First sail in the Aegan sea today….
Sunday morning in Ithaka Island
After spending a beautiful morning with Ester Van Zuylen(Story here.)we sailed out a bit late from the beautiful Ithaka. VIDEO
New year new flag!
>11. 5. 2018<
We started the journey with a new flag!
Japec Jakopin: Internautica 2018
Our dear friend Japec Jakopin wrote an insightful editorial for 2018 Internautica catalogue where MED Land project is mentioned as well.
Since it’s so beautifully written we wish to share it with you. It manages to capture the essence of the MED as we understand it.
The editorial here is in slovene, but the catalogue is in english and you can find it here.
Naše morje
Moje morje je naše morje in morje vseh nas.
Kakor ga doživljamo mi, se je od Piranskega zaliva razlilo vzdolž Istre, po Jadranu, in skozi Jonsko morje do celega Sredozemlja.
In naše morje ni samo za piransko cerkvijo, ampak prav tako ob Mrtovcu ali Jabuki, na Itaki ali Zakintosu.
Sredozemlje ima edinstveno in karizmatično istovetnost. Povezuje tri celine in je zibelka zahodne civilizacije, na križišču vseh poti s severa na jug, ali z vzhoda proti zahodu. Tisočletne civilizacije so na tem kulturno rodovitnem substratu zgradile ideje in miselnost, ki je osnova naše duhovnosti – in bivanja.
Miriade lokalnih kultur, zlite v sredozemsko, so oblikovale vzorce preživetja, trajnostnega načina življenja, ustvarjalnosti in socialne strpnosti. Ti so postali vzor celotnega človeštva.
Ko se je v Jeruzalemu kralj David še pričkal s svojimi ženami, so Liburni na sredini vzhodnega Jadrana zgradili svoje mesto, ki so ga imenovali Jadra. Bili so odlični morjeplovci in ladjedelci, od katerih so se Rimljani učili gradnje ladij. Oboji so se na naših obalah zlili z Dalmati, Iliri in Etruščani. Do tega stičišča svetov – in kultur – so kasneje prišla najbolj na zahod razširjena slovanska plemena.
In zdaj smo prišli do čudovitega obdobja, ki ga niti slutiti nismo mogli . Bratstvo med evropskimi narodi in državami je zaživelo v skupni povezavi, ki bo kmalu odpravila še zadnje meje in prepreke – med plemeni, narodi in državami. Naše sredozemsko morje je postalo skupni dom vseh, ki imamo morje neskončno radi in ga nadvse občudujemo. S svojimi slanimi valovi, bleščečo svetlobo, prijaznim podnebjem, vonjavami borovega gozdička, melodijami škržatov, in izbiro najbolj zdrave prehrane nam podarja vse, kar nam v mestnem življenju manjka. Morda – na srečo – ne povsem večnega življenja, ampak balzam za dušo in korenito zmanjšanje biološke starosti.
O vsem tem razločno govorijo slikovne in besedne pripovedi Bojana Breclja, fotografa, pisca in človekoljuba, ki se s skoraj pol stoletja staro majhno leseno jadrnico odpravlja po Sredozemlju. Zapisuje resnične slike o ljudeh, ki s svojo zgodbo potrjujejo vse, kar smo zapisali o našem morju.
Naša naloga pa je, da morje ohranimo za naše otroke in vnuke vsaj tako čisto in lepo kot so ga nam zapustili naši predniki. To je pa že téma letošnje Internautice, ki je skupni imenovalec naše ljubezni do morja.
In želimo ji : na mnoga leta!
Japec Jakopin
3 Days and 3 Nights Trip
>9. 5. 2018<
The journey has begun on Friday the 4th!
Our first “step” was 3 days and 3 nights long, with only one tiny 3h stop on Lastovo, the last island in Croatia.
Our departure was blessed by many friends who came on the boat to greet us goodbye, drank a glass of wine to farewell of our trip and sang “Mala Mare”. Even the rain and the storms in the nights didn’t break the harmonious-ness of the trip. We landed on Othonoi – Yiannis Katehis island (Make it Livable) and Yiannis was awaiting for us in Antonis Bar.
Expect the updates of his story with what happened afterwords!
Vida Ogorelc
Vida Ogorelc is the key player in NGO reality of Slovenija with establishing UMANOTERA which is now an important player in launching a project for sustainable development. She does contribute to the MED Land project with her financial support and enthusiastic response.
Jelka Brecelj
Jelka Brecelj is Bojan’s dear sister and one of the biggest fans of the project, especially enjoying the photos! It is a great support beside regular financial support as in “godmothering the next story”. Her proffesional expertise goes exactly in the opposite direction than Bojan’s: from the eye to the brain with long career as a researcher at University Eye Hospital.
Peter Koraca
Peter Koraca is a friend of Bojan’s and of a project as well. He worked as a lecturer and New Media Researcher at Designskolen Kolding in DK in 2011. Currently he is a London based Interaction designer, creative coder and photographer. His contributions to the MED were in pro advise for the web as well as in form of a financial donation.
Nina Gale
Nina Gale – is a close family, a lover of film and photography. She grew up in a family where 3 Slovenian famous films were born :”Kekec”, “Good Luck, Kekec” and “Kekec’s Tricks”. Her passion is Pathology and has a long academic carer, working as professor and researcher at the University of Ljubljana at Department of Pathology. She is a regular print buyer and had contributed with a kind donation.