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A Statesman and Art at the Acropolis
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This web page is a tribute to ...
David Pearce, U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
A tribute is a sign of respect or admiration, an award to honor a person's accomplishments.
David Pearce is a Great American, and a Great friend of Greece, a
( Greek ) 'Φιλέλληνας'
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I do not know the man, in person. I was informed about him, a few weeks ago, by a middle age lady. Thank you Christy !, Nothing is accidental in this life, that our life lines met at the Syntagma Square, in front of the Greek Parliament, in Athens Greece, and you introduced me this great man !
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for me ...
"The struggle I am in today, is developing the strength I need for tomorrow."
I visit regularly the following web pages ...
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David D. Pearce (@daviddpearce) | Twitter
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I hope that my journey is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
I come into harbors seen for the first time;
may I stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind -
as many sensual perfumes as I can;
and may I visit many Egyptian cities
"to learn and learn again from those who know."|
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Ithaca C. P. Cavafy - Recitation by Sean Connery - Music by Vangelis
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William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) an English poet, painter, and printmaker, now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age, said that "my writings represent me !".
This applies precisely to David D. Pearce's lifestyle, the writings, the photographs his is taking, the paintings he is painting, e.t.c.
The Best Choice ...
President Barack Obama, and Secretary of State John Kerry.
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Meet David Pearce, U.S. Ambassador to Greece
IIP State
Published on Oct 23, 2013
This video was produced by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs in October 2013. It features U.S. Ambassador to Greece David Pearce, a career diplomat.
David Pearce is returning as U.S. Ambassador to Greece after his first visit to the country more than 40 years ago. In this video, he reflects on Greece's influence on American democracy and outlines his plans to strengthen ties between the two countries.
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( English ) in English language !
( Greek ) He is speaking is Greek language !
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( Greek ) He is speaking is Greek language !
Readout: Χαίρετε, ονομάζομαι Ντέιβιντ Πίαρς, και είναι τιμή μου, να είμαι ο νέος Αμερικανός Πρέσβης στην όμορφη χώρας σας.
Ήρθα για πρώτη φορά στην Ελλάδα πριν 42 χρόνια , ως φοιτητής Κλασσικών Σπουδών.
Γι' αυτό, η Ελλάδα είναι πάντα ένα ιδιαίτερο μέρος γιά μένα.
Ξέρω ότι έρχομαι σε μιά πολύ δύσκολη περίοδο, και καταλαβαίνω τις μεγάλες θυσίες του Ελληνικού λαού.
Προσβλέπω με μεγάλη χαρά να δουλέψω τα επόμενα χρόνια μαζί με την Ελληνική Κυβέρνηση και όλους τους Έλληνες, να ενδυναμώσουμε τους ήδη ισχυρούς δεσμούς μας.
Στην διπλωματική μου καρριέρα έχω δουλέψει σε πολλά πόστα γύρω στην Μεσόγειο, όπως στη Ρώμη, στην Τύνιδα, και στη Δαμασκό.
Επίσης στην Ιερουσαλήμ ως Γενικός Πρόξενος, και στην Αλγερία ως Πρέσβης.
Είμαι εδώ σήμερα στο Μνημειο του Τζέφφερσον γιατί συμβολίζει γιά μένα την σημαντική επιρροή της Ελλάδας στην δική μας Αμερικανική Δημοκρατία.
Σε προσωπικό επίπεδο μου ερέσει να επικοινωνώ με την οικογένεια μου, να διαβάζω, και όταν έχω ελεύθερο χρόνο να ζωγραφίζω.
Έτσι λοιπόν η σύζυγος μου Λέυλα και εγώ περιμένουμε με χαρά να ξαναγνωρίσουμε την Ελλάδα, να ταξιδεύσουμε γύρω στη χώρα, και να γνωρίσουμε πολλούς από εσάς.
Γειά σας, και καλή αντάμωση.
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Hello, my name is David Pearce, and it is my honor, to be the new Ambassador of the United States to your beautiful country.
I came for first time in Greece 42 years ago, as student of ClassicStudies.
For this reason, Greece is always a particular place for me.
I know that I come in a very difficult period, and understand the bigsacrifices of the Greek people.
I look forward with great joy to work the next years with the GreekGovernment and all the Greeks, to strengthen our already powerfulbonds.
In my diplomatic carrier I have worked in a lot of posts around the Mediterranean, as in Rome, in Tunis, and in Damascus.
Also in Jerusalem as General Consul, and in Algeria as Ambassador.
I am here today in the Jefferson Memorial because it symbolizes forme the important influence of Greece to our own AmericanDemocracy.
In my personal level I like to communicate with my family, to read, andwhen I have free time to paint.
