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Personal Illusions

Humanity has evolved through the years. With the help of science and technology we have made our lives better and easier. And we all try to make our personal illusions true. Yet sometimes we struggle. We struggle when we live packed together in our small concrete boxes. We struggle as we have to face a new type of difficulties. Whether this is being disconnected from each other or the routine that kills our creativity and the real, face to face, communication. And some people have to fight even for things that most of us consider as given. These people deserve our respect and we should be looking up to them. We should be proud of finding them among thousands of faces we see every day when we commute to work, when we go out for a walk, when our eyes randomly meet a stranger's eyes, or when we "meet" people virtually. These people have strong eyes and clean souls. each and every one of us carries his own "load" and we do it proudly. But some among us have to do it without relying on help from anybody. And that's admirable. Modern day life is different, modern day life can be hard. Let's look at the person next to us and smile at him as behind his eyes there may be a story full of personal sacrifices and struggles.

Haris and Panos Katsimihas - Personal Illusions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oynDjwbXlnI

(the song's lyrics)
We live our little stories
in the city's downtown and its neighborhoods
drunken dreams, cancelled plans
desperate phonecalls

then again I think maybe you weren't
what I've dreamed of
but I remember one night I saw the eyes of sadness
smilling at me

Maybe I wasn't what you've dreamed I was
after all, it's just personal illusions
I feel like I'm losing you ...
my sweet love goodnight

Taken in: Greece / Attica / Athens / Monastiraki (show map)

Taken on: August 20, 2019

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Sets appears in: • B&W • Greece

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/9.0, 1/800 sec, 32mm (=48mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5100
Lens:	17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	32mm (35mm equivalent: 48mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.1 (Windows)
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