
Imagine a manga set not in Tokyo, not about samurai, and not centered on a school setting. Instead, it portrays the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. The Ottoman Empire is not merely a historical backdrop; it is a world of beauty where patterns, colors, and forms intertwine. This world, after centuries, has been reimagined by a Japanese artist. I first learned of Momoyama Aoi not in Japan, but through a news report in Türkiye. It mentioned that a Japanese manga artist was creating works based
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Mind mapping is a graphical presentation technique developed by individuals to visualize, organize, and recall information about knowledge. This structure, in which concepts and ideas branch out from a central core idea, supports the externalization of perceptions, memories, and knowledge present in the individual’s mind. Mind maps are used as a tool that supports cognitive functions across diverse fields, from individual learning processes to urban memory analyses. Historical Development The mi
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When you give a child paper and a pencil, what emerges is not merely a drawing. Those lines, those colors, those arrangements are in fact a map of the child’s emotions, fears, and hopes—things they cannot yet express in words. Young children cannot articulate their feelings in sentences the way adults do. Instead of saying “I feel insecure today,” they might draw a tiny house or forget the windows. Instead of saying “I feel alone in my family,” they position themselves in the corner of the famil
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