So my wife Leyla and me, we wait for with joy to know again Greece,to travel around the country, and to know many from you.
Hello, and you meet again.
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Biography of David D. Pearce U.S. Ambassador to Greece
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/213802.htm )
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Term of Appointment: 09/05/2013 to present
David D. Pearce was nominated by President Obama and appointed by Secretary Kerry as the Ambassador to Greece on August 5, 2013
A 30-year veteran of the Foreign Service with long experience in the Middle East, he earlier held the position of Senior Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and he served concurrently as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
Before that, Ambassador Pearce was the Assistant Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, one of five ambassador-level positions at the embassy. Prior to Kabul, he was the U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria from 2008 to 2011. He was also Chief of Mission and Consul General at the United States Consulate General in Jerusalem from 2003 to 2005.
Ambassador Pearce was born in Portland, Maine on June 9, 1950. He received his bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1972 and an M.A. in journalism from Ohio State University in 1973.
He was a reporter and foreign correspondent for nearly a decade before joining the Foreign Service. From 1973 to 1979, Pearce worked successively for the Associated Press in Ohio, the Rome Daily American in Italy, and United Press International in Brussels, Lisbon, and Beirut. He then moved to the Washington Post, serving as a copy editor on both the foreign and metro desks, and from 1980 to 1981 was a writer-editor in the book service of the National Geographic Society.
In January 1982 Pearce entered the Foreign Service, serving first as a vice consul and political officer in Riyadh. From 1984 to 1985, he was a watch officer in the State Department Operations Center, followed by a 1985-87 tour as a country desk officer for Greece. In 1987-88, he studied Arabic at the Foreign Service Institute field school in Tunis, then became chief of the political section at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait. During the Gulf War, Pearce worked as a liaison officer with the Kuwaiti government-in-exile in Taif, Saudi Arabia. He returned to Washington in 1991 to become a special assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
In 1992 to 1993, Pearce took sabbatical leave to write a book on diplomacy and the media, published by the Congressional Quarterly in 1994, and entitled “Wary Partners: Diplomats and the Media.” From 1994-1997, he was Consul General in Dubai and from 1997-2001 he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. From September 2001 to July 2003, he was Director of the Department of State’s Office of Northern Gulf Affairs, with responsibility for Iraq and Iran. In May-June 2003, Pearce served with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad. He was the Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Embassy in Rome from 2005-2008. While in Rome, he served two excursion tours to Iraq, in March-April 2007 and September 2007-March 2008, as a senior adviser to Ambassador Ryan Crocker.
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and where is a piece of advice, by me !
Your excellency Mr. Ambassador, Dear David ...
"Your chair fits to you precisely. Allow nobody to relocate you !, except to serve your Great Country, from a higher position !"
My great respect, and my best wishes, and ...
"ad astra per aspera !" ( is a Latin phrase which means any of the following: "Through hardships to the stars", "A rough road leads to the stars", or "To the stars through difficulties" )
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To have got so far is a fine accomplishment.
This first step lifts you above the prosaic world,
and standing on this new height
you're admitted to the great City of Thought.
Only by hard work and exceptional talent
can one be enrolled in that distinguished company;
the requirements are so stringent
no fool could ever enter.
You have achieved a most wonderful thing.'
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ATTENTION: Ladies and Gentlemen, from this point, starts the main web page is a tribute to ...
David Pearce, U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
A Statesman and Art at the Acropolis
2016-03-12
2016-03-06 Favorite perspectives - view from the Pnyx
2016-05-20 Yours truly dwarfed by the magnificent Lion of Amphipolis
2016-07-19 This is me at Thorikos, ancient landfall, near the temple of Poseidon in Sounio
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Artist Ambassador David D. Pearce at the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
A new epoch of public diplomacy is revealed as United States Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (Greece) David D. Pearce illustrates the Acropolis in bold watercolor strokes of color and shares them over social media.
Art transcends time, languages and nations. Imagine the vast expressions of the human experience: a hand print on a cave wall, a stack of rocks, tales told from one generation to the next, a melody, a dance, manuscripts, and masterpieces both impermanent and immoveable. Each renders time irrelevant and secures the immortality of human emotions, endeavors, and accomplishments.
The creative process can be challenging, unpredictable and revealing, not only of the moment being recorded but also revealing of the nature of the creator. It is a humbling risk to expose one’s talents, skills and observations while juggling with the judgmental ego of perceived perfection.
Does a statesman’s art matter?
Pearce is a native of Maine and, early in his career a foreign correspondent in Europe and the Middle East. He has had a long and distinguished career in the Foreign Service, including service in Afghanistan, Algeria, Syria, Iraq, Rome, Kuwait, and Jerusalem.
