Greece: The create escape

[marmar]

from the Independent UK:



Greece: The create escape
Economic meltdown is forcing an exodus of creative Greeks, unprepared to trust their future to their crippled homeland. Sophia Ignatidou hears their tales

Wednesday, 3 August 2011


I left because they stole my dreams. I love you Greece, my home," photographer Manos Mak writes on his Facebook, as he unpacks his bags in his new apartment in London.

He is but one of many Greeks who – in the midst of an economic implosion – have seen life-long plans collapse, their ambitions scatter and all the constants in their lives give way to a nerve-racking arbitrariness.

Some will weather the storm but others are already leaving. The massive emigration wave of some of Greece's more talented citizens could leave it in a permanent state of creative limbo. Is running out of money really worse than running out of ideas? .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greece-the-create-escape-2330675.html

[Exultant Democracy]

1. Upside and downside to the EU, they would be better off if they didn't have to move

but at least they can move with relative ease.

[villager]

2. that struck me, too -- here in the U.S., we're... stuck

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