çatlak / crack (or turkish slang for crazy)

there are countless cracks in Istanbul. some cracks leak. some cracks sing. some cracks are like threats. they startle you in the dark. cracks crack up to swallow you in. and then cracks vomit you out onto busy streets. the streets are so busy that people do not notice a newly vomitted person like you are. cracks are alive. crick crack. "çatlak" is the Turkish word for crack. you also call a person "çatlak." "ÇAtlak" is a person who acts her own way, not bothering about social codes, formalities and such... "çatlak" is home to all street fluids. All fluids find a crack to rach down deep in the ground...

in Vienna, on the streets of asphalt, cracks were made visible by snow. Those cracks are the bases for space ships. spacecrafts are made of snow and live in cracks. if they donot return to space, they melt into waters and leak underground and become the fresh air in the summer. we are breathing in spacecrafts to come closer to stars.

so weird / tuhaf

extremely busy days in İstanbul. Today i saw this metal fence in front of a fountain by the wall of GAlatasaray highschool. on the fence was the remainders from posters. slightly moving in the wind. i saw lots of similar fences on the streets of vienna. especially by the constructions. and specifically on the way to semperdepot. should post parallel photos...

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as for my thesis a tiny step:

the meaning of the word weird in turkish

tuhaf
sıfat Arapça tu§af

1 . Acayip: "Nahit'in onda hiç görmediği bir tuhaf hâli vardı."- T. Buğra.

2 . Şaşılacak, garip.

3 . Güldürücü: "Kibirli, alıngan olmayan, tuhaf ve nükteli bir adammış."- A. Ş. Hisar.

4 . Gülünç: "Bu kıyafetle tuhaf oluyorsun."- .

5 . Anlaşılmaz: "Tuhaf çocuk, günü gününe uymuyor."- .

6 . ünlem Şaşılan bir şey karşısında söylenen söz: "Tuhaf! Her yerde olduğunun aksine, burada şehirden uzaklaştıkça binaların güzelliği artıyor."- A. Haşim.

back in IStanbul

walking the streets of Istanbul, i see faces from Vienna. i mistake faces from here for faces from Vienna.

late at nights after leaving the studio, i want to go sleep in my room in the 3rd district and have coffee in the morning with Dani. i want to stop by BOEM and walk in augarten. sneak into the zoo without paying money. have lovely conversations with Franziska. stop by Bettina's class and MAren's class and make more animations at Thomas' class. and spend more time out on the streets and underground.

given a choice, i would still chose to live in Istanbul in a room with a backdoor that opens up to the bamboos in the botanical garden next to the BElvedere.

sunny skies over vienna

i had an animated surprise ride to the airport. anna and dani also came along; we were still gossipping as i passed the security check. AND the plane ride was soooo sunny. fell asleep to the warmth of the sun. and woke up under slight rain. and found myself by the bhosphorous looking at topkapı palace and leandros tower; sipping tea along with sibel and my mom... busy days immediately began:)) the farewell party and the whole exp. in vienna supplied me with energy to face ist again!

photos will follow soon

a lot alot a lot to do

good to be in ist

good to be in my studio

bağ - connection

all is connected - herşey birbiri ile bağlantılı

"aklına deniz kaçmış karmaşa"

one job done; with this lightness onto the next task!

some sage tea and lots of water...

bol sıvı, iyi uyku