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A blog about my journey through physical and mental landscapes.

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June 12, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments, Philosophy

Space and Time

June 12, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments, Philosophy
Space and Time

Like driftwood carried along by waves on the vast tapestry of the ocean, we bob to and fro, sometimes finding ourselves in the past, and at other moments in the present

June 12, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments, Philosophy

Tagged: technology, snapchat, instagram, johann johannson, johann, fragment II, orphee, experience, present, future, past, space, time, ocean, destiny, fate

June 5, 2017
Irfan A.
Music, Moments

Unamusing Life

June 5, 2017
Irfan A.
Music, Moments
Unamusing Life

What we were met by instead was the world's happiest tune being played by the most unamused old man one could ever come across.

June 5, 2017
Irfan A.
Music, Moments

Tagged: piano, summer, planty, park, trees, old man, apathy, unamused, poland, krakow

June 1, 2017
Irfan A.
Technology, Moments

Lost In Google Translate

June 1, 2017
Irfan A.
Technology, Moments
Lost In Google Translate

The other day I sat down at a cafe near my hostel in Kadıköy to make some headway at a piece I have been writing about Ramazan

June 1, 2017
Irfan A.
Technology, Moments

Tagged: google, google translate, translate, babelfish, istanbul, Kadıköy, kadikoy, çay, proposition, cafe, technology, sex

May 4, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments

Melancholic Piano

May 4, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments
Melancholic Piano

Day before last I heard one of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard.

May 4, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments

Tagged: melancholy, music, montreal, luigi rubino, luigi, rubino, reminiscence

April 13, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments, Philosophy

On The Road

April 13, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments, Philosophy
On The Road

Humans are undoubtedly a highly adaptable species. Yet adaptability is not the primary attribute that is manifest in our being: it is habit.

April 13, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments, Philosophy

Tagged: uncertainty, adaptation, change, progress, routine, challenge

April 12, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments

Au Revoir Seattle

April 12, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments
Au Revoir Seattle

As I looked at the city from afar I found myself feeling sad for the place I had constantly felt at odds with.

April 12, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments

Tagged: Seattle, home, friendship, nostalgia

April 9, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments

Packing Life

April 9, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments
Packing Life

As a software engineer I was living a comfortable life, some might even say 'the dream'. And yet little over a month ago I quit it all.

April 9, 2017
Irfan A.
Moments

Tagged: moving, boxes, packing, change, artist residency, travel, life, career, job

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