A self taught artist and only recently, Pearce started practicing with watercolors. While serving in Algeria, subject to security concerns and restricted movements, Pearce picked up the paint brush in his free time. Pearce explains,
“I chose to focus on watercolors because of the degree of difficulty, and the wonderfully luminous and unexpected surprises that happen as a watercolor evolves.”
In late 2013 Pearce began to use Twitter and share his watercolors of the Acropolis, the icon of world heritage that has over the centuries inspired numerous artists, architects, diplomats.
Pearce’s watercolors are vibrant, rich, and kinetic, evoking the legacy of the Acropolis that has entranced so many before in times of enlightenment, peace, war, abandonment, and, even in despair as pollution slowly eroded the luminous monument. With skilled brush strokes of cadmium, cobalt, or magenta, Pearce has secured another vehicle for a strong dialogue and respect between the countries.
When asked his first impression of the Acropolis which he first visited in 1971 as a student, Pearce said,
“Stupefied would be the right word. I couldn’t believe I was actually there, at such a famous place. Almost an out-of-body experience.”
Now as a painter of the Acropolis, Peace explains how it inspires him,
“This is the numen, the presiding spirit, of Greece. I never get over the thrill of seeing it looming above the capital. Every time is the first time. Every angle is special.”
When asked his thoughts on how the creative process of working with watercolors inspires or affects his role as a foreign policy leader, Pearce responds, “Well, first, I simply enjoy the process, the zen of it. It clears the mind. When I am drawing or painting I am not thinking of anything else. All the cares and pressures of the day job are put aside. Second, I guess it would be fair to say that I am both introverted and extroverted (a Gemini, if that matters to anyone!).
So I consider watercolors and my work as a diplomat as really just different aspects of the same thing – an effort to see reality clearly, and then render it accurately, whether in paint or in words.”
Pearce authored Wary Partners: Diplomats and the Media more than 20 years ago “as a manual for practitioners – what are the ground rules, how to judge a reporter, how can a government official help or not help a reporter.” In retrospect, Pearce offers a unique perspective on foreign policy reporting and current world events having worked in the then mainstream media as a reporter and now as a diplomat.
When asked what he would add or change, Pearce shares, “Much has changed since then, not least the advent of social media. But I think the basic message is the same: events do not wait for embassy cables to home chanceries; media and social media engagement is essential, and it’s important to understand the basis on which that engagement should occur. The main thing, if you’re a government official, is to know where you fit in. There is no issue with people who know what they are talking about talking to the press; the issue comes when people who don’t know what they are talking about talk to the press.”
Just as art transcends perceived and real boundaries, so too does social media. When asked to explain the role or importance of social media in public diplomacy, Pearce explains, “It’s absolutely vital. That said, I confess I am a total Luddite. I resisted Twitter for years. I still don’t have a Facebook account (although the Embassy does). I hate email. I only became persuaded of the benefits of using Twitter when we were under attack at Embassy Kabul by the Taliban in late 2011. I saw that our Public Diplomacy team was able to monitor the siege of our embassy in real time by following the Twitter accounts of various journalists covering the story. That was real value. Still, I held out for another year, until I got to Athens and my very bright public diplomacy colleagues patiently walked me through the process and I finally caved, opening a Twitter account (@daviddpearce) in late 2013. Now, of course, they realize they have created a monster. I tweet not only the odd official stuff, but also my watercolors, pictures of ancient sites I visit, and random articles and images that I find interesting. One of the nicest surprises has been the enjoyment of interacting with the many delightful people who inhabit my modest corner of the Twittersphere.”
The United States established diplomatic relations with Greece upon its independence in 1868. Pearce is the 46th US Ambassador serving in Athens. On his impression of being an American in Greece today, he shares, “It is a great honor to be here. The relationship between the United States and Greece is long and deep, and you feel this everywhere. Across the street from my residence is a monument to the Americans who fought in the Greek War of Independence. Everywhere I go I am humbled, startled even, by the extraordinary respect accorded to the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. For me, as a former Classics student and wannabe archaeologist, it is a dream job, like being in the candy store.
As Greece emerges from an economic crisis, Pearce shares his observations of lessons learned? “Greece has been, is now, and will remain an important strategic partner of the United States. This is not just because there are a lot of Greek-Americans, or because of Greece’s contribution to Western civilization, or because we all esteem Pericles. It’s because what happens here actually matters – not only for Greece, but for the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, and regional peace and security. It is therefore in the United States interest that Greece emerges from this prolonged economic crisis stronger, stable, and playing a stabilizing role in the region.”
