Words — nora byrne

2b . The Imaginary Age

There was a level of self-awareness to this article that I found really relevant to my experience in Istanbul.

Artistic RamblingsNora ByrneMarch 10, 2022Comment

1b . Aesthetics of control

Opportunities to show work have helped clarify what I am proud of in what I make, what I want to improve and build on, and what I need to change.

Artistic RamblingsNora ByrneFebruary 26, 2022Comment

signs

They’re taking the signs, the ones that spoke in stories, in sadness, in second chances. They take words, leave worry and look west.

General RamblingsNora ByrneJanuary 9, 2020cities, istanbul, writing, proseComment

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the single wrong coloured tulip

General RamblingsNora ByrneOctober 25, 2019prose, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing, scrapsComment

she says

I walk backward

General RamblingsNora ByrneSeptember 22, 2019drafts, prose, writingComment

empire

I am a mess.

General RamblingsNora ByrneAugust 5, 2019writing, creative nonfiction, travel, Travel blogging, new york, usaComment

ankle-deep in scuffed leather

wind along the path of least resistance, look to the wilderness outside your window…

General RamblingsNora ByrneApril 12, 2019city, urban life, night, Istanbul, wandering Comment

unposted: Part 2

Things I've been working on, unable to finish properly due to school/travel/work/etc.

General Ramblings, portfolioNora ByrneSeptember 23, 2018berlin, Culture Shock, language, writingComment

unposted: Part 1

Kept busy by another year of schooling, I didn't do much posting. This is something I wrote while settling into Istanbul.

General RamblingsNora ByrneSeptember 1, 2018istanbul, writing, Travel, Travel blogging, expatComment

adamlar, bir şey biliyorum

5 year anniversary of unsolicited musing.

I want you to write me a comprehensive list of the sounds a tree limb makes when it splits and falls.

General RamblingsNora ByrneFebruary 17, 2018mansplaining, relativityComment

Part Ten | Abstraction

To formulate an abstract I would need to actually conceptualise my work. My main inspiration in doing this turned out to relate to artists I worked this summer in Rota, Spain

Nora ByrneNovember 20, 2017Comment

Part Nine | Public Space & Non-Place

Back in the realm of spatial theory, I don’t think it’s worth fighting my tendency to gravitate toward the politics and meaning of space, but I was also back to needing to connect it to creativity and art.

Part Eight | Urban Development

I found these sets of twin houses in the gentrifying areas of Kadikoy, one, run down, boasting once-beautiful details on its facade and glimpses broken walls through the holes where windows used to be, hinting at history and secrets.

Artistic Ramblings, SabanciNora ByrneNovember 6, 2017urban development, gentrification, paseo, wanderingComment

Race to the Top

I lay on top of the city for perspective and stared down the stars as they became real as I rolled kicking and crying down the slope where I found the ground and couldn’t run for the dizziness.

General RamblingsNora ByrneNovember 6, 2017travel, homesick, first world problems, travel diariesComment

Part Seven | People, Place, Location...

Thus my interest in Adegbeye’s theme of erasing and redesigning the space of a fringe community.

General Ramblings, SabanciNora ByrneOctober 29, 2017Msheireb Downtown Doha, voyeurism, fringe, communities, citiesComment

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