Unsupervised, AI Hallucinations @ MoMA
“Unsupervised”, Refik Anadol's art installation at the Modern Museum of Art, combines the limitation of defined algorithms with the vastness of refined data in a way to mirror the mind and the collective consciousness in ever-changing conditions. It opens the avenues for us to feel overwhelmed and capable a
White Noise
Have you experienced the awareness of the need for guidance in situations you are not familiar with or the limitations of self-discovery and expression due to the culture you live in?
In and Out
Are you pausing in between inhaling and exhaling? Is your breath in longer than your breath out? Or vice versa? Observe your breathing pattern without changing it. Do your scattered thoughts bother you? Do you have sticky thoughts that never leave you alone? Do you keep a to-do list? If so, is it a long list?
How Role-Playing Offers a Way to Heal
Have you noticed that children act like their parents or caregivers, when they take the role of adult in games of make believe and reflect their observations? If they are exposed to angry conversations of adults, that is how they play their roles in the games. The game settings and rules are based on their [&he
How to Approach a Difficult Conversation
We all know stress is the enemy. Stress knocks down our immune system, gives us chronic pain and diseases, makes us angry and changes us in ways we don’t want. We also know that the cause of our stress could be anything – work, finances, family life, unrealistic expectations, a cluttered home, to name a [&h
Seeing the World in the Dark – An Interview with Amanda Staab
When she was in labor, shamanic practitioner Amanda Staab was expecting to hold her oldest daughter. Reawakening to her connection with the universe was a bonus.
Love as a Verb
We love ice cream. Love watching movies. Love our parents, children, friends and partners. But what is love? No search engine is shy about revealing the definition of love: “an intense feeling of deep affection” or “a person or thing that one loves”. What is love as a verb? Merriam-Webster says it is to
Interview of Daniel Jackovino on his Solo Art Exhibit
Black Walnut Head Dolls of Daniel Sometimes a phone call is forgotten even before uttering goodbye. Sometimes it is remembered for decades, but rarely does it lead to a solo art exhibit. Daniel had met Victoria at the Art Students League of New York and had not spoken with her in a while when she called [&hell
I’m not Ready to Say Goodbye
When I decided to relocate back to Istanbul, I thought at first that all I needed was two suitcases like I had when I moved to New Jersey as a graduate student decades ago. I had this romantic desire to retrace my path in the reversed direction without extra baggage. Why not start a minimalist life where my roo