When asked what has been the biggest surprise being in Greece, Pearce responds with, “I suppose it would be just the absolutely stunning physical beauty of the place. Everywhere you go – north to the mountains, south to the Peloponnese, east or west to the islands — is spectacular. You can’t go wrong. And I have found it matched by extraordinary, and genuine, warmth and hospitality.
I have, hands down, the best job in the Foreign Service.”
Digital diplomacy through authentic, personal and informed exchanges ushers in a new era of global foreign policy and relations.
Pearce brings forward this next generation of diplomacy as an American statesman, through his use of social media and his art of the Acropolis.
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2016 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY David D. Pearce
2016-07-20 My abstract watercolor oil pastel take on Acropolis, from perspective of Hadrian's library
2016-06-28 Here's a #watercolor study of the Acropolis
2016-06-07 My favorite #watercolor theme, the numen of the polis
2016-05-19 Painted Acropolis many times, because it's essence of place. This view from Kolonos Agoraios
2016-04-15 Watercolor and oil pastel view of Acropolis
2016-04-06
"my Red Acropolis" - 2016-02-09 by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce, lifelong Classics buff, occasional painter of watercolors.
- Stunning watercolor, in the colors of a GreekVase.
The title evokes Hokusai's Red Fuji.
- What an amazing art !
- Beautiful watercolour !
- Stunning image!
2016-01-08 My #watercolor and #pastel abstract view of Acropolis.
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2015 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY David D. Pearce
2015-12-30 Wish you a safe, happy, and prosperous 2016. Chronia Polla!
2015-12-04 Here's #watercolor I did of prospect fm Kolonos Agoraios in Agora, visited by @JohnKerry today
2015-12-03 Here's pencil sketch I did of view from Olympeion to Acropolis, with poppy.
2015-11-25
2015-11-16 Another Acropolis #watercolor sketch. I never tire of attempting this view.
2015-10-25 Here is riotous #watercolor and #pastel take I did of Acropolis, from Hadrian's Library.
2015-10-05 Here's #watercolor of the Acropolis, viewed from the hill of Kolonos Agoraios.
2015-05-21 From discard pile - 3 quick #watercolor takes I did of #Acropolis. - A
2015-05-21 From discard pile - 3 quick #watercolor takes I did of #Acropolis. - B
2015-05-21 From discard pile - 3 quick #watercolor takes I did of #Acropolis. - C
2015-05-20 Here is a fairly riotous watercolor and pastel view I did of the #Acropolis on a sunny day.
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2014 PAINTINGS OF THE ACROPOLIS PAINTED BY David D. Pearce
Acropolis view from Hadrian’s Library by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce
Acropolis color study – 1, watercolor, June 2014 by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce
Acropolis color study – 2, watercolor, June 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce
Acropolis, view from Hadrian’s Library – 2, watercolor/pen and ink/pastel, March 1 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce
Acropolis, view from Hadrian’s Library – 3, watercolor/pastel, March 28 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce
Acropolis, view from Kolonos Agoraios, above Agora, watercolor, May 10 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce
Acropolis, view from Olympeion, with poppy, pencil sketch/watercolor, September 13 2014, by U.S. Ambassador to Greece David D. Pearce
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PAINTINGS OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT CORINTH
PAINTED BY David D. Pearce
PAINTINGS OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT CORINTH PAINTED BY David D. Pearce
2016-06-05 by David D. Pearce Here is a fanciful #watercolor take on the Temple of Apollo at Corinth
2016-02-05 by David D. Pearce Here's #watercolor of favorite subject - Doric Temple of Apollo, Corinth
2015-12-09 by David D. Pearce Here is #watercolor sketch of Temple of Apollo, healer and guardian, Corinth.
2015-11-23 by David D. Pearce Here is a #watercolor pen&ink #sketch of the Temple of Apollo in Corinth.
2015-10-13 by David D. Pearce Here's #watercolor sketch of one of my favorite places, Temple of Apollo, Corinth.
2015-05-16 by David D. Pearce Various #watercolor #sketches I've tried on the Temple of Apollo, Corinth. #art #painting - D
2015-05-16 by David D. Pearce Various #watercolor #sketches I've tried on the Temple of Apollo, Corinth. #art #painting - C
2015-05-16 by David D. Pearce Various #watercolor #sketches I've tried on the Temple of Apollo, Corinth. #art #painting - B
2015-05-16 by David D. Pearce Various #watercolor #sketches I've tried on the Temple of Apollo, Corinth. #art #painting - A
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AND PAINTINGS OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT CORINTH
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PAINTINGS ( OTHERS ) PAINTED BY David D. Pearce
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photographs taken by David D. Pearce
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