s. guraziu – ars poetica, f 2017 (comment)
(for foreign lovers Albania is an unsuspected surprise-paradise, for us Albanians it is always, or should be, an unsuspected paradise)
So far I haven’t seen any video that presents Albania more beautifully… or perhaps I may have been left behind in following travel idyllic videographics : )
The page, from where video originates, contains very beautiful pictures too, along with an article (in French), it’s a looooong page that reaches the floor – a French couple in love have described their experience in Albania.
Of course Albania is beutiful, the most beautiful country in the world, but as a foreign visitor, comme un étrangèr… there’s no way to speak more beautifully about Albania, while also remaining realistic. I was smiling all the time, and as if I was thinking: “once again, this is the proof that love transforms everything into beauty” : )
[ conclusion, or the “hidden” lesson of french lovers for us ]
Of course we’re always in love with our country, we love our country unconditionally, but I’m just saying : ) we have to fall in love constantly with our country… not just to say “I love Albania” but truly to love her. It has to be 100% unconditional love, so we can see our country in all the beauty. It will no longer be a kind of “ordinary” beauty, but it will be an extraordinary beauty, for it will be a beauty seen from our heart, not just by the eyes of our mind…
The transforming power of love is extraordinary. We know that, but also Greek and Roman mythology tells us the same, wherever Aphrodite, Goddess of Love trod (or Venus, according to the Roman myth. version), impromptu darkness, sadness turned to light, everything around her was filled by spring flowers and colors of life were fed with warmth.
Everybody in love as if can feel that “magic” of love. We even don’t need to be in love, happiness will be enough… and any other alternative. When our heart is sunny (happy) our eyes always will shine, lips and facial mask automatically follow the pace of smile, all day and all week long facial muscles will express joy.
Probably the interconnection between love and beauty depends on how the heart’s eyes see the reality. In love beauty always prevails. Maybe that’s why, for example, “Beauty & the Beast” are possible – eyes of love see only beauty. They say “love is blind” but probabbly it isn’t blindness : ) maybe it’s just heart’s tenacity to see with its eyes (ignoring the eyes of reason).
Gourmand Voyageur – L’Albanie, un paradis insoupçonné, 2016
>> http://legourmandvoyageur.com/retours-voyage-albanie/