<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></title><description><![CDATA[voyager]]></description><link>https://cansuakin.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nHAb!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50c91444-fd63-469c-82c8-62299f8935ee_1317x1317.png</url><title>cansu akin</title><link>https://cansuakin.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:02:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[cansuakin@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[cansuakin@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[cansuakin@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[cansuakin@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[The Feeling of Being Unfinished]]></title><description><![CDATA[And somehow, the void starts to feel eternal.]]></description><link>https://cansuakin.substack.com/p/the-feeling-of-being-unfinished</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cansuakin.substack.com/p/the-feeling-of-being-unfinished</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:18:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OHJZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99595791-6ae7-4531-b529-b8bd42b9c780_1272x1895.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Maybe we were never incomplete. We were just taught to believe we were.</em></p><p></p><p>I think we need to talk about the feeling of being unfinished.</p><p></p><p>For the past few years, I&#8217;ve spent a strange amount of time wondering why I can&#8217;t fully feel happy, what is happiness and even when there is no obvious reason for me not to be.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OHJZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99595791-6ae7-4531-b529-b8bd42b9c780_1272x1895.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OHJZ!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99595791-6ae7-4531-b529-b8bd42b9c780_1272x1895.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>I guess it&#8217;s because the things I imagined for myself never quite materialised the way I thought they would. Maybe I became too attached to the potential of things. To people they could become. To relationships we could have had. To places I thought I would eventually arrive at.</p><p>Maybe I&#8217;ve been living slightly more in the <em>could be</em> than in the <em>is</em>.</p><p>I genuinely don&#8217;t remember the last time I went through an entire workday without questioning some part of my existence. Please don&#8217;t read this and think, <em>oh God, this girl must be exhausting to be around.</em> I promise I&#8217;m fun. I just happen to be a very feeling person, that&#8217;s all :))</p><p>And I like coming here and telling you about those feelings.</p><p>I connect deeply.</p><p>I connect deeply with the people who walk through life beside me. With the people I love. With the work I love doing. With places, songs, versions of my life, stupid little routines. When I love something, I somehow let it become part of the architecture of my life.</p><p>And then, naturally, life happens.</p><p>People leave.</p><p>Relationships change.</p><p>Jobs end.</p><p>Places stop feeling like home.</p><p>Versions of ourselves quietly disappear.</p><p>But sometimes the connection ends before the feeling does. This is very much heartbreaking.</p><p></p><p>And I think that space in between is what I have been calling <em>unfinishedness</em>.</p><p></p><p>You continue living because, well, what else are you supposed to do? You wake up. You answer emails. You go to dinner. You make plans. You laugh at something stupid. You book a flight. Life has this almost offensive ability to keep moving even when a part of you is still standing somewhere else, waiting for an ending it never got.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes you don&#8217;t even get closure. And I hate how obsessed we are with closure, by the way. As if every meaningful thing in our lives is supposed to come with a final scene. A last conversation. The perfect sentence. An explanation that suddenly makes everything that happened before it make sense. Like I spent years thinking that if my father could really see me for who I was, an old ache in me would finally ease.</p><p>I used to think I needed to understand everything before I could let it go. Now I think sometimes letting go is accepting that I never will<strong>.</strong></p><p>Most things don&#8217;t end like that.</p><p>Sometimes the person you trusted most simply isn&#8217;t the person you wake up next to anymore.</p><p>Sometimes you desperately need to hear one sentence from someone, and somehow they never say it. Or they never mean it.</p><p>Sometimes being unfinished feels like someone stopping you halfway through a sentence and, by the time they let you speak again, you&#8217;ve forgotten what you were going to say.</p><p>It feels like putting a piece of your heart into someone else&#8217;s pocket and watching them walk away with it, not entirely sure whether they&#8217;re ever bringing it back.</p><p></p><p>It was never knowing for certain about the people I loved so certainly.</p><p>It was loving my job and knowing next month was never guaranteed.</p><p>It was knowing that if I randomly showed up at someone&#8217;s door one day, there was a possibility no one would open it anymore. But they promised they would always be there for me.</p><p></p><p>Maybe that&#8217;s what scares me most.</p><p></p><p>Not endings. Uncertainty itself.