One Day : Konstantina Tzakoniati
Location : Athens, Greece
Profession / passion : Creative Director at Alfa Collection
Website : www.alfacollection.gr
Instagram : @escaperoutine
One Day is an ongoing project sparked by the Covid-19. In the days of isolation we would like to focus on what we do best; bringing people together. Read more about the project here.
We will be posting one new day of someones life every day until we run out of contributors. See our instagram stories to experience these peoples One Day in action.
A text, song or film that everyone should experience:
Masculin Féminin by Jean- Luc Godard.
What is the most inspiring text you read recently?
Middle Class Blues by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
We can't complain.
We're not out of work.
We don't go hungry.
We eat.
The grass grows,
the social product,
the fingernail,
the past.
The streets are empty.
The deals are closed.
The sirens are silent.
All that will pass.
The dead have made their wills.
The rain's become a drizzle.
The war's not yet been declared.
There's no hurry for that.
We eat the grass.
We eat the social product.
We eat the fingernails.
We eat the past.
We have nothing to conceal.
We have nothing to miss.
We have nothing to say.
We have.
The watch has been wound up.
The bills have been paid.
The washing-up has been done.
The last bus is passing by.
It is empty.
We aren't complaining.
What are we waiting for?
Define what beauty means to you.
Beauty is a light in the heart. A sparkle in the eye. A feeling that comes from within.
What traits do you treasure in other people?
Borrowing Jack Kerouac’s words in “On the Road”:
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
Have you actively chosen to live in the city/town you live in?
Definitely yes. Athens is my home, but also a place I love and am strongly connected with. This city is so unique, it has its own form and rhythm. Besides it carries a huge history and culture, it somehow also offers a very “vivid” present. It is a city that never bores me but constantly surprises me with all the different aspects that it holds. It can look so charming at places and so repulsive in other places that I like to call “beautifully ugly”. And this is the contrast I fell in love with and keep falling in love with on a daily basis.
What does freedom mean to you?
Dipping my bare feet in the sun-kissed sand of my favorite beach.
Feeling the wind blowing my hair while driving in the California desert.
Dreaming.
Lastly, how do wish to see this current situation have a positive impact on our lives?
We will become the better version of ourselves.
We will appreciate health.
Life.
Our loved ones.
The happiness found in small things.