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The Ides of March
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The Ides of March marked the middle of the month according to the Roman calendar. The phrase is used today to mark allegorically a cursed day, as on March 15, 44 BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated, confirming the omens he had chosen to ignore.
While the Ides of March originally symbolized the :middle" of something, today they metaphorically imply the end.
The Ides of March by Vangelis Papadimas can be read from both covers, towards the middle, perhaps symbolizing our inevitable path towards our own Ides of March, our own opportunity to listen to the omens or to ignore them. To change our way of life and be saved, or to remain unchanged and march to the end. To decisevely walk towards spring or to sink into winter. To meet halfway and continue beyond it or to face the end.
A story that, through its narrative simplicity and dual structure, feels like a whisper, sometimes from one ear and sometimes from the other, telling us not to forget to reflect on our lives and to remember that from the middle to the end, time can go by (too) fast…
While the Ides of March originally symbolized the :middle" of something, today they metaphorically imply the end.
The Ides of March by Vangelis Papadimas can be read from both covers, towards the middle, perhaps symbolizing our inevitable path towards our own Ides of March, our own opportunity to listen to the omens or to ignore them. To change our way of life and be saved, or to remain unchanged and march to the end. To decisevely walk towards spring or to sink into winter. To meet halfway and continue beyond it or to face the end.
A story that, through its narrative simplicity and dual structure, feels like a whisper, sometimes from one ear and sometimes from the other, telling us not to forget to reflect on our lives and to remember that from the middle to the end, time can go by (too) fast…
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