My quiet London
Lincoln’s Inn Fields ChAPEL
“… there was not a quieter spot in England than this. In all the hundreds of years since London was built, it has not been able to sweep its roaring tide over that little island of quiet.”
from LONDON THE BIOGRAPHY by Peter Ackroyd
Come close. I’ll tell you what the Sun, the Wind, the Cold and the Rain have done to me. First they decided to fade my colour away. Then they opened holes, drew lines on my skin. Eventually they cracked it into pieces and let them fall apart. Day by day, the weak and the trembling pieces left me one after another. Some resisted. But the hard working Wind took them away with a final touch. After that, they started working on my very flesh. How patient they were… First came the Cold, then the Sun, and the Cold again. With the help of Time, they managed to wear out my remaining layers one by one. I wasn’t that strong after all. I was the stable one, you know, but they were always on the move; coming and going with perfect timing. What was left behind was my core, open to all, showing how I was made, how I was put together; my very ‘self’.
“Still, one got over things. Still, life had a way of adding day to day.”
Virginia Woolf
HASANKEYF
Zeynel Bey Türbesi
Şimdiye kadar gördüğüm en etkileyici yapılardan biri. Tek başına mimarisi değil onu güzel yapan, 15.yy’dan bu yana sırtını dayadığı muhteşem Hasankeyf, tarifi zor bir atmosfer; insanın kalbini titreten cinsten, zarafeti ve biraz da boynu büküklüğü…
The Frari
The Frari is one of my favourite churches in Venice. The simplicity of it, the tranquil interior and the beautiful architectural details are the reasons of my admiration. Not to forget the colour combination of the warm brick and the cool stone used together… The courtyard of the church is usually closed to visitors, but there are a couple of windows from where you can see the courtyard. The only thing is that you have to look for it and it’s worth it, trust me…
