Medine Memi, 1994-2010

by rosedeniz February 5, 2010 Turkey

Tweet Medine Memi, may you rest in peace. May you now know a freedom you never experienced in life. May no young girl or woman ever again experience the horror you faced. A link to a Turkish news report here (in Turkish). The book Batman’da Kadınlar Öluyor (Women in Batman are Dying) is an investigative report by female reporter Müjgan […]

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An entangled inheritance

by rosedeniz February 2, 2010 nesting

Tweet I’ve been thinking a lot about the things that are supposed to come naturally, like knowing when to comfort and nurture. Thinking about grief. Thinking about the things that seem contrary to reason, like that my genetic offspring have sprouted feet that jump onto glass tables, climb bookshelves, and drop breakable momentos on the floor. […]

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Reinventing the artist

by rosedeniz January 20, 2010 art

Tweet Much like others go on pilgrimages to sacred places, art has been for me an act of searching. It has been a vehicle to describe the sensation of being a receiver of information and vision. It has given me an identity as part of a tribe of curious people asking questions visually. It has […]

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The Art of Cultivating a Creative Life

by rosedeniz January 18, 2010 art
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Tweet Twenty women sit around long tables pushed together in a corner of a café in Istanbul on a Saturday morning. The clink of coffee cups, the murmur of orders being placed. I pace around a little bit, preparing myself physically and mentally to talk about creativity to this group of professional women that I […]

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Art is Dialogue

by rosedeniz January 12, 2010 art

Tweet Unveiling a spark, a five-year-in-the-making idea that started out as the tiniest flicker. Out of art + nesting. Out of blurry boundaries. Now an invitation for you to explore along with me: Art is Dialogue, a series of dynamic conversations hosted online on curated topics where art is in the exchange of ideas. Through the […]

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On the way to Ortaköy

by rosedeniz January 3, 2010 Turkey

Tweet This morning I boarded a bus in Izmit to cross a continent* to walk past Çırağan Palas where there was no one on the street save for a few couples and men pushing carts, where after leaving Beşiktaş only a block or two down the road on my way to Ortaköy there was a fire […]

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Intentions 2010

by rosedeniz December 31, 2009 creativity

Tweet In tandem with my post at Colette Patterns, wishing you and yours a very happy New Year!

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Crafting personal geography

by rosedeniz December 20, 2009 art

Tweet This week at expat+HAREM I ask: how does one’s worldview literally shift as a result of location? Mapping the Imagination is about the lure of the world, what it means to unravel one’s past while charting the future through unknowns, and how new perspectives shape the paths we are on.   16th c. Ottoman map My first […]

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Thinking in color

by rosedeniz December 17, 2009 art

Tweet For as long as I can remember, I have thought in color. I envision the calendar year, for example, as a line drawing shaped like a dissected pie, each month represented by a wedge of color. The cheerful spring and summer months are aqua and pink, fall colors green and yellow, and winter ashen […]

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