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“If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” Alphonse de Lemartin (French Poet, Writer and Statesman, 1790-1869)
...a week overlooking the Bosphorus, amidst blue mosques and boats that kiss borders in the distance... ...siphoning Orhan Pamuk's soliloquies about his sad sinking city on a hill, where Ottoman overtures ring strong still, sitting at an axis of the world contemplating Constantinople contraband...shaking strong Arab hands, and sipping sweet tea and staring at the sun setting across a thousand leagues of Mediterranean sand...
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“If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” Alphonse de Lemartin (French Poet, Writer and Statesman, 1790-1869)
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August
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- "Hüzün"...from Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul"
- unforgettable cab conversation #2
- stray kitten blues
- Night @ the Archeological Museum
- Earth Hour 2009 - THIS IS WHY I LOVE MY JOB
- Melody Aflam "Titanic"
- evening thoughts
- I AM LISTENING TO ISTANBUL
- Perspectives: Angela Carter
- Kronenbourg 1664
- Get Well Soon...
- Perspectives: Jamal Mahjoub
- ...thoughts from the water...
- A handful of pics from the Bosphorus Cruise
- from Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul"
- Videos from the Bosphorus Cruise
- I'm On A Boat!
- Sons of the Conquerors - Interview with Hugh Pope
- Coca-Cola
- Favorite VW Ads
- Flag Flying
- Mercan Dede
- from Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul"
- Waterfront
- Cab Window Architectural Tour
- Tea at the Water's Edge
- Grand Bazaar
- Unforgettable Cab Conversation #1
- Perspectives: Abir Zaki
- Turkish Hip Hop
- The Golden Horn
- Constantinople engraving by William Miller after T...
- Orientalism
- Doublemoon Records
- Jetlag Cure #1
- Bebek Almond Paste
- from Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul"
- Turkish Vocab for the day
- Ara Guler's Photography
- Perspectives: Ali Ahmad Said Asbar (aka Adonis)
- arrivals
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August
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About Me
- DhakFu
- DhakFu is multimedia artist who has spent a dozens years working as an ad man monitoring the creative output of the marketing industry. He's a DJ, yogi, and a writer, and spends much of his time traveling the world. In 2011 he relocated to Chiang Mai, Thailand, with his beautiful wife Becky and adorable puppy Baxter. For more of Fuad, read some of his other travel blogs or check out http://beckyandfuadyoga.com.
Hüzün
“We might call this confused, hazy state melancholy, or perhaps we should call it by its Turkish name, hüzün, which denotes a melancholy that is communal rather than private. Offering no clarity, veiling reality instead, hüzün brings us comfort, softening the view like the condensation on a window when a teakettle has been spouting steam on a winter’s day. Steamed-up windows make me feel hüzün, and I still love getting up and walking over to those windows to trace words on them with my finger. As I shape words and figures on the steamy window, the hüzün inside me dissipates and I can relax; after I have done all my writing and drawing, I can erase it all with the back of my hand and look outside.
But the view itself can bring its own hüzün …”
Orhan Pamuk, from Istanbul "Memories and the City"
But the view itself can bring its own hüzün …”
Orhan Pamuk, from Istanbul "Memories and the City"
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