"Let's ban cameras on Santorini."
"I'm sorry, what?"
"You said no ideas were off the table."
"OK, explain."
“We need to drastically limit the number of tourists visiting our island, right? But what draws them here?”
“The sunsets.”
“Correct. And what do they do while the sun goes down?”
“Take photos.”
“Exactly. So, no more photos or videos of Santorini. Enough is enough.”
***
And thus, a law was passed that prohibited all cameras on or above Santorini.
Viral disbelief ensued. And all flights to the picture-perfect Greek island were promptly filled.
Officials had anticipated this. But they also expected the influx of visitors to eventually drop to sustainable levels.
As dusk approached on day one, the lensless crowds – having signed the contracts and relinquished their devices – gathered on the western edge of the isle to admire the sky’s deepening ombré.
🌅🌅🌅
Christ allegedly descended from the heavens as the horizon swallowed the final pearl of light.
Atheists remained unconvinced that this actually happened, of course, since there was zero documentary evidence.
But countless eyewitnesses insisted He’d proclaimed something or another about humans finally being ready to see Earth’s divine wonders through their own eyes.
Then He vanished.
Travel journalists and influencers shared their breathless accounts on social media the instant they left Santorini airspace. A significant portion of humans were convinced, and ‘Santorinity’ was quickly established as a new religion.
Onto the island its followers ceaselessly flocked for the rest of time.
Not a single camera among them.