</p><p></p><p>The possibility that something can mean everything to you and still not stay.</p><p>And I think somewhere along the way I started confusing permanence with wholeness.</p><p></p><p>If the person stays, I am whole.</p><p>If the career keeps growing, I am whole.</p><p>If the future looks the way I imagined it, I am whole.</p><p>If I finally become that version of myself I keep picturing, <em>then</em> I will feel complete.</p><p></p><p>There is always a <em>then</em>.</p><p></p><p>I&#8217;ll be happy when.</p><p>I&#8217;ll relax when.</p><p>I&#8217;ll feel safe when.</p><p>I&#8217;ll finally become myself when.</p><p></p><p>As if there is a version of us somewhere in the future who has figured it all out already, and all we have to do is survive long enough to meet them.</p><p>I think I&#8217;ve spent years waiting for her.</p><p>She has the relationship figured out. Her career makes sense. She doesn&#8217;t question every decision she makes. She doesn&#8217;t miss people who are no longer there. She knows exactly where she belongs. She probably drinks more water too. And she, of course, works out.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LMzY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8531477f-ea36-4d42-9e6c-17ad885a0cf9_1272x1895.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LMzY!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8531477f-ea36-4d42-9e6c-17ad885a0cf9_1272x1895.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LMzY!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, 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like arriving somewhere.</p><p>But lately I&#8217;ve been wondering if she doesn&#8217;t exist.</p><p></p><p>There is no finished version of me waiting somewhere to complete me.</p><p></p><p>And maybe that is the part nobody tells you: creating yourself feels nothing like becoming.</p><p>It mostly feels like confusion.</p><p>Like losing things.</p><p>Like changing your mind.</p><p>Like outgrowing people you thought would be there forever and missing them anyway.</p><p>Like being incredibly grateful for your life and still occasionally wondering why something inside you feels empty.</p><p></p><p>And the whole time, because it doesn&#8217;t <em>feel</em> like progress, you think you&#8217;re failing.</p><p>Maybe we were never supposed to feel finished.</p><p>Maybe the problem isn&#8217;t that parts of my life were left unfinished. Maybe the problem is that I thought they had to be finished in order to have been real.</p><p></p><p>A relationship doesn&#8217;t become meaningless because it didn&#8217;t last forever.</p><p>A friendship wasn&#8217;t a failure because you eventually became strangers.</p><p>A dream wasn&#8217;t stupid because you changed your mind.</p><p>And a version of you doesn&#8217;t become worthless just because you outgrew her.</p><p></p><p>Maybe some things are meant to remain unfinished because they weren&#8217;t there to complete us in the first place.</p><p>They were there to change us.</p><p>I&#8217;m still trying to understand how to live with that.</p><p>How to stop treating every absence like evidence that something is missing from me. How to love deeply without secretly asking everything I love to promise it will never leave. How to exist in the present without constantly comparing it to the imaginary life I thought I would have by now.</p><p>I don&#8217;t really have the cure for unfinishedness. We are not here to figure that out. Which is slightly inconvenient considering I&#8217;ve made you read this far.</p><p>But maybe writing about it is part of it.</p><p>Maybe saying <em>I feel this too</em> is part of it.</p><p></p><p>That&#8217;s probably why writing here has been feeling so good lately. I was there for Tumblr. I was also there for Blogspot. And apparently, after all these years of trying to find the right way to express myself online, I have circled all the way back to&#8230; paragraphs.</p><p></p><p>Not just because I like writing.</p><p>Because I like being understood.</p><p>And I like finding out that some weird feeling I thought belonged only to me has been living quietly inside hundreds of other people too.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9n4T!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F36c69fbc-3b0e-40a1-bfb3-eb58bea84318_1241x1551.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9n4T!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F36c69fbc-3b0e-40a1-bfb3-eb58bea84318_1241x1551.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>There is something comforting about making noise together about the things we usually experience silently.</p><p>So maybe this is me trying to make a little noise about mine. And yes, I just referred to myself as a writer somewhere in my head while typing this, and immediately wanted to crawl under the table.</p><p></p><p>But here we are.</p><p>Unfinished.</p><p>Still becoming.</p><p>Still losing things. Still finding new ones. Still occasionally waiting for doors that might never open again.</p><p></p><p>And maybe, slowly, learning that a closed door doesn&#8217;t mean a missing piece.</p><p>Because no one is born incomplete.</p><p>Maybe we&#8217;re just taught to spend our entire lives looking for the missing half.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And maybe there never was one. