The great modernist painter, Brice Marden, and his wife, Helen, also lived in Hydra. Marden--a pioneer of abstract and minimalist painting, bought a house there in 1973; the sea, the stark rectangular lines of Hydra’s spare architecture, the blanching sun are visible in his work. See “ A New Yorker Bound to Greece--A Visit to Brice Marden’s Studio on Hydra” (greece-is.com).
What a lovely and thoughtful piece of travel writing - unexpected. You should seriously consider this as another possible avenue for your craft - such a delight to read. I read A LOT of travel writing and I really felt like I was there with you. A moment of vicarious joy I think I might reread again.. Thank you for taking time to share this.
Did you have a chance to visit Aegina? Lovely little late Archaic Temple of Aphaia/Athena (c. 500 BCE) up on a piney hill that was then so quiet, when I visited that I could hear the wind bristling the pine needles. I believed, for a second, I had encountered Pan brushing past me on his way to Delphi. ( Btw, earliest coinage in Greece was issued in Aegina, 6th BCE).
I'm afraid I can no longer recall the source, but I recall reading that the keeper of the Greek fire jumped sides from the Byzantines/Italians to the Ottoman over a matter of fees. (It's something I read >20 years ago in prep for a Fulbright.)
Henry Miller was uneven. But when he is in top form—Tropic of Capricorn, Black August, much of the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, even sections of Colossus—no one can touch him
The great modernist painter, Brice Marden, and his wife, Helen, also lived in Hydra. Marden--a pioneer of abstract and minimalist painting, bought a house there in 1973; the sea, the stark rectangular lines of Hydra’s spare architecture, the blanching sun are visible in his work. See “ A New Yorker Bound to Greece--A Visit to Brice Marden’s Studio on Hydra” (greece-is.com).
Don’t forget the cats. We very much enjoyed our time there.
How could I!
What a lovely and thoughtful piece of travel writing - unexpected. You should seriously consider this as another possible avenue for your craft - such a delight to read. I read A LOT of travel writing and I really felt like I was there with you. A moment of vicarious joy I think I might reread again.. Thank you for taking time to share this.
Did you have a chance to visit Aegina? Lovely little late Archaic Temple of Aphaia/Athena (c. 500 BCE) up on a piney hill that was then so quiet, when I visited that I could hear the wind bristling the pine needles. I believed, for a second, I had encountered Pan brushing past me on his way to Delphi. ( Btw, earliest coinage in Greece was issued in Aegina, 6th BCE).
Henry Miller has some good stuff! Don’t rule him out…
I'm afraid I can no longer recall the source, but I recall reading that the keeper of the Greek fire jumped sides from the Byzantines/Italians to the Ottoman over a matter of fees. (It's something I read >20 years ago in prep for a Fulbright.)
"Bouboulina, the Hydriot woman who became a hero of the War of Independence and perhaps the first female admiral"
Artemesia erasure! But cool painting and cool bits of history.
Henry Miller was uneven. But when he is in top form—Tropic of Capricorn, Black August, much of the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, even sections of Colossus—no one can touch him