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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 24, 2017
Irfan A.
History

Remembering Life

May 24, 2017
Irfan A.
History
Remembering Life

As I walked through the camp on my birthday... on her birthday... I thought of her, of who she was, of what her life had been before everything...

May 24, 2017
Irfan A.
History

Tagged: remembrance, birthday, nazis, dutch, jewish, auschwitz, existence, Mathilda van Praag, Mathilda, van Praag, Cassutto, WWII, WW2, World War II, concentration camps, amsterdam

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

May 2, 2017
Irfan A.
Philosophy

Finding Stasis In Motion

May 2, 2017
Irfan A.
Philosophy
Finding Stasis In Motion

In the big city one will find everything constantly in motion; a world not conducive for the state of contemplation.

May 2, 2017
Irfan A.
Philosophy

Tagged: stasis, city life, walking, ruminate, ponder, philosophy, distraction

April 21, 2017
Irfan A.
History

The Great Task Before Us

April 21, 2017
Irfan A.
History
The Great Task Before Us

We all have a responsibility, a great task before us: to make the world a better place for the future.

April 21, 2017
Irfan A.
History

Tagged: task, philosophy, history, lincoln, memorial, aspiration, responsibility

April 20, 2017
Irfan A.
History, Architecture

From Capitol Hill To Capitol Hill

April 20, 2017
Irfan A.
History, Architecture
From Capitol Hill To Capitol Hill

Sitting before the pool of water my thoughts wandered off...

April 20, 2017
Irfan A.
History, Architecture

Tagged: capitol hill, reflection, thought, house of cards, facts

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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