I See A Different You.

While doing my readings, I come across some really meaningful and expressive sentences that make me hit the breaks and think over it. Here is one of them, translating it myself as much as possible : "The things that we have put into "How I hate!" category might be there because they may be slightly/highly different from the other things. Or, the idea might be new to us. In real, those different things do not deserve to be despised. It is just those different things are so distinctive that it takes time to understand that you actually like it." Shortly, do not take different things as deserving hatred at first. Take them into consideration. Go through synthesis-analysis process. Things will differ positively at the end.

Male Perfection.

Parov Stelar Band was in Istanbul City last night. It made me delirious when I heard they would pop up in Istanbul soon. Their sound is adorably beautiful. Soulful. Groovy. Jazzy. Chic. Loungey. If you have not heard of Parov Stelar Band yet, give it a try and you will not be regretful for sure. By the way, I cannot finish this post without mentioning Garrett Neff's name itself who is in the visual below. He means "Male Perfection" to me. Male perfection is what/who he is. Dot.

My Yuppielicious Inner Game.

Playing with gender roles is quite fun and emotionally enriching. Well, what does it do, Alpi? It improves your empathy skills and enhance your personality flexibleness. It is not difficult. How do you do that? If you are a man, ask yourself "How would a woman react in this case?". If you are a man, ask yourself "How would a man behave in this case?". So you actually do not "be" that person, you just put your feet into his/her shoes. Benefits? Different perspectives, better communication, insightfulness. Lately, my favorite inner game.

Find A Way, Get Over Me Somehow.

If different things are similar to each other when looked at from different perspectives, they might be similar from other perspectives, too. We are all different from each other. I mean, obviously. When we go back to our roots, we find zillions of similarities. Therefore, peace and humanity. When we go to our edges up high, we find distinctions. Therefore, conflict and holy capitalism. This is like a scale mechanism that we go back and forth, from side to side. Trying to find ourselves in the oblivion. Wandering.

Atatürk.

Bugün Atatürk'ün ölüm yıldönümü. Saat 9.05 geçeyi gösterdiğinde hayat durdu bir süreliğine. Onu özlediğimiz ortada. Onun gibi bir liderin tekrar Türkiye'yi yönetmesini istediğimiz de bir gerçek. Ama söylemek istediğim şey biraz farklı. Arabaları bilmem kaç dakikalığına durdurup şehirde korna gürültüleri yaratmakla, okullarda sabah akşam İstiklal Marşı'nın okutulmasıyla, Atatürk'e hakaret edildi diye internet sitelerini gerekçesiz ve başınabuyruk bir şekilde kapatıp da düşünce özgürlüğünü engelleyip, vs. ne Atatürkçü olabiliyoruz ne Atatürk'ün düşünce sistemini yansıtabiliyoruz ne de bir yere varabiliyoruz. Yaklaşık bir hafta önce ders esnasında hocam şöyle demişti ya da buna benzer bir şey : Atatürk'ün ideallerinden o kadar uzaklaştık ki onun bir yıldız olduğunu savunurken o, bir kuyruklu yıldız gibi kayıp gitti. Tarih tekerrürden ibaret olmasın. Her sene 10 Kasım'da saat 9.05'te bilmem kaç dakikalığına hayatı durdurmak çok kolay. Artık Atatürk'ün düşünce tarzını az da olsa hareketlerimize ve düşünce tarzımıza yansıtmanın vakti çoktan geldi. Bence Atatürk'ün korktuğu da buydu. Anılarda kalmak ve her sene ölüm yıldönümünde birkaç dakikalığına hatırlanmak. Seni gerçekten özlüyoruz.

Let It Rock.

I am thinking of getting a tattoo, really. I have been making a brainstorm on what I want to get. Could be a crown, Swiss plus, etc. Then, I decided to put my name. Kind of a narcissist idea, but there are zillions of priceless values behind the name of "alpi". Planning to integrate my interests into it, like architecture, modernism, etc. It could be something like 3D cubic, resembling to buildings. We'll see. By the way, Trendsetter mag has returned to life with a brand new fresh vigour. Individually, I like the new design which looks more minimal. Congrats to the team.

Beautiful Tomorrow.

I love the lectures that I take this term, especially Aesthetic and General Art Concepts. Actually, I love the lecturer. He is making everything so interesting that 3 hours fly away in a second. Moreover, I learn loads of things and expand my perspective on art-related subjects. Today's class was quite intriguing. He said lack of information was the most essential reason of most of the issues in Turkey/of Turkish people. We like to use terms, we like -isms, but we actually do not know the depths of those terms. We do not learn lessons from our past, we take today for granted, and we do not foresee the future. We are almost lost in oblivion and the reason is lacking awareness and information. More information and criticizing, please. And some more creativity, then.

Chocolate high.

I have made a logo for Trabzon 2011 Youth Olympic Festival's graphic design compretition a few weeks ago. The winner is supposed to be announced online today, but I don't see anything. There is a saying in Turkish for this kind of circumstances. "Winning is not important, it has been a great pleasure to even compete" Let's see, let's see. I believe I can make even nicer logos. I believe in my ideas. However, they could be even much wiser/more strategic. Moreover, I need to improve my design skills for better/perfect outcomes. Time, I guess. I need time. While having our time, why don't you take a look at these creative/inspiring visuals, HiAlpiers?

360 Degrees.

Enormous poster above my bed. Portrait of a medieval esquire. He has sharp face features and a weird futuristic haircut. He does not have any expression on his face. Mom says he is terribly ugly. I say he has this powerful expression. Whatever I do, he keeps watching me. There is an other poster on an other wall. New Yorker workers, sitting on a steel block in the air and taking their break time. They also watch. Gosh, I feel spied on. There is an other other poster. A piece of Dali. The girl does not have some of her body parts. Creepy posters affecting my daily life.

Soul Magic.

Hey. Welcome again to the creative varied-visuals' market area on a rainy saturday. Rainy days are great for creative outcomes. You do not want to go out. You do not want to idle, neither. Therefore, brain mechanism begins working in order to build an other dimension for itself, which I call "creative dimension". I also will be publishing my own logos shortly. Hugs. Ops, happy halloween by the way.

Curiosity Over Future-Cities.

Istanbul Under Construction Series.

Istanbul has been under construction for a very very long while and now we begin to see some cool, complete, and innovative tall buildings all around the city. Some of these edifices that I have put are already existing in the skyline of Istanbul City, like Trump Towers that I see from my window, Levent Loft, and Sapphire. Higher and higher.