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Istanbul 2010
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28 Dec 2009 Mon 11:43 pm |
heheheh....yeah... i know.... but still... )
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 10:36 am |
yes this poem is amazing considering Yeats never visited Istanbul in his waking life, but from his reading and his exposure to Byzantine art he made Byzantium his emblem of the Holy City. His introduction to its art came through the mosaics he saw in Palermo and Ravenna. He was moved by this hieratic mosaic art, and his invocation of the ecclesiastical figures that are depicted there marries impressions of the shimmering, rippled surface made by thousands of tiny squares of color, with the spiritual import of what is depicted.
There are so many smart people here.
I mean it.
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 07:07 pm |
There are so many smart people here.
I mean it.
and im the smartest, a very knowledgable.
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 07:10 pm |
and im the smartest, a very knowledgable.
I will admit that you are the best in maths...but that´s IT!!
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 07:14 pm |
I will admit that you are the best in maths...but that´s IT!!
Are you sure? I thought kitty was best at maths.
I think lemon is our best greeting card writer.
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 07:18 pm |
Are you sure? I thought kitty was best at maths.
I think lemon is our best greeting card writer.
Well, its been a while since we had our last Maths tests but I am fairly sure that kitty was our best man-crusher.
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 07:28 pm |
Well, its been a while since we had our last Maths tests but I am fairly sure that kitty was our best man-crusher.
True, it´s been a while. Maybe it´s time for anohter round of testing.
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 07:50 pm |
Quoting alameda
Ummm....you are very right in that beauty is a subjective phenomenon...however for me Istanbul is the most amazing currently still alive city in the world. I think it has something to do with all the layers of civilization and cross cultural integration.
Istanbul undeniably has its own character and charm, but I wouldn´t say that it´s the most amazing city in the world, I find that to be a pretty strange thing to say anyway, kind of "eurocentric". I agree that Istanbul has some phenomenal landmarks and history, but as a city you can really only visit and tiny fraction of it, because the rest is just slums, with streets so tiny you can only park on them.
...again as I said, it is subjective......so to me it is the most amazing currently still alive city in the world......to you it is not............we both have our own subjective opinions....I really don´t see what is Eurocentric about it.....after all it is partly in Europe and partly in Asia.............and if you really think about it...the definition of Europe seems to be pretty subjective and fluid as well. As for those narrow streets....If one can park on them....you can walk on them. I take no joy in a city drive....particularly if that drive is in Istanbul. Cars are a big problem there.
I just think for me, Istanbul is the most amazing city in the world....as for any European thing.....I have no opinion about that....but it does look like an interesting program....hmmm it should be shown to the Turkish Agenda thread...
Program it takes time to download....there are 93 pages, but if you want ideas of what to do, there are a lot of things listed in the program
Edited (12/29/2009) by alameda
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 09:44 pm |
...again as I said, it is subjective......so to me it is the most amazing currently still alive city in the world......to you it is not............we both have our own subjective opinions....
Yes. Again, there are great places in Istanbul, but so there are in other cities in the world. But everybody wants to feel special.
By the way, I´m really happy that Istanbul is going to be the European Cultural Capital for 2010!
Edited (12/29/2009) by catwoman
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30 Dec 2009 Wed 12:26 am |
Istanbul undeniably has its own character and charm, but I wouldn´t say that it´s the most amazing city in the world, I find that to be a pretty strange thing to say anyway, kind of "eurocentric". I agree that Istanbul has some phenomenal landmarks and history, but as a city you can really only visit and tiny fraction of it, because the rest is just slums, with streets so tiny you can only park on them.
Euro-asian centric...right It´s so eurocentric to forget that Istanbul is mostly Asian
I can not say Istanbul is the greatest city in the world... I haven´t been everywhere. But I have to say culture wise, it´s on top of my visited-cities list. On other aspects it doesn´t always score so good, like being groped in the tram-wise.
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30 Dec 2009 Wed 03:49 am |
Euro-asian centric...right It´s so eurocentric to forget that Istanbul is mostly Asian
Haha, you´re right!
I think that another thing that gives Istanbul its nice feel is the openness of Turkish people in general, their hospitality and laid-back attitudes.
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