General Ramblings — Words

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

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

Part Six | Backing Off

I decided to step way back, think about nothing, look at all of my creative output, then see if there was a common denominator.

General Ramblings, SabanciNora ByrneOctober 21, 2017peacocks, arbitraryComment

Model Ingenuities

Get behind the scenes, arrive late to splash paint on the walls, arrive late in brainy bravado.

General Ramblings, Model IngenuitiesNora ByrneOctober 13, 2017modeling, lessonsComment

Part Four | Independent Travel

There is no doubt that work that reflects on my experience moving about the world ties into the idea of independent travel. I found a few theories and contradictions I plan on following up on next week.

General Ramblings, SabanciNora ByrneOctober 9, 2017travel, loneliness, communities, psychology, environmentComment

Fixed

Moving rapidly from minimal prose to diary I’ve no rhythm and can’t dance, I stand to the side of the milonga while they tango under the glow of antiquity.

General RamblingsNora ByrneSeptember 21, 2017Greece, travel, language, writingComment

Mi desperdicio

She comes in waves, in sand and stubborn, silty sweat.

General RamblingsNora ByrneAugust 4, 2017wandering, musing, travelComment

I am working on compiling my creative writing into a larger work, and therefore have stopped posting it publicly.

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