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Love,</p><p>Cansu. </p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[on repeat, forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[The music in me]]></description><link>https://cansuakin.substack.com/p/on-repeat-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cansuakin.substack.com/p/on-repeat-forever</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:29:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NWt3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0df26f36-1046-40ee-891f-f72414203029_2062x2577.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>M&#252;zikle aramda a&#231;&#305;klamakta zorland&#305;&#287;&#305;m bir ba&#287; var.</p><p></p><p>&#8220;&#199;ok seviyorum&#8221; demek yetmiyor. &#8220;M&#252;zik beni etkiliyor&#8221; hi&#231; yetmiyor.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NWt3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0df26f36-1046-40ee-891f-f72414203029_2062x2577.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NWt3!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, 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13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Bana hitap eden bir &#351;ark&#305;y&#305; duydu&#287;umda, biyolojik olarak anlatmam gerekirse, bazen ger&#231;ekten damarlar&#305;mdan ge&#231;ti&#287;ini hissediyorum. Sanki ses kula&#287;&#305;mdan de&#287;il, do&#287;rudan bedenimden i&#231;eri giriyor. Bir yerime dokunuyor ve oradan b&#252;t&#252;n h&#252;crelerime yay&#305;l&#305;yor. Sanki t&#252;m v&#252;cuduma ani bir &#351;ey salg&#305;lan&#305;yor.</p><p>Kula&#287;a biraz delice veya abart&#305; geliyor olabilir. Ama anlatmay&#305; deneyece&#287;im.</p><p></p><p>Bir t&#305;k b&#252;y&#252;y&#252;p hafiften karakterim belli olmaya ba&#351;lad&#305;&#287;&#305;nda m&#252;zi&#287;i iyiden fark ettim. Babam&#305;n uzun yollarda a&#231;t&#305;&#287;&#305; &#351;ark&#305;lar vard&#305;. Televizyonda ans&#305;z&#305;n kar&#351;&#305;ma &#231;&#305;kan klipler. Bir anda duyup, nedenini bilmeden ekrana kilitlendi&#287;im melodiler.</p><p>Baz&#305;lar&#305;n&#305; ilk duydu&#287;um an&#305; bug&#252;n bile hat&#305;rl&#305;yorum.</p><p></p><p>Coldplay &#8211; <em>Clocks</em> bunlardan biri.</p><p>&#350;ebnem Ferah &#8211; <em>G&#246;zlerimin Etraf&#305;ndaki &#199;izgiler</em>. </p><p>Limp Bizkit - <em>Behind Blue Eyes</em>  </p><p>Placebo- <em>My Sweet Prince. </em></p><p>Midlake<em>- Roscoe</em></p><p>Bu liste &#231;ok uzun o y&#252;zden daha fazla devam etmeyeyim. Bu gibi &#351;ark&#305;lar&#305; duydu&#287;umda beynimden vuruldum, sanki zaman dondu. Sanki herkes normal hayat&#305;na devam ederken benim i&#231;imde ba&#351;ka bir &#351;ey oluyordu.</p><p>&#8220;Y&#305;k&#305;ld&#305; g&#246;n&#252;l saraylar&#305;. Darg&#305;n&#305;m haberin var m&#305;?</p><p>A&#351;&#305;&#287;&#305;m dedim, ne&#351;ter yaras&#305;yd&#305;..&#8220;</p><p></p><p>Uzun araba yolculuklar&#305;. Ailemleyim daha olduk&#231;a k&#252;&#231;&#252;&#287;&#252;m. Gece, cam&#305;n d&#305;&#351;&#305;nda hi&#231;bir &#351;ey g&#246;r&#252;nm&#252;yor. &#350;ehir bitmi&#351;, &#305;&#351;&#305;klar seyrekle&#351;mi&#351;. Mahzar Alanson veya Candan Er&#231;etin &#231;al&#305;yor. Ben arka koltukta, kimsenin bana hi&#231;bir &#351;ey yapmad&#305;&#287;&#305; halde uzaklara bak&#305;p sebepsizce &#252;z&#252;l&#252;yorum.</p><p></p><p>Hen&#252;z hayat&#305;mda b&#252;y&#252;k bir a&#351;k yok. A&#351;k&#305;n ne oldu&#287;u hakk&#305;nda bir fikrim de yok. B&#252;y&#252;k bir kay&#305;p yok, ailemde hep bir h&#252;z&#252;n vard&#305; ger&#231;i de. Ama ben yine de &#252;z&#252;nt&#252;y&#252; ya&#351;&#305;yorum.</p><p></p><p>&#350;imdi d&#252;&#351;&#252;n&#252;nce, galiba i&#231;imdeki melankolinin temelini o zamanlarda atm&#305;&#351;&#305;m. &#220;z&#252;lecek bir &#351;ey bulamazsam ailemi bir g&#252;n kaybedebilece&#287;imi d&#252;&#351;&#252;n&#252;p &#252;z&#252;l&#252;yordum geceleri. &#199;ocuk akl&#305; i&#351;te. Hayat&#305;n bana hen&#252;z ya&#351;atmad&#305;&#287;&#305; ac&#305;lar&#305;n provas&#305;n&#305; yap&#305;yordum. En sevdi&#287;im hobim bu olmu&#351;. Ve garip bir &#351;ekilde bundan keyif al&#305;yorum.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!amds!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80d8fd75-b84f-467d-8885-9a411d36a9f6_4032x3024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!amds!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80d8fd75-b84f-467d-8885-9a411d36a9f6_4032x3024.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!amds!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80d8fd75-b84f-467d-8885-9a411d36a9f6_4032x3024.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!amds!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80d8fd75-b84f-467d-8885-9a411d36a9f6_4032x3024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path 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sevdi&#287;im rutinlerimden biriydi. &#220;stelik istedi&#287;im &#351;ark&#305;y&#305; istedi&#287;im anda a&#231;abildi&#287;im bir d&#252;nyada da de&#287;ildik. Bug&#252;n telefonumuzda binlerce &#351;ark&#305; varken, o zamanlar o an laz&#305;m olan bir &#351;ark&#305;ya ula&#351;mak bile ba&#351;l&#305; ba&#351;&#305;na bir meseleydi. Belki de bu y&#252;zden, ula&#351;t&#305;&#287;&#305;m her &#351;ark&#305;n&#305;n de&#287;eri daha b&#252;y&#252;kt&#252;.</p><p></p><p>&#350;ark&#305;lar benim i&#231;in hi&#231;bir zaman sadece bir &#351;ark&#305; olmad&#305;. &#304;&#231;imde bir yere kar&#351;&#305;l&#305;k geldiler. Baz&#305;lar&#305; h&#252;z&#252;nl&#252; bile de&#287;ildi. Shakira da zilli &#351;al&#305;m olsa oynard&#305;m da. Ama o min&#246;r ton, o melodi, o birka&#231; saniyelik ge&#231;i&#351;, &#351;ark&#305;daki ani de&#287;i&#351;im&#8230; Kalbimin kuytu bir yerinde kimsenin bilmedi&#287;i bir kap&#305;y&#305; a&#231;&#305;yordu. Sanki beni herkes de&#287;il, yaln&#305;zca onlar anl&#305;yordu.