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hello my dear deviants! i have a hard time believing anyone would still follow me and therefor find this post, but the weirdest thing just happened. i got a random email, and it's short enough to copy paste and I hope the author wouldn't mind because it was quite meaningful to me; " You were one of the all time best artists on DA. I really wish that you would pop in now and then to let your old fans know that you are alive and well and perhaps show us some of the work that you are doing now. " that really touched me. i don't get a lot of reminders about my 'photographic past', but when i do, it's very nice and heartwarming whether it's a message like that, or perhaps i am going through my bookshelf and see a bookcover i shot, or whatever. however past is what it is, so there is no (artistic) work that i am doing now. i wish it wasn't a disappointment to anyone, things come and go in life, and i don't know what killed my inspiration, but i am so glad i had it and it changed my life so much. but it's not the end, just because i don't create photos doesnt mean i don't create other things - like connections between people or decorating my own home - or do and have other meaningful things in my life. i miss deviantart and the community it was and is, i just don't have anything to give to it. thats the only sad part really! i am enjoying my life in London, enjoying my job in software testing, turning 40 (!) next week and just living a normal life. feeling privileged, really, i've been so lucky with everything. anyway thanks for reading if you did, and thank you for being part of my deviantart past if you were <3 my blog is still at http://suzi9mm.blogspot.com/ but it's just light occasional musings :)

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London

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just a quick update although dA point of view, ive kinda disappeard from the face of the earth :D i moved to London a month ago with my partner. trying to set up life here, despite Brexit and the chilly weather. Istanbul was great for me in many ways, but i felt like my time was up there, and im liking UK so far :)

always happy to meet fellow deviants, but pls get in touch via email (suzi9mm at gmail) or comment on my blog (suzi9mm.blogspot.com) or FB msg or something, since i am so absent here.

take care of yourselves and create art <3

jen
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Melbourne-ans?

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hello there...does anyone hear me, anymore? :D if not, fair enough, i have not been exactly active for a...*ahem*..few years.

just wondering if there are any Melbourne deviants around possibly, i am in the city until April 12th and would love to meet some local people and hang out :)

besides enjoying the sun and relaxed atmosphere of Melbourne, life is good, i still live in turkey, still work in IT, and still not back to photography as one can figure out by looking at my dA profile (if i was to photograph, you guys would be the first ones to know). but i guess there is a time and place for everything.

cheers!
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i dont usually jump on bandwagons for important causes, im so lame, although i am known to rant day in and day out in my blog. however the way that the growingly authoritarian turkish government is treating its secular citizens is so shameful, and living in the middle of this it is touching me. using tear gas and water cannons is nothing new in turkey of course -unfortunately - but on friday as the police attacked peaceful park occupiers in the center of the city, ppl had enough and suddenly arrived in thousands. some have died and hundreds are wounded, and the protests extended throughout the country over the weeked. although the TV is not showing *anything* of the events in an effort to silence the people, save for one small channel (Halk, which is right now showing live feed from Ankara where the police is attacking people), the social media is doing the job. and that pisses the prime minister off, he was bashing on tv today "about "the lies" on social media and said that "twitter is a source of problem".  turkey is not quite what egypt was but people have a growing feeling that its going that way and are tired of being shut down by the islamic ruling party. and i strongly feel that way too, maybe in a year or two we must move out as the atmosphere being built is less and less tolerant of secularism. unless they deport me before that for tweeting and blogging like this? 

for some very good and telling pictures of the events in the past days;
active Tumblr feed #occupygezi

some articles etc;
the Atlantic's article on people's frustration
The Guardian on how it all started
Der Spiegel article on US's lost trust
Twitter feed of #occupygezi




Taksim (the center) last night after police left;
taksim. occupied. #direngezi
swimming goggles and a breathing mask came in useful though, the gasses in the air are really horrible (and give a headache), and this was after the police had already retreated.


so what do i want from you? nothing, thanks for reading. i assume those who feel like it, will tweet or do something else, perhaps share this forward. thanks.
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anyone in Barca?? or should i ask, is anyone even reading this poor journal anymore? i am visiting in Barcelona with a finnish friend in April...  would be once again nice to meet fellow deviants, despite the fact that i am not around here much anymore. some of the best people i ever met have been from dA so...

after Barca im going to Vienna, where i am certain i will hang out with :coxi: - as :natashalyonne: has by then removed herself from the city to better playing fields, namely Cairo, i think. bad timing girl!

so, that was pretty much the content of what i wanted to say...  eh. i am good, still in Istanbul, quite content, doing freelance work (translation, software testing...) etc.

just to fill the space, here is a photo from this morning, i was woken up by a breakfast delivery to bed;
breakfast in bed


meanwhile, i would also be happy to hear how you guys are doing in your lives...? you'd be surprised how well i remember people by their usernames and icons!
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London by suzi9mm, journal

Melbourne-ans? by suzi9mm, journal

pls take a look at Turkey for a moment. by suzi9mm, journal

Barcelooona :) and Vienna, but it doesnt count by suzi9mm, journal

Rome this weekend? by suzi9mm, journal