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…
♦
By what dim shore of the ink-black river,
by what far edge of the frowning forest,
through what mazy depth of gloom are you threading
your course to come to me, my friend?
♦
R .Tagore / from Gitanjali
yağmura,nisana ve yaşıma aldanıp
uçurumları kıyı sanarak
ve dağlar erişilmeyince acı verir
sözünü unutarak
kaf dağına gitmek istedim
ırmak inadıyla yürüdüm uzaklara
bir derviş olup yürüdüm uzaklara
yanıldı denektaşım geriye döndüm
Kutsal Sözler Panayırı’na sığınıp
ipeksi bir sessizliğe büründüm:
bir hayat,mahçup ve duru
Tanrım,gülleri
ve sessiz harfleri koru.
İbrahİm Tenekecİ
Chandeliers of Santa Maria in Aracoeli
well I heard there was a secret chord
that David played, and it pleased the Lord
but you don’t really care for music, do ya?
♦
The voice of beauty speaks softly, it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls.
F. Nietzsche
İnandır beni dünya
Yıllar geçti ve birşey kaybetmedim hayretimden
Herkes bir saat alsa da çoğalmaz zaman
Ve ben bazı şeyleri açıklayamam
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Mevlana İdris
This one is for Srebrenica.
The National Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo.
1.5 million volumes and over 155,000 rare books were completely destroyed in 1992, during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Photographs are from a couple of years ago… There was an installation about the massacre at the Library in ruins; a timber boat full of old shoes and a portrait of him looking right into your eyes… And it was all very very quiet…
