Introduction

FromAegean is an academic whose roots are in the lands on both sides of The Water, as the Aegean is called in those parts of the globe. She has expressed her joy during fun times and dealt with sorrow during difficult times through journaling, since early adolescence. She believes writing opens internal space to new experiences by externalizing what is inside. This externalization allows us to know the truth about what is internal. Narrating experiences beyond thinking, she discovered throughout her life, helped her “metabolize” emotions in an omega-3 rich, healthy way… Considering, the ability to communicate with people being the bare minimum to make life worth living, she likes writing all the more. The material posted on this blog started accumulating in the fall of 2011 following a significant loss in her life. With recent experiences and exposures she felt comfortable enough to share these experiences with a public audience, a first in her life. Initially, she was planning to write on her international travels only to share with her readership how exposure to other cultures influenced, amazed, and pleasantly surprised her. However, certain domestic exposures in 2013 and political uprise in Turkey rose to such level of importance for her, she decided to include anything with a profound significance for her on this blog. She is looking forward to the challenges (English being her second language is a big one) and the rewards of sharing human experience with other fellow world citizens.