friendship

Written By christina sassayannis

After 100 km from Cagliari, rolling parallel to the sea along Costa Rei.
The atmosphere here is somewhat touristy, especially with people from Switzerland, but the locals who work here are truly kind and welcoming.

Here, I meet Lisa and the girls again. After years without seeing each other, it feels like it was just yesterday, though we all carry with us a bit more life experience now.

Italy is playing for the UEFA Cup, and a table of Swiss people watches the match with us as we enjoy marinated mussels and beer. He was born in Switzerland and raised by Calabrian parents, married with children and grandchildren. Everyone is here. We speak in Kuhdeutsch (Swiss German), and have a lovely evening, celebrating Italy’s victory.

The water is crystal clear, the sand golden, and the sky, with its light, fills me with sweetness and delicate harmony at dawn.

This is how the day begins: the body in the sea, searching with my gaze into the depths for that essential, true, pure presence. In the trail of the currents, I find peace in the white sand.

The embrace of this transparent sea and its water channels life into my skin—refreshing, with a desire to stay immersed and simply look.

water as a source of peace

The clarity of the sea, the search for purity in its depths, and the embrace of its refreshing coolness all speak to a deeper connection with nature. Water, in many spiritual traditions, is a symbol of life, renewal, and tranquility. Here, the sea is not just a physical experience but a metaphor for cleansing, reflection, and the balance between the body and soul. Can be ?!

christina sassayannis

She founded Through Waters project in 2012. In 2015 Through Waters became an no profit Organization based in Geneva and in 2016 she founded the TW headquarter in Rome.

Father greek and mother swiss she lived always in a international ambience traveling through Europe and South America.

Graduated in Literature and Philosophy High School she became Anthropologist and researcher.

In recent years she focused her interest in the relationship between man and environment. She held various ethnographic research in the field on issues ranging from the relationship between culture and environment and gender difference, migration and life histories (Jordan / Greece / Italy / Sudan / Cambodia / India / China). For several years she has deepened her interest on water, studying the impact of climate change and local policies on the use of water resources.

Valuing water culturally and through art, realizing workshops with children and students, means for her creating awareness and sensitivity, with the goal to protect this fundamental element that gives life.

She wants to develop a new way of dialogue and integration through art building consciousness of the beauty of difference and of human beings worldwide.

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