Devran Dogaroglu

Left, right. Right, wrong. Life, work. Work, break. Life goes in all directions. But we tend to reduce complexity to two dimensions. We need a representation to make sense of things, even though it also makes making sense of things frustratingly futile. Futile in the sense that our representation of reality always falls short. But here we are. We wake up the next day to once again see the world in dualities. That's what's happening in this attempt to make a small personal website. On the one hand, there's a representation of work. A representation that's 2 degrees crooked. Crooked in the sense that it's not straight. And it will never be straight. Not straight in the sense that it's not right. To make it right, give a break. Break the routine knowing that going back will not necessarily make things right. But it will make it less bothersome.

We all need to be in a better place or at least believe that a better place exists. We need that to make going back to the other place okay. This is also what design is all about. Making the world we believe to be crooked a bit straight, while knowing that making some things straight will break things as much as making some other things right. But here we are. I woke up the next day thinking that my representation of life's complexity will make things a bit better. Better in the sense that it's not going to make some things worse. Not worse in the sense that some good might come out of this. Even though small. Small in the sense that maybe it doesn't matter. But maybe it does.

Left, right. Right, wrong. Life, work. Work, break. Life goes in all directions. But we tend to reduce complexity to two dimensions. We need a representation to make sense of things, even though it also makes making sense of things frustratingly futile. Futile in the sense that our representation of reality always falls short. But here we are. We wake up the next day to once again see the world in dualities. That's what's happening in this attempt to make a small personal website. On the one hand, there's a representation of work. A representation that's 2 degrees crooked. Crooked in the sense that it's not straight. And it will never be straight. Not straight in the sense that it's not right. To make it right, give a break. Break the routine knowing that going back will not necessarily make things right. But it will make it less bothersome.

We all need to be in a better place or at least believe that a better place exists. We need that to make going back to the other place okay. This is also what design is all about. Making the world we believe to be crooked a bit straight, while knowing that making some things straight will break things as much as making some other things right. But here we are. I woke up the next day thinking that my representation of life's complexity will make things a bit better. Better in the sense that it's not going to make some things worse. Not worse in the sense that some good might come out of this. Even though small. Small in the sense that maybe it doesn't matter. But maybe it does.

Left, right. Right, wrong. Life, work. Work, break. Life goes in all directions. But we tend to reduce complexity to two dimensions. We need a representation to make sense of things, even though it also makes making sense of things frustratingly futile. Futile in the sense that our representation of reality always falls short. But here we are. We wake up the next day to once again see the world in dualities. That's what's happening in this attempt to make a small personal website. On the one hand, there's a representation of work. A representation that's 2 degrees crooked. Crooked in the sense that it's not straight. And it will never be straight. Not straight in the sense that it's not right. To make it right, give a break. Break the routine knowing that going back will not necessarily make things right. But it will make it less bothersome.

We all need to be in a better place or at least believe that a better place exists. We need that to make going back to the other place okay. This is also what design is all about. Making the world we believe to be crooked a bit straight, while knowing that making some things straight will break things as much as making some other things right. But here we are. I woke up the next day thinking that my representation of life's complexity will make things a bit better. Better in the sense that it's not going to make some things worse. Not worse in the sense that some good might come out of this. Even though small. Small in the sense that maybe it doesn't matter. But maybe it does.

Left, right. Right, wrong. Life, work. Work, break. Life goes in all directions. But we tend to reduce complexity to two dimensions. We need a representation to make sense of things, even though it also makes making sense of things frustratingly futile. Futile in the sense that our representation of reality always falls short. But here we are. We wake up the next day to once again see the world in dualities. That's what's happening in this attempt to make a small personal website. On the one hand, there's a representation of work. A representation that's 2 degrees crooked. Crooked in the sense that it's not straight. And it will never be straight. Not straight in the sense that it's not right. To make it right, give a break. Break the routine knowing that going back will not necessarily make things right. But it will make it less bothersome.

We all need to be in a better place or at least believe that a better place exists. We need that to make going back to the other place okay. This is also what design is all about. Making the world we believe to be crooked a bit straight, while knowing that making some things straight will break things as much as making some other things right. But here we are. I woke up the next day thinking that my representation of life's complexity will make things a bit better. Better in the sense that it's not going to make some things worse. Not worse in the sense that some good might come out of this. Even though small. Small in the sense that maybe it doesn't matter. But maybe it does.