Gathering II

[panta rhei]

gathering on roadsides
meeting in cafés
encountering on beaches
face to face in silence
in concentration and laughter

language-less

strangers
playing games



Playing Skat (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skat). Gorges du Ardeche, France, Summer 1993.



Playing a game of Tavli (Backgammon) in Greece. 1990.


Playing Sheshbesh / Backgammon at Dahab Beach, Sinai, 1989.


A game of Chess, Dahab Beach, Sinai, 1989

[Arcadia]

language/less
language/full
language/less
language/full
we play games

[judih]

we find ourselves on a toss of a dice
a smile, a wink
a shared maneuvre

[panta rhei]

strategies and chance
as roads
to travel

[mousey1]

playing the game of life
playing at
playing around
playing
dealing it in
dealing it out
I played the hand
Among new friends
and learned
to never count the hand lost
Make it a game
and eat the consequences
with honey