Ithaca :: Religion Greece Greeks Essays

IthacaWhen you set out on your journey to Ithaca pray that the road is long, adept of adventure, full of knowledge.Constantinos Kavafis, Ithaca (1911) Ithaca, a Greek island in the lonean Sea, was the island that gave birth to Ulysses, one of the smartest Greek commanders, who through his invention of the Trojan Horse led the Greeks to a victory over the Trojans. Immediately aft(prenominal) this victory, Ulysses set out on his journey to return to Ithaca. To return home, to kiss his wife, to see his now grown-up son, to meet his friends and his parents, all these were Ulysses goals. To arrive there is your ultimate goal as Kavafis states later in the poem. Like Ulysses, e really person has his or her own goals and therefore is immersed in a journey towards the accomplishment of this goal. However, it is possible for someone to be in a journey without an ultimate goal in mind. More often than non, this goal forget appear in the way.It was during Christmas 1992, that I received a very special present from my grandmother, Orthodoxia. She had knitted a sweater especially for me. She had started knitting this sweater, as I later found out, because she wanted me to hand something from her. And whats better than a hand-knitted sweater? It could keep me warm during chilly winter nights while reminding me of my relationship with my grandmother. Having as her goal to offer me a present to remember her, she created an original sweater, which for me will always be unique. On the blue background of the sweater, two familiar figures are shaped, the figures of a grandmother holding her grandson in her warm embrace. I have it in my wardrobe at home, even though it is way too small for me to wear, and whenever I see it, it reminds me of my beloved grandmother. I remember her smile whenever she byword me, the way her face lit up when she recognized I was happy and the worry and eagerness to help when I was feeling dispirited. Although my grandmother passed away half d ozen years ago, her memory is still alive through this sweater.Having a goal is not, however, a necessary condition for creation. In the documentary Dancemaker, for example, the featured dancer does not always start dancing with a goal in his mind, as Ulysses and my grandmother both did.