athena lamberis: sense masala

Sayings, Poetry & Quotes to Share Vol 2

2017-04-03T18:27:00.000+02:00

Truth Vol 1

2017-04-02T14:55:00.000+02:00

Moodboard of Locations, Decor & Ideas

2017-04-02T14:28:00.003+02:00

dreamy

cabin and small spaces

sea therapy

high reading

pool and views

camping companions

neutral love

grogeous colours

texturas

waterfalls in Greece!

kitchen views

Spirit Pine, California

Glen Beach, Cape Town (that's me and Lorenzo)

Mainly a collection of screenshots from instagram. :)

Quotes for life and to pass on: Vol 1

2017-04-02T13:33:00.001+02:00

Hafiz is a favourite. :)

Dance like a girl: B-Girl Terra

2015-12-03T13:05:00.000+02:00

I don't post about cute cats. But dance videos? Yes. I get goosebumps when I see videos like these. The best ones always are of children with boundless energy of children. I couldn't help notice her little shoelaces came undone before the camera cut to her putting on her elbow guards and hat :)

Today at Secret Sunrise, I jumped around with a 6 year old, and she didn't stop dancings. She wasn't not tired. No heavy breathing, fatigue, or feeling like it's time to stop. Me on the other hand was wondering hwo long I could keep up with her. I had to stop. She kept on going.

I noticed the same from B Girl Terra. No deep breathing, just a pure clear vessel of movement, focus, agility and skill. She doesn't stop.

Can't wait to see what more she shares with the world.
Jungle - Platoon from Jungle on Vimeo.

Images for Debt-Free Education #Feesmustfall #Solidarity #Nationalshutdown

2015-10-23T16:14:00.000+02:00

Be Who We Wanna Be. Free Education Universally

pic from The Collective FB page

#FeesMustFall #NationalShutdown Stand for Debt-Free Education Globally

2015-10-22T22:09:00.000+02:00

Wake up.

Father's Day, Your Self, Ego and Jim Carrey's speech

2015-06-22T10:45:00.000+02:00

Jai Guru Dev

Jim Carrey speaks truthfully to graduates of Maharashi University of Management in 2014 about fear and the act of love in all things we do, from about 10 mins of the video.

But in respect for Father's Day, his speech points out how lessons we learn sometimes come directly from our families and those close to us.

He explains from minute - 11:19-11:52

"You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."

-Jim Carrey, comedian

:)

Have a look!

Our Socially Constructed Jungle - Poem by Athena Lamberis

2015-06-20T18:50:00.003+02:00

Socially Constructed Jungle

by Athena Lamberis

Over the seas

Far away

In the neck

Of the jungle

Trees cast shadows on our eyes

Until we wake up

We won't realise

We grew this jungle deep

and under these trees

I weep.

Don't deny that the trees grew

but were planted by you.

Don't forget that the sun is above.

We all belong

All belong to the roots.

We are the children of the bark.

Awaken to truths
before

we create clouds
to covers the skies

Under these trees

I weep

Under these trees

We weep.

****

Let's consider and understand
this socially constructed jungle
we live in will suffocate us all
if we don't recognise the harm
it has caused by the seeds
from which it was planted.

Dedicated to lives lost
families in pain
Our global community mourns
A plea for
Truth and Reconciliation
For hate crimes across
the Globe.

***
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil,
but by those who watch them without doing anything"

-Albert Einstein

The Funny Thing about Social Media - see what happens in real life . . .

2015-02-03T10:27:00.000+02:00

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Social Media is an amazing tool however when the word 'media' gets replaced with "real life experiment, see what happens when the LED screen is no longer between you and the people you are connected with.

Check out this clever improv video of the delightfully cheeky Jena Kingsley.

She explains: " Social networking is completely out of control these days. But do the things we do online make sense in real life? Follow me as as I test social media activity on unsuspecting New Yorkers! I partnered with Relationship Science and their new app MINE by RelSci (http://m.onelink.me/373bf49b) "

" What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs" -Rumi

2014-08-20T21:05:00.002+02:00

“What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs.”
― Rumi

Violence is an act without soul.
Direct life in love
Anger won't last
and we will be
Direct in what we see
Soul will fill
Love will lead.

