November 2025 — From the First PiecesWhat Is Cinema, Really?Cinema isn't just images — it's the art of making someone else feel how a person sees the world.
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My reflections on the truth of man, time, life, and even art.As I wonder and you read, this page fills and overflows...
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On Giving Up
You can tell whether you truly want something by what you are able to give up for it.
Ediz KentkuranFrom pen to wordMan and his truth
Pause before you judge. Open the window onto another. Then look at yourself from there.
IDEA CABINETsix pieces — tap a title
- 01Understanding a PersonDEC 2025→
- 02Not Being Able to Say NoMAY 2026→
- 03Living with a NarcissistAPR 2026→
- 04What You Call FriendshipAPR 2026→
- 05Human LandscapesAUG 2025→
- 06On PsychologyJUN 2025→
- 07Love, Longing, Passion and NeedJUL 2015→
- 08Do You Know What a Book Is?DEC 2014→
- 09Just Be Aware of What You AreAUG 2017→
Art and its truth
Screen, stage, screenplay — how an ache turns into a gaze, and a gaze into an image.
November 2025 — From the First PiecesWhat Is Cinema, Really?Time and its truth
Attention, habit, decision — notes not on saving the day, but on building a life.
TIME LEDGERten pieces — tap a title
- 01The Attention EconomyMAY 2026→
- 02Habit and IdentityMAY 2026→
- 03The 'I Can't Start' ProblemMAY 2026→
- 04For Those Who Say 'I Have No Time'MAY 2026→
- 05Decision FatigueMAY 2026→
- 06Working Hard but Not Seeing Results?APR 2026→
- 07Three Strong Ways to Step Out of Your Comfort ZoneAPR 2026→
- 08What Do You Really Want?APR 2026→
- 09How Do You Come Back to Yourself in Hard Times?APR 2026→
- 10Five Mental Models for Better DecisionsAPR 2026→
- 11Looking BackOCT 2013→
- 12Staying in the MomentFEB 2015→
- 13PatienceJUN 2014→
- 14Sometimes You Must Forget What You KnowSEP 2015→
- 15If You Want to Find HappinessMAR 2017→
Life and its truth
In pursuit of "how should one live?" — of becoming over reaching, of neighborhoods and terraces.
3 May 2026 — The File's CoverHow Should This Life Be Lived?Ediz KentkuranFrom the Reflections archiveRead
A person is shaped less by what they reach than by how they live; the point isn't arriving at a goal, but becoming a state of being.
Ediz KentkuranFrom the Reflections archiveI.JUL 2026Featured ↑What You Call FreedomFreedom not as a right but as daily labor; won each day by saying no anew.II.APR 2026Beyond What Is SeenThe eye looks, the mind selects, the heart approves; the moment you are certain is the moment you stop seeing.III.DEC 2025Becoming YourselfNot becoming someone you are not; but doing justice to the person you are.IV.NOV 2025Understanding LifeMeaning is not a diploma handed out at the road's end; it is the pebbles slipped into your pocket along the way.V.JUN 2025The Importance of a Career PlanA man without a plan is a sailboat for anyone who has the wind.VI.DEC 2025Why Am I a Fenerbahçe Supporter?Cups come and go; the stands remain. A person is, in part, who they know themselves to be while waiting.
September 2025 — Neighborhood NotebookBeing from Moda
Some neighborhoods aren't just places you live in; they mix into your character, even into your sentences.
ReadA person reaches truth when they read the paragraphs hidden behind a single sentence.
— From Understanding People, Ediz Kentkuran
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