Cinema is a multimedia art form. It requires a wide range of skills. But that’s not what I mean by “the art of the polymath”. See, though cinema is usually thought as a visual art form, it involves a great deal of sound, from music to sound effects and sound…

It’s Wednesday evening in New York City. I am at work, just finishing up some coding for the day. The lyrics of the song playing in my headphones go: “What keeps me in this city is not its Bosphorus, it’s my own past. …

What is real? Is there such a thing as an objective reality? Do you see what I’m seeing? Do you feel the same way I do? These questions are at the heart of humanity’s struggle towards harmony. We live in a time when we are more certain of other people’s…

Perfectionism. Is it a good thing? Is it the component that enables successful people to create great work? Is it the habit of geniuses who create the tools, the art and the ideas that push civilization forward? …

Patience is a concept we learn very early on in our lives. Kids are stereotypically impatient. They want things, and they want them now. I personally remember being extremely frustrated by the idea of waiting until I finish dinner to eat desert. …

Trust is the bedrock of any working, healthy process in the dimension of time. The meta process is life itself. Subprocesses can be relationships, projects, healing… Anything with a definition that spans multiple moments in time. Trust is built in the union of the universe we live in and our…

New York’ta şimşekler çakıyordu. Tüm dünyayı savıp savuran salgın, beni de evime kapatmıştı. Ambulans sesleri durmuyordu ama ben kendi çöplüğümde huzurluydum. Bir sabah adadaki faytonların kalktığına dair gelen mesajlara uyandım. Sanki çok yakından tanıdığım ama uzun suredir göremediğim biri uzaktayken ölmüş gibi hissettim. …

We tend to resist being put into boxes, categories, “types”, because we are all unique, we really are. So, can studying personality types help in any way? — The Resistance A common critique of personality types is that they put people in boxes. That makes me think of the joke, “I am a millennial, I don’t like labels!”. The fact is that every tool we use to communicate from words to letters to labels and categories are all imperfect ways…

There is a village of good and honest people. They all grow tomatoes and feed themselves. They use materials they find around to build their homes, make tools, make fire to stay warm etc. Everyone is self reliant, no need for help from each other. This helps with the social…