Some least favourite:

Kicking the bucket
Pushing up daisies
Skipping a heartbeat

Judith by Gustav Klimt #tuesdayartdump

Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Endimg on the table with a pair of glasses on the top, next to a cup of flat white coffee.

Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending is quite an achievement. I know that some people hate the unexpectedly sterile, anticlimactic end, but I found it to be a very detailed and intimate study of how people maintain and transmute their own memories as they do. One to read again in ten years.

Thank you. Ironically his last novel was my first introduction to his work. I felt Kundera-like undertones in the conversational style reminding me of The Testaments Betrayed. Just ordered two more: Man in the Red Coat and The Lemon Table. I’m keeping The Sense of an Ending for later. 🤓

Note to self: Read more Julian Barnes.

#books #julianbarnes

12 ways to keep your brain healthy

Your brain craves rest, not guilt.

An often ignored PhD truth:

• Working less improves your output
• Short breaks rewire problem-solving
• Pushing through blocks creates mistakes

Stop confusing exhaustion with dedication.

The city, alongside Sagalassos and other Pisidian cities, means a lot to me as Burdur, my ancestral city is at the centre of ancient Pisidia. It is like visiting where some of my most ancient ancestors once lived.

This is also why the city will likely never be excavated since it is practically impossible to get anything other than your backpack up there.

When you approach the city perched on top of Güllük mountain, you instantly realise why Alexander could not capture the city and could never do: It is a very steep hike and very well defended by nature and the city walls.

Before being colonized by the Greeks Termessians aka Solymi spoke an ancient Anatolian language of Indo-European origin linked to Luwian. They are mentioned in several different texts.

Termessos, a Pisidian (not Greek, even remotely) city that Alexander the Great could not capture, but later fell to an earthquake. The most beautiful ancient city that I’ve ever been to. I mean, just look at the theatre #archaeology #mediterranean

Yeni okuma macerasının başlangıcı: depresif, modernist, 20. yy başı romanları. Broch için öneri Kundera’dan. Çeviri çok iyi değil (di’li geçmiş geniş zaman arasında gel git yapıyor ve orijinalinde böyle olduğunu sanmıyorum) ama şimdilik sınırda katlanılabilir düzeyde.

Poem, "Burning the Old Year", Naomi Shihab Nye

Moving toward 2025. 🌞

(H/t to @hanvanderhart.bsky.social for earlier share.)

“Kısacası, gerçek usta, başkalarının beklentileri tarafından en ufak şekilde etkilenmez.” Osamu Dazai, İnsanlığımı Yitirirken

It doesn’t take much effort mentally or otherwise to be a troll. She seems overqualified for the task, if anything. Why are you taking her seriously?

Reviewer Bingo from PhD Comics.

Your manuscript sat in peer review for 13 months.

When the decision finally came, what the reviewer focused on wasn't the groundbreaking methodology or the results.

It was something entirely unexpected...
(pick one or more)

Morning with a natural Instagram filter. #nofilter #fog #smog #dystopian

Ben teşekkür ederim.

Hepimiz ölümsüzlük ateşinden bir kıvılcım yakalamaya çalışıyoruz. Ayak izlerimizden biri olsun ileriye kalsın istiyoruz. Egon fazlasını yakalamış aslında.

Schiele’nin İspanyol gribinden önce hamile eşini kaybedip, sonra da kendisi ölmeden önce boyadığı son tablo sanıyorum gördüğüm en etkileyici tablolardan biri.

Lüften… Biraz geç de olsa 2019 yılındaki Londra sergisinden fotolar. Ekpresyonizm kendi şahsına münhasır pırlantalarla dolu ilginç bir akım. Son zamanlarda Schiele’den özellikle çok etkileniyorum. 👋

"...doğmamış olmaktansa, doğmuş olmanın iyi olup olmadığını anlayamadığımız bir devirdeyiz zaten..."

Kişisel Bir Sorun (1994), Kenzaburo Oe

Japon yazarları maratonunun sonuna geliyorum. Planladığım tüm kitapları okuyamadım (Murakami’den bir roman ve Mishima Bereket Denizi serisi sonraya kaldı) maalesef. Kenzaburo Oe’nin Kişisel Bir Sorun romanına dün başladım. Muhteşem! #kitap #roman #edebiyat #japon

How Long Is Now YouTube video by Iiro Rantala - Topic

I don't remember posting this before, but in case I did this is worth posting it once more and maybe even more! What an amazing setup and piece #jazzsky

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Ancient Roman Road in Ankara Nears Completion - IHA News Ankara Metropolitan Municipality has completed 90% of the restoration of the 2,000-year-old Ancient Roman Road in Ulus Historical City Center. Mayor Mansur Yavaş announced the progress, stating, “Two ...

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Hay yaşayın! Buradan yazmasanız haberim olmayacak. Müthiş bir şey bu! 🏛️

Listede Händel yoksa ben de yokum 🧐

What a lovely arrangement! A bit slow due to the specific ensemble combination but charming… #jazzsky

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The black and white photo is of Atakule in Ankara