Was Seferis' poetry too melancholic?
Melancholy is perhaps an honest reflection of the historical currents and the inner landscape I sought to portray. To acknowledge loss, the weight of time, the erosion of memory, is not to succumb to despair, but to engage with the profound realities of existence. The shattered statue, the abandoned harbor – these are not signs of failure, but of a deep engagement with what endures and what passes. The light is constant, yes, but it reveals the ephemeral nature of all things, and this awareness can indeed be a source of a particular kind of sorrow, a poignant beauty.
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