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September 6, 2018 In A Moment Longer

Echo

I heard someone shouting. The voice echoed all over the valley.

He shouted again, the same word. He was perhaps calling a name, a person he was looking for.

September 4, 2018 In Lazy Letter

Luís took us out last night. He stopped by at our studios’ earlier during the day, and I asked him how we could meet up with the locals, or where to hang out, or what’s more to do in this small town. He offered to take us out to the neighboring town in the evening. He lives there; he’s recently moved there. Not completely though, he’s still moving. His apartment doesn’t have the electricity for some strange reason, and so I’m thinking that’s the reason why the process of moving is slower than usual. I don’t really know him, so I’m only thinking.

He picked us up at nine. He was on-time. He pulled over by the gate, and honk the horn twice to let us know that he’s there. RJ was taking the front seat, and I sat behind Luís. I asked him where we were going, and he said he didn’t really know. I found it exciting.READ MORE

September 2, 2018 In A Moment Longer

Their Bathroom

I was sitting by the window and watching the view, the sunset was happening. The view was magnificent. Well, it’s only the view of the city, tall buildings, short buildings, trees in between, roads and streets, and the red lights that I couldn’t see since I was too far away. But, the idea behind the image is what made it so fantastic. Pretty crazy to be able to see the city all at once, knowing that an endless number of lives goes on out there, and it’s only seen as one.READ MORE

August 28, 2018 In Lazy Letter

Lazy Letter: Snowing Ash

It was still dark when I finally woke up. I didn’t sleep well throughout the night, woke up with every little sound. We had to sleep at the volunteers’ house since we decided it was safer for the night. We have no car at the studio, how would we get away if the fire reached us?! Who would come and rescue us? So, we each found a bed to rest, and waited for the morning to reach us, maybe it would make things look better–I picked the small couch, RJ slept on the floor by the terrace door and the cold fireplace.READ MORE

August 20, 2018 In Lazy Letter

Lazy Letter: On My Way There

The airport is lonely. Every part and every corner of it. How many flights can they hold at the same time?! I mean, even if they were fully loaded with many flights from all around the globe, this place would still be lonely.READ MORE

August 14, 2018 In Lazy Letter

Lazy Letter: To September

I uncomfortably sat in the corner of the couch which was chewed up by an animal from the sides. I already knew that he keeps pets and he fights for animal rights, but what kind of animal would he bring home to destroy a couch like that?! I scanned the room quickly to know what goes on around, and what I got myself into. Perhaps a bit too late, I really don’t know that kid. I met him at the beach during my trip to the south, hung out with him a few more times while I was there. There was no reason for me to trust him, I wonder why I went to his two-bedroom apartment anyway. To be perfectly honest with you, I didn’t make any plans for that night; it was one of those nights. Just like the old times when I was younger, not to say that I’m old now, I just felt I was back at the school again when I had the energy to be adventurous. I’m still as carefree, and ironically enough, just as alone too. Maybe it’s for the weather, and that autumn is just around the corner–it smells like school anyway.READ MORE

August 13, 2018 In A Moment Longer

City Lights

Overlooking the still horizon of the city, I caught the twinkling light of an airplane in the night sky. We could see the city from the window, almost all of it. It had grown so much so fast in the past few years, and it’s still growing. Unfortunate to see how it lost its charm, perhaps the mayor should’ve planned better–it’s not just about the shopping malls and enormous clocks in the roundabouts.

The city was sparkling in orange, yellow, green and red neon lights. And some blues too. We had wondered where the airport was when we first watched the view from this window, tried to find it by the spots we knew, or the buildings we could recognize from the distance, the north and the south, and where the sun would set. The answer was way simpler than that. We just should’ve followed an airplane.

August 2, 2018 In A Moment Longer

Summer Raindrops

Hot and humid, sometimes the wind stops blowing. Surrounded by the steam in the air, the extreme humidity makes it feel like a rain cloud around your body. A personal small cloud all around you. Smells like a melancholic Sunday afternoon. The microscopic drops of water touch your skin. The damp smell rises from the soil, the dusty earth. It’s familiar; somewhere back in time, in one of those rainy days, overwhelmed by the power of loneliness, the smell has gotten stuck in my system. I keep drinking cold water, and wiping off my wet skin with a piece of napkin. This must be the parallel universe of my recent imaginations. Or, in other words, how everything would be when I’m not around; this is the close-up scene. My hands are on the wheel, and my eyes locked on the road, although, I’m not fully in control of the ride that I’m driving.

20.Sep.17 – Istanbul, Turkey

July 27, 2018 In Lazy Letter

Lazy Letter: The Promised Sunrise

I chose to take one of those shared rides again. Not only because it’s cheaper, but also it’s an easier way of traveling. I met with the driver downtown, I was supposed to trust him even though I don’t know him at all. He was waiting for me with the other passengers. It was a full ride. I had to take the front seat since the other passengers were men. I like taking the front seat, you know that, but at the moment, all I needed was a long nap; you’re not really supposed to sleep when you take the co-pilot seat. It’s one of those unwritten rules that everyone knows about. I don’t think my brain was capable to comprehend any rules, written or unwritten. So I slowly shut my eyes without letting anyone take notice. I needed some sleep. Although, I kept waking up in between, and I checked the digital clock on the dashboard every time. I was curious to know how long I was sleeping for, and how long each nap lasted, however, I wouldn’t be able to tell the time that the clock was exactly reading. The world doesn’t seem real when you’re struggling to keep awake, when you’re that tired. The numbers didn’t seem to change, as if the time was frozen. Either my naps were incredibly short, or my brain was caught up in an enormous illusion.READ MORE

December 9, 2017 In Lazy Letter

Lazy Letter: My Parallel Universe

It’s hard to catch on from time to time. It’s happening all so fast, and to be honest, I’m way too distracted to keep track. Pretty sure I’m taking it all for granted, this stress has made me blind. Sometimes I forget life is basically all about these moments. Or perhaps I’m living too many of them at the same time.

I promised I’d write more, but sometimes I don’t really feel like holding a pen in hand, or putting down my thoughts on a piece of paper. What would I say anyway?! Write to you all about my complaints, what a busy life I have with nothing in the nothing land?!READ MORE