31/05/2026
FROM A COLORLESS CHILDHOODTO A COLORFUL UNIVERSE.
When I was a child,whenever my parents argued,in my small and innocent world,I could never understand it.
I was too young to knowwhat evil or goodness really meant.
Why could two adults not get along?Why did they fight?
During those loud and uncomfortable moments,I would shut the outside world offand escape into a colorful universeI created inside my mind.
And deep inside, I would say:
“Look…You two cannot even create peace between yourselves.One day,I will show youhow thousands of completely different beingscan live together in harmony.”
In those imaginary worlds,my greatest companion was my first dog,Kıvrış.
He was always beside me.
I spoke to him.I told him everything.
And one day,I imagined Kıvrış organizing a great invitation.
Cats…Dogs…Monkeys…Bears…Foxes…And humans…
All the beings carrying goodness within themwere invited.
They were crowded.They were different.Yet they were in harmony.
Sometimes they wore bow ties.Sometimes neckties.Sometimes they dressed like humans.
And then I would silently turn back to my parentsand think:
“You two adults cannot even live peacefully together…But look —everything is actually possible.”
“Do you want to win the fight…or do you want to be happy?”
What I call today“the harmony of the crowd”was born in those childhood dreams.
My Authentics Seriesemerged from a colorless childhood.
Years later,I told these stories to my daughter as bedtime tales.Then they entered her dreams.
And one day,I started painting her dreams too.
Today,what I try to color through my paintingsis not only the harmony of the crowd…
It is the hopea child createdin the middle of chaos.
