On the Suffix -Less
The first time I met with Ege, we spent hours discussing the excitement enkindled by our similar ideas. We had both given up on certain things and had an aim to further free ourselves and our lives. We had chosen not to possess some things devamını oku...
Maslow, Socrates and Nails
You may be familiar with this quote by psychologist Abraham Maslow (father to many famous ideas regarding the nature of man): “If your only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.” There is of course criticism in this utterance. Maslow highlights devamını oku...
I Forgot That Spontaneity Was a Great Word
Without me witnessing it, the child of a very close friend turned one. Another close friend moved to Bali without me seeing her. As someone who pays attention to and often succeeds in making time for the people in her life, sometimes such dreary ends devamını oku...
Gratitude
According to the dictionary the word ‘gratitude,’ is synonymous with Turkish words such as minnet, minnettarlık and şükran. For some reason the Turkish word minnet sounds a bit melodramatic to me. Isn’t the verb minnet etmek (to plead) always used in negative contexts? There’s a devamını oku...