</p><p></p><p>Mesela bug&#252;n, g&#252;nl&#252;k kayg&#305;lar&#305;mdan bir tanesi de, oralarda bir yerlerde, beni beynimden vuracak bilmedi&#287;im &#351;ark&#305;lar var, gezinip duruyorlar. Ben taraf&#305;ndan ke&#351;fedilmeyi bekliyorlar, onlar&#305; duydu&#287;umda deli olaca&#287;&#305;m&#305; biliyorum, ve hala ke&#351;fetmi&#351; de&#287;ilim. Sonsuza kadar s&#252;recek bir kayg&#305; daha. Bu d&#252;&#351;&#252;nce beni delicesine &#252;z&#252;yor mesela, ke&#351;ke hemen ke&#351;fedebilsem. &#199;ok zaman kaybettim bile yeterince :)</p><p></p><p>M&#252;zikle moda aras&#305;ndaki ba&#287;lant&#305;n&#305;n da &#231;ocuklu&#287;uma kadar uzand&#305;&#287;&#305;n&#305; sonradan fark ettim. Bana anlat&#305;lan ve ne yaz&#305;k ki hi&#231; hat&#305;rlamad&#305;&#287;&#305;m ama foto&#287;raflarla kan&#305;tlanan bir Burak Kut d&#246;nemim de var. <em>Benimle Oynama</em> &#231;ald&#305;&#287;&#305;nda, ilgili ekose &#351;ortumu giyip radyoda &#231;alan &#351;ark&#305;da oynamaya yeti&#351;emezsem a&#287;lay&#305;p ortal&#305;&#287;&#305; birbirine katarm&#305;&#351;&#305;m. Neden ve ne noktada buna bu kadar delirdi&#287;imi ger&#231;ekten anlayam&#305;yorum.</p><p></p><p>Demiyorum ki m&#252;zikle en ilgili insan benim. M&#252;zisyen olmak en b&#252;y&#252;k hayalimdi, evet ama hi&#231; &#231;ok &#252;zerine d&#252;&#351;medim. Her yapt&#305;&#287;&#305;m &#351;ey gibi onun da ucundan bak&#305;p &#231;&#305;kt&#305;m belki. Yani demiyorum ki ben anlar&#305;m siz anlamazs&#305;n&#305;z. Sadece i&#231;imde, doymak bilmeyen ve duydu&#287;u &#351;eyi biraz fazla hisseden bir yer var, onu anlatmaya geldim ben.</p><p></p><p>Ve bunun nas&#305;l bir &#351;ey oldu&#287;unu bilen insanlar da var hayat&#305;mda, onlar&#305; buldu&#287;uma &#231;ok mutlu oluyorum. Bir &#351;ark&#305;y&#305; biriyle ger&#231;ekten payla&#351;abilmek, sand&#305;&#287;&#305;m&#305;zdan &#231;ok daha mahrem bir &#351;ey. K&#305;ymeti apayr&#305;. Benim i&#231;in m&#252;zik payla&#351;t&#305;&#287;&#305;m insanlar kutsal. &#199;&#252;nk&#252; baz&#305; &#351;ark&#305;lar ilk kez duyuldu&#287;unda bile yeni gelmiyor. Sanki onlar&#305; daha &#246;nce bir yerlerde dinlemi&#351;im. Sanki i&#231;imde &#231;oktan &#231;al&#305;yorlarm&#305;&#351; da ben sadece &#351;imdi fark etmi&#351;im.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bpDE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbb854d5-8fd9-47f7-aba6-533e35ec8878_735x693.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bpDE!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbb854d5-8fd9-47f7-aba6-533e35ec8878_735x693.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bpDE!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbb854d5-8fd9-47f7-aba6-533e35ec8878_735x693.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bpDE!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbb854d5-8fd9-47f7-aba6-533e35ec8878_735x693.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bpDE!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffbb854d5-8fd9-47f7-aba6-533e35ec8878_735x693.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bpDE!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, 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En yak&#305;nlar&#305;m&#305;z taraf&#305;ndan terk edilmeyi deneyimledik hayat boyunca. Ebeveyn, sevgili, akraba, dost. Hepsi taraf&#305;ndan terkedilmeyi en az bir kere ya&#351;ad&#305;k.</p><p>Baz&#305;lar&#305; kendi iste&#287;iyle. Baz&#305;lar&#305; mecburen. Bazen sessizce gidildi.&nbsp; Baz&#305;lar&#305;ysa hayat&#305;m&#305;zdan fiziksel olarak hi&#231; &#231;&#305;km&#305;yor ama art&#305;k orada de&#287;iller.</p><p>Ve biz de&#287;i&#351;iyoruz.</p><p>Ama bir &#351;ark&#305;?</p><p>Bir &#351;ark&#305; hep seni bekliyor. Hep ayn&#305; yerinde. Sen de&#287;i&#351;mi&#351;sin, o de&#287;i&#351;memi&#351;. Bir g&#252;n tekrar a&#231;&#305;yorsun ve bir anda kar&#351;&#305;nda y&#305;llar &#246;nceki halin duruyor. 17 ya&#351;&#305;ndaki Cansu. 23 ya&#351;&#305;ndaki Cansu. O &#231;ocu&#287;a a&#351;&#305;k Cansu. Kalbi k&#305;r&#305;lan Cansu. Pi&#351;man Cansu. Bir &#351;eylerden korkan Cansu. Hi&#231;bir &#351;ey olmam&#305;&#351;ken d&#252;nyan&#305;n sonunu d&#252;&#351;&#252;nen Cansu. Hepsi o &#351;ark&#305;n&#305;n i&#231;inde.</p><p></p><p>Ben san&#305;r&#305;m en karanl&#305;k taraflar&#305;m&#305; &#351;ark&#305;lara sakl&#305;yorum. Bazen bir s&#246;z duyuyorum ve &#351;a&#351;&#305;r&#305;yorum. &#8220;Bu kadar m&#305; iyi anlat&#305;labilirdi?&#8221;</p><p></p><p>Bazen bir melodi geliyor ve daha &#246;nce ad&#305;n&#305; bile koyamad&#305;&#287;&#305;m bir duygunun b&#252;t&#252;n h&#252;crelerimde dola&#351;t&#305;&#287;&#305;n&#305; hissediyorum. M&#252;zi&#287;e hayranl&#305;&#287;&#305;m biraz da buna. Benden &#246;nce hissetti&#287;im &#351;eyi bulmu&#351; olmas&#305;na. Benden &#246;nce benim i&#231;in bir dil yaratm&#305;&#351; olmas&#305;na. D&#252;nyan&#305;n ba&#351;ka bir yerinde birisi bunu b&#246;yle anlatmay&#305; se&#231;ip i&#231;ime i&#351;leyebiliyor olmas&#305;na.</p><p></p><p>Bir de tuhaf bir &#351;ey oluyor. Bazen bir &#351;ark&#305;dan &#231;ok s&#305;k&#305;ld&#305;&#287;&#305;m&#305; d&#252;&#351;&#252;n&#252;yorum. &#214;yle bokunu &#231;&#305;kartt&#305;m ki seni dinlemenin. A&#231;g&#246;zl&#252;l&#252;k bunun ad&#305;. Yan&#305;mda birisi olsa, isyan eder. &#199;ekilecek bir durumda de&#287;il art&#305;k bu k&#305;z. &#304;&#351;kenceye d&#246;n&#252;&#351;t&#252; der.