-Athena Lambers

Public art meets crowd-funding for social change #ANOTHERLIGHTUP in Cape Town, South Africa

2014-03-17T16:48:00.001+02:00

On De Waal Drive, driving out of the city bowl in Cape Town, South Africa, you have the view of the Cape peninsula's valley also known to many people as The Flats. The Flats extends all the way to areas like Monwabisi, a sub-area of Khayelitsha, one of Cape Town's most populated districts.

On that same drive, you can see the new Urban Visionary, a multi-storey mural and light installation created by the founders of Thingking and artist Faith47. They collaborated on the new design and have enabled public street art to be a catalyst for change through crowdfunding for a social cause. They aim to raise funds for public street lights to be installed in Monwabisi Park, Khayelitsha, through the organisation VPUU (Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading). For every light that is funded for in Monwabisi, the Urban Visionary mural is lit up in the evening- inspiring and engaging more people to become more active members in their society through #anotherlightup

To read more about it here and to donate to #anotherlightup:

About the project | #ANOTHERLIGHTUP

#ANOTHERLIGHTUP from Design Indaba on Vimeo.

The mural on the same wall before Feb 2014 Urban Visionary #anotherlightup was put up

Care-free With Cancer. The power of the creative spirit

2014-01-21T22:27:00.000+02:00

If only for one second, you will see how documenting emotion and bridging creative thinking can make us all smile - if only for one second.

Props to the this wonderful concept and strength to the individuals and families living with loved ones with cancer.

MIMI Foundation "If only for One Second" project

Learn the ism's: Consumerism Lyric Video-Lauryn Hill

2013-12-08T00:54:00.001+02:00

"Television running through them like an organism"

If you haven't learned all your scism's and ism's, Lauryn Hill's will teach you on her new track Consumerism. In her official statement she says, “Messages like these, I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it’s level.

Lauryn Hill – Consumerism Lyrics | Rap Genius

Slam Poetry Videos by Holly McNish - Food, Language, Love, Womanhood, Human Rights.

2013-10-21T22:14:00.000+02:00

"Kids can't even read the ingredients of their meal time"

Powerful stance on food rights. Whole Food Nutrition.

"I'm happy I'm learning Spanish." Activate the left and right brain. Ride the language love train.

"So I whispered and tiptoed with nervous discretion. But after 6 months of her life sat sitting on lids, Sipping on milk, nostrils sniffing on piss, Trying not to bang her head on toilet roll dispensers, I wonder if these public loo feeds offend her, 'Cause I'm getting tired of discretion and being polite."

Why not to be embarrassed when a mother feeds her child - from her breast.

Holly McNish's honest words and delivery on potent topics of food, language, love, womanhood, human rights.

London Photo Summer Diary

2013-08-21T16:56:00.000+02:00

Never grow up ...

Portobello Road

We are made for Goodness - Archibishop Desmond Tutu

2013-08-14T17:07:00.001+02:00

We can all celebrate Archbishop Desmond Tutu's words of wisdom, stated in Adrian Steirn's 21 Icons short film, "In fact, we are made for goodness, which is fantastic!"

Photo by Inge Prins. Concept: Play Jump Eat, Kelly Wainwright

A Performance Art: Picasso Baby - Jay-Z, Hip Hop, Art.

2013-08-12T17:18:00.000+02:00

"It's there for the world to see. You're giving a glimpse into who you are." Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter

Eid Mubarak

2013-08-09T11:38:00.004+02:00

athena lamberis

Eid Mubarak to people around the globe. My interest in reading, sharing, writing and documenting moments in people's lives around food grows. Here are some images I captured and found that bring and smile to my face.

source: kreativita FB

market in Malaysia. Financial Time Blog

Wild Talk Africa - Social Documentary Photographer

2013-08-07T17:03:00.001+02:00

I had the pleasure of documenting Durban's Wild Talk Africa 2013 Conference and Film Festival. This event focuses on the growth of business in the wildlife film industry, hosting international commissioners from broadcasters around the world and showcasing amazing talent and pitches from filmmakers across the African continent. It also included networking parties, exhibitions, screenings and premiers, along with a film awards ceremony.

Throughout the three day conference, I was able to weave between open pitching sessions, seminars and workshops that were hosted by inspiring and talented folks. Durban's sun-filled winter weather added to the vibrant nature of the conference that was organised by the team at Natural History Unit Africa.

Take a sneak peek at the different faces and scenes that happened in and around Durban's bustling port hotel, Docklands.

For more photos check out Wild Talk Africa's Facebook page.

