During the sexual act, […] all bodies retreat into themselves,
withdrawing into that most unadulterated form of all personal silences: pleasure.
Yorgos Himonas
Kατά την ερωτική του δράση, […] το κάθε σώμα αποχωρεί,
αποσύρεται στην πιο απόλυτη δική του σιωπή, που είναι η ηδονή.
Excerpt from an article by Yorgos Himonas titled “The Desolate Loneliness of Men” [«Η αβοήθητη μοναξιά του άντρα»] first published in Prosopa, a section of the Greek Ta Nea newspaper.
Translated for (and taken from) the 2007 booklet made to accompany the DVD of the stage work Two by Dimitris Papaioannou, directed for the screen by Athina Rachel Tsangari.
Images by Peter Hujar – Orgasmic Man I, II & III (1969). Eyes glazed.
see also
coming ⋮ gently
human ⋮ connection
arkhæio
DIGITAL VERSATILE (TWO) DISC TWO TOME