&nbsp; Bunu ka&#231; milyon kere dinledim? Sonra aylar, bazen y&#305;llar ge&#231;iyor. Ve bir g&#252;n o &#351;ark&#305;y&#305; duyuyorum. Nas&#305;l &#246;zlemi&#351;im&#8230;&nbsp; Kimseyi &#246;zlemedi&#287;im kadar. Abart&#305; bir tepki vererek onu ba&#287;r&#305;ma bas&#305;p yeniden dinliyorum. Bu kadar iyi bir &#351;ark&#305; olamaz&#8230;</p><p></p><p>&#199;&#252;nk&#252; asl&#305;nda &#351;ark&#305;y&#305; &#246;zlememi&#351;im de o &#351;ark&#305;n&#305;n i&#231;indeki beni &#246;zlemi&#351;im. Belki de m&#252;zi&#287;in en sevdi&#287;im taraf&#305; bu. Beni ge&#231;mi&#351;e g&#246;t&#252;r&#252;rken ayn&#305; anda &#351;imdiye de getiriyor. Hayat&#305;m boyunca becermekte zorland&#305;&#287;&#305;m o &#351;eyi, anda kalmay&#305;, belki de m&#252;zik sayesinde yapabiliyorum.</p><p></p><p>Ve 2-3 &#351;ark&#305; var, dinlemiyorum s&#305;k&#305;l&#305;rsam diye. Y&#305;lda belli zamanlar&#305; var. &#199;&#305;kar&#305;p do&#287;ru yerde dinlemem gerekir. Onun zaman&#305; &#351;imdi de&#287;il, hemen ge&#231;erim. Senden s&#305;k&#305;lma riskini g&#246;ze alamam &#231;&#252;nk&#252; hayat&#305;mdaki en &#246;nemli anlar&#305; sen biliyorsun be &#351;ark&#305;. </p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0YBZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe39c1962-f864-487d-a7f3-e260791d6af5_1320x1287.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0YBZ!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe39c1962-f864-487d-a7f3-e260791d6af5_1320x1287.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0YBZ!, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe39c1962-f864-487d-a7f3-e260791d6af5_1320x1287.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0YBZ!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe39c1962-f864-487d-a7f3-e260791d6af5_1320x1287.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0YBZ!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe39c1962-f864-487d-a7f3-e260791d6af5_1320x1287.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0YBZ!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe39c1962-f864-487d-a7f3-e260791d6af5_1320x1287.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Bu arada ba&#351;ka bir yerde, s&#252;rpriz bi &#351;ekilde, sevdi&#287;im bir &#351;ark&#305; &#231;ald&#305;&#287;&#305;nda kar&#351;&#305;mdaki insan&#305;n ne anlatt&#305;&#287;&#305;na ger&#231;ekten odaklanam&#305;yorum. Ve bunu hemen s&#246;yl&#252;yorum. &#8220;&#350;u an seni dinlemek &#231;ook istiyorum ama dinleyemiyorum. &#350;u &#351;ark&#305; bitsin s&#246;z tekrar odaklanaca&#287;&#305;m ne dedi&#287;ine.&#8221; Mesela bu ay&#305;p bir &#351;ey mi? Bilemiyorum.  Kafam&#305;n i&#231;inde onun filmini klibini neyini varsa &#231;ekiyorum. Hayali g&#246;r&#252;nt&#252;ler ak&#305;yor. Benim o terapiye o an ihtiyac&#305;m var? L&#252;tfen size de oluyor olsun bu.</p><p></p><p>Baz&#305; &#351;ark&#305;lar da hi&#231; ya&#351;anmam&#305;&#351; hayatlar yarat&#305;yor kafamda. Hi&#231; var olmam&#305;&#351; ili&#351;kiler. Asla yapamayaca&#287;&#305;m se&#231;imler, cesaret edemeyece&#287;im y&#252;zle&#351;meler. Hi&#231; gitmedi&#287;im &#351;ehirler. Hi&#231; tan&#305;mad&#305;&#287;&#305;m insanlar. Bazen hi&#231; ya&#351;anmam&#305;&#351; bir a&#351;k&#305;n yas&#305;n&#305; tutuyorum. Hi&#231; sahip olmad&#305;&#287;&#305;m bir hayat&#305; &#246;zl&#252;yorum. Bazen ba&#351;ka bir versiyonumun hayat&#305;na birka&#231; dakikal&#305;&#287;&#305;na misafir oluyorum. Ve bunlar&#305;n hepsi ger&#231;ek hissettiriyor.</p><p></p><p>Sadece bir &#8220;&#351;ark&#305;&#8221; duyan insanlar&#305;n belki de asla anlayamayaca&#287;&#305; &#351;ey bu. Anlatmay&#305; sa&#287;lamak i&#231;in bu yaz&#305;y&#305; yazmak istedim ben.</p><p></p><p>M&#252;zik benim i&#231;in bir t&#252;r enerji bo&#351;altma y&#246;ntemi bence. L&#252;tfen siz de s&#246;yleyin, size ne ya&#351;at&#305;yor? Anlatt&#305;klar&#305;m anlaml&#305; m&#305;? &#199;&#252;nk&#252; ben bazen dram listemi a&#231;ar, i&#231;imde biriken ne varsa bo&#351;almas&#305;n&#305; sa&#287;lar&#305;m. Sorumlulu&#287;u ve s&#246;ylenmemi&#351; ne varsa onun s&#246;ylemesine izin veririm. A&#287;lamam gerekiyorsa a&#287;l&#305;yorum. &#214;zlemem gerekiyorsa &#246;zl&#252;yorum. Eski bir Cansu&#8217;yu ziyaret etmem gerekiyorsa ediyorum. San&#305;r&#305;m bu y&#252;zden bir &#351;ark&#305;y&#305; biriyle payla&#351;mak benim i&#231;in bu kadar &#246;zel. &#199;&#252;nk&#252; asl&#305;nda ona &#8220;bunu dinle&#8221; demiyorum. &#8220;Bir dakikal&#305;&#287;&#305;na beni anlamaya var m&#305;s&#305;n?&#8221; diyorum. Gelen cevap &#231;o&#287;unlukla kulak vermek yerine kendi &#351;ark&#305;s&#305;n&#305; s&#305;raya koymakla alakal&#305; olsa da.. Sanki seni dinlemiyor da sen anlat&#305;rken kendi cevab&#305;n&#305; haz&#305;rl&#305;yor. Sen bir &#351;ey hissettirirken kendini anlatman&#305;n s&#305;ras&#305;n&#305; bekliyor. Ve bir s&#252;re sonra anl&#305;yorsun ki, baz&#305; insanlar senin ruhunu g&#246;rmek istemiyor. Baz&#305; insanlar senin varl&#305;&#287;&#305;nla sadece kendi seslerini duymak istiyor. O y&#252;zden ger&#231;ekten bir &#351;ark&#305;y&#305; seninle birlikte dinleyebilen insanlar &#231;ok k&#305;ymetli. Ayn&#305; &#351;ark&#305;da birka&#231; dakika sessiz kalabilmek. &#8220;Ben de bunu dinliyorum&#8221; demek yerine &#8220;Sende ne hissettirdi?&#8221; diye sormak. Anla&#351;&#305;lmak benim i&#231;in biraz bu. &#8220;Bu &#351;ark&#305;y&#305; sen de duyuyor musun?