{:en} Every New Year starts with the same hope. Maybe this time it will be different. We write lists, download habit-tracking apps, imagine a more organized, healthier and calmer version of ourselves. What feels like motivation is often something else, like relief. Relief that the old year is over, mistakes feel temporarily far away, as there is a symbolic pause button. Psychologically, this moment creates distance from past mistakes. But distance is not the same as change. When daily life returns, stress, fatigue and emotional patterns come back and the goals suddenly feel harder than expected. Not because people are lazy, but because their behavior made sense...

{:en} Denmark, one of the countries I wanted to visit, attracted my attention. A country tops the list of happy people like other Scandinavian countries. We preferred to start our Interrail train trip from there. I flew from Miami to Copenhagen Airport. Since hotels in Copenhagen were very expensive, we chose to stay in Malmö, Sweden. Thanks to our İnterrail pass tickets, the trains did not cost us anything extra and it was always a pleasure to cross the beautiful Öresund Bridge on our way from Denmark to Sweden. Öresund is the world's largest cross-border bridge connecting the two countries and both land vehicles and trains can...

{:en} IN THE MIDST OF LIFE’S CHAOS, REMEMBERING SMALL JOYS IS SOMETIMES THE GREATEST REVOLUTION. On a beach in an Aegean town… Hello, ArtTmodernmiami harvest spirits. I am here. For a long time, I have been sharing different series of articles with you, and I hope you have enjoyed my writings. This month, I am presenting an article about my inner voice, my questions, and the answers I seek—and I would love to hear your thoughts. Enjoy reading! These days, summer in the Aegean continues in all its glory. For me, summer means the sea, the sun, and the beach. Friends, I absolutely love this trio in my life. This year, summer...

{:en}Hello ARTTMODERNMIAMI readers, I am Murat Mete Agyar, writing to you from Istanbul, one of the most beautiful and oldest cities in the world. I am a professor in the art department at Istanbul Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. By saying everything about art, I will touch on many art-related issues. I will share the place of art in our lives and how it transforms our souls. I will write my comments about seeing, feeling, and, as a result, a healthy lifestyle.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank the digital newspaper ARTTMODERNMIAMI NEWS, which created this opportunity for me. Now let's come to my thoughts on...

{:en} A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth comes between the Moon and the Sun and prevents the Moon from receiving the Sun's light. . Every month there is a new moon and a full moon. New moons create a solar eclipse, and full moons create a lunar eclipse. There are 2 solar and 2 lunar eclipses every year. In some years, this number may increase. We call such years irregular years. For example, in the year of the pandemic, there were 4 lunar eclipses and 2 solar eclipses. In 2023, there will be 2 solar and 2 lunar eclipses in a regular year. Weexperienced the first...

{:en} Venus Changes Signs Dear readers, Venus is changing signs as of the second week of July. While this transit effect continues until the end of July; When Venus leaves behind its fixed and deeply bonding nature in Taurus and moves into Gemini, our understanding of love and value begin to be reshaped through mental mobility, curiosity and communication. This transition is like a wave of air that lightens our love language on a collective level and carries our relational contacts to the ground of speaking, writing, learning and sharing. Here, Venus is in love with words, not emotions. It attracts ideas more than looks, and seeks mental...

{:en} Hello everyone, I'm Melda Sherman, welcome to the 5th edition of our “People of Another World” article series. I am writing from Boston. In this article, I will take you to the bottom of the world. Don't be surprised! I'm talking about the Southern Hemisphere. My interview guest living in Sydney, Australia is of particular importance to me because she is also a reader of my book Migratory Birds, and I thank her for this interview. In the interview, I asked her everything I wanted to ask her. Let's go to Sydney. Melda Sherman: Hello Mrs Buket Balaban, can you tell us a little about yourself? Buket Behçet Balaban: Hello,...

{:en} Hello everyone, I am writing this article on the last day of 2022, with curiosity of the surprises that 2023 will bring us. In the new year, we will start an adventure full of architectural discoveries with you in this column of the ARTTMODERNMIAMInewspaper. I am very happy and excited to be involved in this new beginning. Shall we meet before we start our adventure? As you can understand from the title of contemporary architecture with Simin, I am a young architect full of ideas. After completing my education life in Milan, Domus Academy, I can describe myself as an architect who quickly entered sectoral life. I started...