DR.CHRISTODOULOS XENAKIS NEUROLOGIST AND PSYCHIATRIST, AND …WHO WAS BORN IN 1936 IN IKARIA – A TIME IN HISTORY WHEN IKARIA WAS AN OCCUPIED ISLAND. THUS, HE WENT THROUGH TIMES BEING A REFUGEE IN CAIRO, AND LATER FINISHED HIS MEDICINE DEGREE IN GERMANY. NOWADAYS, HE LIVES ON IKARIA MOST OF THE YEAR, WHERE HE STARTED THE ASSOCIATION OF IKARIAN STUDIES, A CULTURAL ORGANIZATION THAT PUBLISHES BOOKS AND IS OPEN TO MANAGING ANY PROJECTS “TO IMPROVE LIFE ON IKARIA”. HE IS HELPING PEOPLE AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH HIS MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE, WHICH INCLUDES HERBS, HIS LATEST FIELD OF INTEREST. CHRISTODOULOS IS A SAILOR, AND HIS RECENT PASSION IS ALSO ORGANIZING SENIOR REGATTAS ON IKARIA.
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Rachel – Life is Movement
Rachel’s life, her dance, never stopped. It started at 15 and still goes on today: “I understand now that life, it’s movement, movement is a dance, so life is a dance. When I feel it, it’s like magic. I imagine myself like a small boat following the waves with believe…They say, ‘Think about what you want’ … I don’t know! … To say, I would like this and this and this … I have no idea.”
Eileen and Edward are leaving traces that are changing in time
Eileen (artist) loves “everything that has to do with time and traces, leaving traces in places”. She makes interventions in nature, but in the way that they “wear out” … “I don’t feel the need and I don’t think anything needs to stay for long.”
Edward’s latest love is growing old sorts of vines on Syros island and producing the finest organic wines. Edward came from Scotland .we are getting into this really for the way of life … It’s an honest way of life, which I like. And the cycles; everything is cyclical. One day, I might be in the winery tasting the rose, getting ready to bottle the rose, and then an hour later, we might be in the vineyard,…