&#8221; diyebilmek. Ve cevab&#305;n kelimelerle verilmesine gerek kalmamas&#305;. Radiohead konserinde kesintisiz a&#287;lamam&#305;n sebebi hem v&#252;cudumu duyduklar&#305;m kar&#351;&#305;s&#305;nda art&#305;k kontrol edemeyi&#351;im? hem de &#246;n&#252;mdeki adam&#305;n &#8220;M&#252;zik yapmay&#305; asla b&#305;rakmay&#305;n&#8221; diye a&#287;l&#305;yor olmas&#305;.. Konser konusu bence ayr&#305; bi yaz&#305;. Oradaki enerjiyi kelimelerle a&#231;&#305;klamakta zorlanaca&#287;&#305;m ama m&#252;zikle arad&#305;&#287;&#305;m &#351;eyi anlad&#305;&#287;&#305;n&#305;z&#305; varsayarak neden bu kadar &#231;ok konsere gitmeye &#231;al&#305;&#351;t&#305;&#287;&#305;m&#305; da anlad&#305;&#287;&#305;n&#305;z&#305; d&#252;&#351;&#252;n&#252;yorum..</p><p></p><p>Demem o ki, &#351;ark&#305;lar benim her halimi g&#246;rd&#252;.</p><p>Belki de hayat&#305;m boyunca kurdu&#287;um en istikrarl&#305; ili&#351;kilerden biri m&#252;zikle olan ili&#351;kim. En uzun ili&#351;kim be. &#220;zmedi beni bir &#351;ekilde. Duygular&#305;ma kar&#351;&#305;l&#305;k verdi. Yar&#305; yolda falan da b&#305;rakmad&#305;.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DYvz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ab9df0f-acd3-4e7a-b616-0e00125172e1_1146x1784.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DYvz!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ab9df0f-acd3-4e7a-b616-0e00125172e1_1146x1784.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DYvz!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ab9df0f-acd3-4e7a-b616-0e00125172e1_1146x1784.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DYvz!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ab9df0f-acd3-4e7a-b616-0e00125172e1_1146x1784.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path 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&#351;ark&#305; &#231;izdirdi bana bunlar&#305;?</figcaption><figcaption class="image-caption"></figcaption><figcaption class="image-caption"></figcaption><p>O y&#252;zden, o hi&#231;bir zaman sadece bir &#351;ark&#305; olamad&#305;. Ruhumun en derin yerlerine a&#231;&#305;lan boyutlararas&#305; bir ge&#231;it, hat&#305;ra, haf&#305;za, zaman makinesi. Nas&#305;l tan&#305;mlasam bilemiyorum. Ama ben m&#252;zi&#287;e, bir hazineymi&#351; gibi davranmaya devam edece&#287;im.</p><p></p><p>&#199;&#252;nk&#252; &#351;ark&#305;lar b&#252;t&#252;n hallerimizi g&#246;r&#252;r ve yine de bizi terk etmez. O y&#252;zden m&#252;zik benim i&#231;in, sonsuza kadar dost kalmay&#305; planlad&#305;&#287;&#305;m bir arkada&#351;.</p><p></p><p>Sevgiyle,</p><p></p><p>Cans. </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends Break Up Too..]]></title><description><![CDATA[We know how to talk about romantic breakups.]]></description><link>https://cansuakin.substack.com/p/friends-break-up-too</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cansuakin.substack.com/p/friends-break-up-too</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:01:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!V4k8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a666044-6134-4f0f-b746-051404bddbe1_1440x1080.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And honestly, I think it&#8217;s one of the hardest kinds of heartbreak there is.</p><p>I&#8217;m not talking about fading out with your primary school friend because life basically took you in different directions.And I&#8217;m not talking about your childhood friend who slowly became someone you only wish happy birthday to once a year, on your Facebook wall. I&#8217;m not talking about your high school best friend marrying her first boyfriend at 22 while your life couldn&#8217;t look more different.</p><p>I&#8217;m talking about actually losing your person.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!V4k8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a666044-6134-4f0f-b746-051404bddbe1_1440x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!V4k8!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a666044-6134-4f0f-b746-051404bddbe1_1440x1080.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>The friend who was basically your sibling. The one who knew your family, every relationship you&#8217;ve ever had, every version of you. The person you called before your parents, before your partner. Someone you need at the first place when someone break your heart. </p><p><strong>I&#8217;ve experienced this twice, at completely different stages of my life.</strong></p><p>The first time, somehow, we found our way back to each other. Years later we talked about it, laughed about how young and silly we were, and realized how much of it came down to being kids who didn&#8217;t know how to communicate.</p><p>The second time was different.</p><p>And going through it again as an adult made me realize something: friendship breakups are one of the least acknowledged forms of grief.</p><p>Romantic relationships almost come with the expectation that they might end. Maybe it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m unusually melancholic, but when I fall in love, part of me already knows it could end one day. Sometimes I even catch myself wondering what song I&#8217;ll listen to if it does. That&#8217;s just how my brain works :) I guess the melancholics will get this  </p><p>But I never imagined losing my best friend. Not once. That possibility never existed in my head.