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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

M. L. King

Why Papillon?

The word has a sound that I like but it is definitely not enough. Many years ago, I saw a film with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, Papillon, in which an innocent man is sent to prison who then spends his entire life seeking freedom. Yes, freedom! A word as beautiful as it is difficult to define. There have also been recent historical periods, in which the search for freedom tout court has resulted in violence and mental illness. F…
BEFORE SEEING

BEFORE SEEING

3 July 2026

I don’t know exactly when my parents first realized there was something different about my eyes. All I know is that I was still very little, only a few months old.

THE PERFECT STORM

THE PERFECT STORM

26 June 2026

The storm that developed in October 1991 off the coast of Canada and the United States took shape from an exceptionally large disturbance created by the encounter between subtropical air masses and cold air fronts from North America.

ANOTHER WORLD

ANOTHER WORLD

19 June 2026

“You know what’s right? That no one gets to control where music goes.”

Andrea Laszlo De Simone’s songs have always gotten caught somewhere deep inside me. They’ve always taken hold of me and carried me far away, miles from wherever my feet happened to be planted, and strictly without asking for permission.

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

12 June 2026

7:28 a.m.

Kapilar 237.

“What?”

Sorry, I meant boarding at Gate 237.

Teşekkürler.

“Again?”

Yes, let me tell you…

THE SCREW AND THE PAINTING

THE SCREW AND THE PAINTING

5 June 2026

I don’t believe that on a first date, a first rendezvous, people prepare by trying on their entire wardrobe, looking at themselves in the mirror and liking what they see, only to glance back out of the corner of their eye and think, no, not liking it at all, and so changing again and again, furnishing the bed with that blue shirt, but maybe it’s a bit too much, with that long, tight, very tight black skirt, but maybe it’s a bit too much, and that t-shirt that looked so good the day before, the colorful one, but come to think of it, maybe a bit too much, in short, furnishing it with many possible possibilities but not that single, absolutely perfect possibility, until that friend, the expert on the matter, gives the okay and utters the fateful “yes, like this it’s perfect.”

PSYCHOTHERAPY – CIVIL RIGHTS – ADHD

PSYCHOTHERAPY – CIVIL RIGHTS – ADHD

30 May 2026

Good morning, everyone. Today I’d like to make a very short video about some issues that I think are being treated a bit too lightly. I’m obviously still talking about the field of psychiatry, specifically psychotherapy.