How often do you meet good people? How often do you meet good people on the web? How often do you meet good people on the web as a result of a business transaction?
Keats, in Endymion, speaks about "the inhuman dearth of noble natures". It would be a lie if I said that I am not touched, profoundly, by this line. Hence, when I do meet someone noble it is like "an ax for the frozen sea within". The heart breaks.
I met Steven de Laet 3 years ago, when he wanted the papers of the property he was going to buy in Karia area (near Argos) translated (what was to be known later by the name of “ElaGaia”).
A year ago he invited me to the events (music and drama) he was planning in ElaGaia and also asked me to provide the translations for the program hand-out (you can find this translation on this site as well as the English texts).
I decided to go with a couple of my friends. I have to admit, getting there was quite an adventure, but thanks to our group’s chance encounter of Steven and his son (although we were not aware at the time as my friend spoke with them) 10 kms from Elagaia, and the most serendipitous and fortuitous encounter of an omniscient old lady a few hundred yards from the second BP station (which turned out to be Jet Oil), we found our way to ElaGaia. What appeared initially as a trail of tears, was suddenly a path to bliss (and water, as —at least I— was parched).
I am sure, I would never have made it if it wasn’t for my friend Vassilis whose social GPS proved far superior than any possible technological contrivance.
One thing that struck me when I met Steven and his wife Dianne, was their simplicity, hospitality and sensitivity. I remember particularly one instance when Dianne was in tears during the amazing singing performance of Yiannis' youngest daughter Iole (5 yrs old? Less?).
Indeed, people who create beautiful things and share them are hard to come by; let alone on the web.
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