</p><p>Looking back, maybe that&#8217;s why it hurt so much. Because you don&#8217;t just lose a person. You lose one of the only people who witnessed your life. You lose your routines together, your late-night FaceTime calls, the trips you were already planning, the inside jokes that no one else would understand, and all the future you quietly assumed you&#8217;d share.</p><p>They&#8217;re there for every breakup, every bad decision, every reinvention, every version of yourself you&#8217;ve ever been. They know the stories you don&#8217;t even remember telling anymore because they&#8217;ve been there from the beginning. They remember who you were before you became who you are now.</p><p>You always assume they&#8217;ll be there for what&#8217;s next, too.</p><p>You think they&#8217;ll be at your wedding. You think they&#8217;ll know your children. You think one day you&#8217;ll be sitting somewhere at seventy years old, still telling the same stories you&#8217;ve been telling for decades.</p><p>You never stop to imagine that one day you might become strangers.</p><p>And then, somehow, you do.</p><p>Sometimes because trust breaks. Sometimes because someone changes. Sometimes because something happens that neither of you knows how to come back from.</p><p><strong>People ask me if I miss them.</strong></p><p>Of course I do. But missing someone isn&#8217;t always an invitation to let them back into your life. Sometimes it&#8217;s simply proof that what you had mattered.</p><p>One of the hardest parts isn&#8217;t even the ending. It&#8217;s seeing them somewhere months later and pretending you don&#8217;t know each other. Walking past someone who once knew everything about you. Realizing your body still expects to wave before your brain reminds you that things are different now.</p><p><em>I don&#8217;t think friendship breakups happen the way romantic breakups do.</em></p><p>They&#8217;re rarely one dramatic conversation. Most of the time, they&#8217;re the conversations that never happened.The things neither of you wanted to say because you loved each other too much to risk hurting the other person. So you stay quiet. You convince yourself it&#8217;ll pass. <s>Time will heal  . </s>You wait for the right moment. And somewhere inside all that silence, resentment quietly settles in. Eventually, the silence becomes the breakup.</p><p><strong>Friendship doesn&#8217;t come with vows or contracts.</strong></p><p>There&#8217;s nothing keeping it together except two people choosing each other over and over again. Maybe that&#8217;s what makes it so beautiful. Maybe that&#8217;s also what makes it so fragile.</p><p>For a long time, I kept wondering whether losing those friendships had changed me for the worse. Am I a bad friend? Did I never matter to them?</p><p>Eventually, I stopped asking that questions. Maybe some endings really are for the best? Maybe I needed to learn how to exist without telling one person every single thought that crossed my mind. Maybe I needed to find pieces of myself outside of the people who had always reflected me back to myself.</p><p>I was lucky enough to have other best friends who carried me through that grief. And I like to think they grieved too. </p><p>When you&#8217;ve loved someone that deeply, it&#8217;s hard to believe the loss only belongs to one person. Time didn&#8217;t replace the space they left. It didn&#8217;t make me forget. It just slowly taught me that healing isn&#8217;t about filling the empty space. It&#8217;s about accepting that some people shape your life so profoundly that even after they&#8217;re gone, the outline they leave behind never completely disappears.</p><p>And I guess that&#8217;s okay.</p><p>Because some friendships don&#8217;t end because they weren&#8217;t real. Sometimes they end precisely because they were.</p><p>Maybe this friendship had simply run its course. Who knows.</p><p><strong>The only way I managed to get through it was by accepting that</strong>. </p><p>If I have one piece of advice, it&#8217;s this : hold your real friends a little closer. Be more mindful. Have the uncomfortable conversations. Communicate before things become impossible to fix. And at the end of the day, if you know you&#8217;ve done everything you could, there is nothing left to do but accept it.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NRq1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02342917-767d-4292-b77a-9569e45c7b7d_867x697.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NRq1!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02342917-767d-4292-b77a-9569e45c7b7d_867x697.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NRq1!, 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lot.]]></description><link>https://cansuakin.substack.com/p/the-beds-i-slept-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://cansuakin.substack.com/p/the-beds-i-slept-in</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cansu akin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:27:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VziQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e0e996-6164-4889-a30d-d0b2719529ac_4032x3024.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VziQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e0e996-6164-4889-a30d-d0b2719529ac_4032x3024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e0e996-6164-4889-a30d-d0b2719529ac_4032x3024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I travel a lot. and I think every place I go brings me a little closer to myself, or introduces me to a version of me I hadn&#8217;t met before.</p><p>It takes more work than it might seem.