Arts & Literature, Spirituality

“Upon Myth Life Hangs” – A Deeper Reading

Published in In Focus, Sept. 2016. Life does hang by that silver cord of maya  that Avra Katsouri scales in this reflection on Existence. Beyond the delight of its images and language, her poetic offering affirms at once the profundity and the lightness of being. Upon Myth Life Hangs is given as a wholehearted hosanna to Creation. Her… Continue reading “Upon Myth Life Hangs” – A Deeper Reading

Arts & Literature, Personal notes

Literary Translation: A Personal Approach

do not like over-analyzing what I do or how I do it, since my diverse and lifelong experience with the creative process in many media has shown me, time and again, that the more cerebral the process, the less successful the result. Like any form of creative writing, translation needs to be inspired and driven by subconscious, intuitive operations, albeit organized by rigorous analysis.