{:en} Most of my writings are inspired by natural, colorful miracles of the earth. Thisbtime, my pen reaches you from Istanbul, where I came for holiday. I am on the shores of the Sea of Marmara, where the world's few historical structures dance with the deep blue waters of the Bosphorus that are sometimes turbulent and sometimes silent. While there is a high construction and a lively crowd around it, suddenly, the mischievous children of the Bosphorus, the dolphins, pass through the vast waters. People traveling on the famous ferries, which are considered among the symbols of the city, throw bagel crumbs to feed the seagulls enthusiastically...

{:en} After the Super New Moon in Taurus, we will be in a time when good energies dominate the sky in May. The first beautiful conjunction of the week will occur with the Sun at 23 degrees of Uranus in Taurus. While this conjunction indicates sudden surprises and unexpected events as a general effect, it can also cause soil movement. While the Jupiter-Sun conjunction takes place on May 16-17, the Mars-KAD conjunction indicates new hopes and good developments in taking steps towards the future and achieving good results. While these conjunctions will greatly affect Taurus, Scorpio, Pisces, and Virgo, they will also positively affect other zodiac signs. Now let's move...

{: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...

{: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} By Melda Sherman / ArtModernMiami Gazette       Melda SHERMAN/ Boston      In every era, the world witnesses individuals who step through invisible thresholds; leaving behind what was known in pursuit of what might be possible. Some relocate for opportunity, others for love, and some because the soul whispers, “It is time.”    In this feature, we present the story of a woman who crossed continents not to escape, but to expand,  to reimagine herself under new skies. Her journey is not only geographical; it is creative, spiritual, and deeply human.    Anna SUDAREVAA A Story That Begins in Quiet Places    Some beginnings are not loud. They bloom quietly, like wildflowers along...

{:en} We start the week with the sign change of the Lunar Nodes, which takes place every 1.5 years and has fateful effects. The Scorpio-Taurus axis, which is related to the economy, leaves its place to the Libra-Aries axis, which is related to relationships. A new 1.5-year period begins, are we ready? Are we ready to learn the balance of giving and giving in love and relationships? Love requires effort… It is time to say goodbye to everything in our lives that we have compromised, taken but not given, given but not received… This process will teach us to love, it will teach us that love is...

{:en} We will be welcoming the first week of September with Jupiter retrograde. On September 6, 2023, we will end the year with the retrograde movement of Jupiter, which will begin its retrograde movement at 15 degrees Taurus, and continue until December 30. Jupiter goes retrograde for about 4 months every year to raise awareness for us. We may want to reflect on the changes and developments in our lives since May 17, 2023, get rid of the excesses and complete the deficiencies. Jupiter, who is the benefactor of the system, protects us, brings abundance, fertility and luck, is also the gateway from karma. Retro positions also...

{:en} “If the mind is the kite, the breath is its rope.” I would like to start with this word that one ofmy dear teachers told me one day. The word Prana, which means breath, vital energy, vital force, comes from Sanskrit. “ayama” in the word pranayama means stretching, expanding, growing, extending/sustaining, and controlling. So “pranayama” can mean controlling the breath by extending and shortening it. The consciousness of 21st century people is so far away from realizing the perfect functioning of our body that we are not aware of what is going on inside our body. We think that our body will always work without even dwelling on...