</p><p>Time, too. </p><p>For years, I&#8217;ve been trying to make sense of the connection I lost with myself. The one I avoided because I didn&#8217;t know how to rebuild it.</p><p>For a while, I felt unfinished. I stumbled. I kept waiting for time to do what everyone says it does. </p><p>To heal.</p><p>I was so focused on getting through it that I almost forgot to notice what was happening while I was living it.</p><p>So I started documenting the details. like any details. coins, drinks, ways to open energy bars, room numbers, street names, anything.</p><p>and the beds.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wCqq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F31d6af55-14ba-4ba7-8037-2b46b2728635_2736x1824.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wCqq!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Home for a night. Some nights I fell asleep hopeful. Others, exhausted. Sometimes, nightmares only. Some pillows caught happy tears, others the kind no one else ever saw. </p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o5WZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40e52465-0d71-4e3a-97df-bdb039e1684c_5712x4284.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o5WZ!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40e52465-0d71-4e3a-97df-bdb039e1684c_5712x4284.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o5WZ!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40e52465-0d71-4e3a-97df-bdb039e1684c_5712x4284.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o5WZ!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40e52465-0d71-4e3a-97df-bdb039e1684c_5712x4284.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path 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strangers became friends  </figcaption><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r9x_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r9x_!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r9x_!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r9x_!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r9x_!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r9x_!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r9x_!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r9x_!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff95cd7c-a971-4fc6-89d6-094c30886333_5712x4284.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">the night I blamed myself for everything  </figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg" width="4284" height="5712" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:5712,&quot;width&quot;:4284,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:0,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73b6!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45b9ea75-632d-42c3-b027-eb3a082ab086_5712x4284.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">the night I thought I needed a drink to fall asleep. </figcaption></figure></div><p>Sometimes I wake up and the bed still looks untouched, as if even sleeping in it wasn&#8217;t enough to leave a trace.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gs8v!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa69f5ae-4afb-4048-8dca-71e53ea5e294_5712x4284.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gs8v!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa69f5ae-4afb-4048-8dca-71e53ea5e294_5712x4284.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gs8v!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa69f5ae-4afb-4048-8dca-71e53ea5e294_5712x4284.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gs8v!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa69f5ae-4afb-4048-8dca-71e53ea5e294_5712x4284.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gs8v!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa69f5ae-4afb-4048-8dca-71e53ea5e294_5712x4284.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">another solo travel night. stayed all day in. </figcaption></figure></div><p>This collection grew out of that. And it keeps growing. </p><p>There&#8217;s something oddly satisfying about it aesthetically, but that&#8217;s not really why I keep taking these photos. Maybe that&#8217;s why. I remember exactly who I was in every room. I remember what I was carrying, what I was trying to let go of, and who I was slowly becoming.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KLEY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72912116-888f-40e2-9ad9-0fab3ed8fb82_4032x3024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KLEY!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_424, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72912116-888f-40e2-9ad9-0fab3ed8fb82_4032x3024.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KLEY!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72912116-888f-40e2-9ad9-0fab3ed8fb82_4032x3024.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KLEY!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_848, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72912116-888f-40e2-9ad9-0fab3ed8fb82_4032x3024.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KLEY!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72912116-888f-40e2-9ad9-0fab3ed8fb82_4032x3024.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KLEY!, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/cansuakin.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72912116-888f-40e2-9ad9-0fab3ed8fb82_4032x3024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 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