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From Novel to Reality: Istanbul’s Museum of Innocence Unlocks Layers of Love and City Life
When I read Pamuk’s novel “The Museum of Innocence” in 2010, I felt a surprising joy. The narrative of the work is dense, bright and sad. It not only talks about love, but also talks about what an ideal person looks like. I wrote a review about this at that time, called “When Will Great Writers Start Talking About Love”. In 2012, I learned that Pamuk had actually built a “Museum of Innocence”, which I found very interesting. He had materialized literature, and Istanbul became a place I clearly wanted to visit. In short, I came to visit the Museum of Innocence with mixed emotions as I had a good…
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Beyond the Crossroads: A Traffic Lady’s Joy that Ignites Ordinary Lives
What does the crossroads mean? Southeast, northwest, or front, back, left, and right. This intersection is a silhouette of the city. We arrive in a hurry and leave in a hurry, just like our short life, reaching in all directions but nowhere to rely on. But here, there is always an ordinary figure that I can’t forget. “Go straight, hurry up!” She waved the small yellow flag in her hand, greeted the warm sunshine with a bright smile, and threw it at every passerby. Under the blue sky and white clouds, a woman in her late fifties wearing a yellow uniform always stands at that intersection. The noisy intersection becomes…
