed and fragile. I long for and fear you at the same time. Even the silences in between our sentences were filled with tenderness and familiarity, as if a strange comforting blanket was protecting me, protecting both of us from the cold world outside.

But now, that all familiar energy is fuelling my existence. I know I will fly and fall. Maybe not even in that order. But falling, I am. It's started happening already. And so too has the flying part. It all started with a kiss in that twirling dream, and it has OFFICIALLY been sealed true with two more short kisses on the cheek as you said goodnight.

So now I can't help but wonder; Will you come on this journey with me? Or will you hesitate?

And so it begins.

The Fire In Your Eyes - Boaz Mauda

Lo or kochav
Ata akhshav
Iti iti, keilu amiti
Kmo az mizman

Not a starlight
You are now
With me, with me, as if real
Like back then

bULLY (Music Video) - We Govern We

The second video I directed for my most favourite band in the world!


bULLY Music Video - We Govern We from Yannis Zafeiriou on Vimeo.

we govern we have been writing music together since Christmas '07 and already this is their second music video. It stars a handful of their friends from Athens, London & LA(rissa). As with their first video Dead Pretty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ijnoz..., there was a budget as low as no budget and was greatly helped by the charms of the director and the willingness of the charmed to be directed. We Govern We are eternally grateful to everyone involved, especially YOU as you pass this along...

we govern we are: panos scourtis, anna karakalou/the abc monster, and you.

bULLY was made with:

2 band members
61 volunteer performers
(26 women, 33 men & 2 babies - though the babies were bribed...)
20 hours of filming over two days
100+ hours of post-production
No animals were hurt in the making of this video (admittedly though, Sushi was a bit traumatized with the amount of people in the house...)

Music, lyrics & performance by we govern we
(www.myspace.com/wegovernwe)
There is also a children's book based on the song in the works! Keep an eye out!!

Director: Yannis Zafeiriou
Art Director: Katerina Vlastari
Post-Production: RED STUDIOS
HD Camera by: Thanos Tsamis/Hellas Cinema
Lights by: Dimitra Arvaniti

BULLY STARS:

zoobidoobi, kappa MYSTA, kos markatos, Lambathagoogly, Jordan bonyo, abe sexson, Skraf, Tzoni Tzo-Tzo, Ox, Evgen, Ian Joliet, Stel, Spyros and Nestor Tourloukis, Burt Lianos, JD, Pete Dimou, Greg Kartsos, Sushipizza, Ghassan, Fuduki, Dirty Harry, Panoukla, Eyejacker, Panouli, Skourtis, Neil Smith, Vassilakis, George, anapiros, neo, gateley, Akis Boyatzis, Polly Pocket, Theoula Karakalou, Shones, Maria Kassimis, Chryssoula, Beeyo, V, Elina, Margaret, Stefanie, Kell, Edna, Chris Purple, Athinea, Julie Anna Basil, Joanna Cave, Renee, dimitra Kalogeropoulou, Ioanna Avloniti, Sophia Ioannou, Anna Kosmoglou, Renee Koutras, Hari Gomarakis, Vicky, Fotini, Andromache Boyatzis AND introducing Pupuki on his first day out...

If you're not in the credits, PLEASE let us know who you are!! We are curious!! ;)

Light Flight by Pentangle

Hauntingly beautiful, isn't it?

Hedwig Origin