Top right: Donfrey Meyer- Wild Talk Festival Director, bottom right & top left: Sky Lab Productions, bottom left: Homebrew Films, Claudio Velasquez Rojas

Open Pitching Sessions. Candid shots of BBC's Natural World-Chris Cole's animated feedback

Peter Hamilton of DocumentaryTelevision.com gave such great workshops and seminars. Here's him passing his business card. I was amazed on how many candid business card exchanges I captured during the conference.

Open Pitching sessions with Commissioners. Top right: NHU Africa's Vyv Simpson. Middle row: Discovery Channel's Helen Hawken, Bottom left: Off The Fence, Allison Bean. Bottom right: NHK Masahiro Hayakawa,

Top left: Exhibitors at Wild Talk are having fun. Top right: TOPTV Content Editorial Mangaer, David Makubyane. Bottom left: Happy Wild Talk Camerman: Nyembezi Ncaba. Bottom right: Laurent Flahault, TAIA Visions France Television

Pitching Sessions with Top Left: Fox International, Thandi Davids. Right: Thomas Matzek, NHU ORF. Bottom left: Chris Fletcher, Earth Touch

Top left: Dairen Simpson from Triosphere Productions's Trapped, enjoying Durban's sunshine. Right: Chris Mason, NHU Africa posing in To Skin a Cat's faux leopard fur. Bottom Left: Julie Frederiksen of Vuleka Productions chatting it up at Docklands Hotel.

Delegates listening during workshops and seminars. Left: Nothando Shozi, Head of Factual Genre, SABC

Top left:Thomas Matzek enjoys Durban Wild Talk 2013. Top right: Julian Rademeyer, author of Killing for Profit, chairs a seminar on War Stories: Rhino Poaching. Bottom Middle: Director of Saving Rhino Phila, Richard Slater-Jones, shares insights during the Wild Talk seminar on Rhino Poaching.

NHK Japan's Masahiro Hayakawa is all smiles after the speed pitching session.

Delegates head out for the Wild Talk networking parties on Durban's beachfront

For more photo albums check out Wild Talk's Facebook page.

For documentary photography, contact Athena Lamberis, Athenailya@gmail.com

Create-Make-Music: The Landfill Harmonic Orchestra

2013-07-21T23:50:00.000+02:00

The Landfill Harmonic is a short film about a community of musicians creating instruments and music out of disposed objects. This documentation highlights industrious creativity, marginalised communities, and the global language of music.

Our is world over-consuming, our human population is constantly growing, inequalities continue yet art fosters our hearts to overcome obstacles and create change and influence alternatives.

"You have to have style." -Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele

2013-07-18T16:45:00.003+02:00

"I like to play," confesses Stylist Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele. In this clip she explains her hate for runway and trends but her love for tracksuits.

Some style wisdom: "Chic is not money. You have to have style."

Let's run with that! X

Justice, Travyon & Historian Robin D.G. Kelley . . .

2013-07-18T15:14:00.001+02:00

source: gregorykroger.com

"The point is that justice was always going to elude Trayvon Martin, not because the system failed, but because it worked. Martin died and Zimmerman walked because our entire political and legal foundations were built on an ideology of settler colonialism—an ideology in which the protection of white property rights was always sacrosanct; predators and threats to those privileges were almost always black, brown, and red; and where the very purpose of police power was to discipline, monitor, and contain populations rendered a threat to white property and privilege. This has been the legal standard for African Americans and other racialized groups in the U.S. long before ALEC or the NRA came into being. We were rendered property in slavery, and a threat to property in freedom. And during the brief moment in the 1860s and ‘70s, when former slaves participated in democracy, held political offices, and insisted on the rights of citizenship, it was a well-armed (white) citizenry that overthrew democratically-elected governments in the South, assassinated black political leaders, stripped African-Americans of virtually all citizenship rights (the franchise, the right of habeas corpus, right of free speech and assembly, etc.), and turned an entire people into predators."-Robin D.G. Kelley

This is how I trained my dog.

2013-07-14T13:45:00.002+02:00

Add four paws, down feathers, and two heartbeats = sweet dreams.

For Animal-Lovers: Human-Stray Dog Documentary in Chile

2013-07-12T18:15:00.000+02:00

This is for animal-lovers. This is a short documentary that spreads messages of love. Two chilean students highlight human-stray dog relations in their urban landscapes.