Canvas & Chronicles by Aanya Shen
Fifth Journey Day 125: Children’s Voices, Unheld
"Children’s Voices, Unheld" — Lines drift like laughter on the wind along Lake Van. Date: September 10, 2025 Location: Van, Turkey In Van, on the eastern shore of Lake Van,...
Fifth Journey Day 125: Children’s Voices, Unheld
"Children’s Voices, Unheld" — Lines drift like laughter on the wind along Lake Van. Date: September 10, 2025 Location: Van, Turkey In Van, on the eastern shore of Lake Van,...
Fifth Journey Day 124: Basalt Remembered Sky
"Basalt Remembered Sky" — Austere walls hold the day's heat as the Tigris returns the sky in quiet fragments. Date: September 9, 2025 Location: Diyarbakır, Turkey Walking the ancient black-stone...
Fifth Journey Day 124: Basalt Remembered Sky
"Basalt Remembered Sky" — Austere walls hold the day's heat as the Tigris returns the sky in quiet fragments. Date: September 9, 2025 Location: Diyarbakır, Turkey Walking the ancient black-stone...
Fifth Journey Day 123: The Step That Did Not Echo
"The Step That Did Not Echo" — A soft, spare meditation on stone, light, and the way Mardin holds silence. Date: September 8, 2025 Location: Mardin, Turkey In Mardin, Turkey,...
Fifth Journey Day 123: The Step That Did Not Echo
"The Step That Did Not Echo" — A soft, spare meditation on stone, light, and the way Mardin holds silence. Date: September 8, 2025 Location: Mardin, Turkey In Mardin, Turkey,...
Fifth Journey Day 122: Shadow of the Spoon
"Shadow of the Spoon" — A sliver of metal held like a moon over tea-stained light; Gaziantep settles into the hush between sips. Date: September 7, 2025 Location: Gaziantep, Turkey...
Fifth Journey Day 122: Shadow of the Spoon
"Shadow of the Spoon" — A sliver of metal held like a moon over tea-stained light; Gaziantep settles into the hush between sips. Date: September 7, 2025 Location: Gaziantep, Turkey...
Fifth Journey Day 121: Stone Wall Listening
"Stone Wall Listening" — the sea speaks through salt and stone along Latakia’s shore. Date: September 6, 2025 Location: Latakia, Syria On the Mediterranean edge of Latakia, in Syria, the...
Fifth Journey Day 121: Stone Wall Listening
"Stone Wall Listening" — the sea speaks through salt and stone along Latakia’s shore. Date: September 6, 2025 Location: Latakia, Syria On the Mediterranean edge of Latakia, in Syria, the...
Fifth Journey Day 120: Collision of Dust and Voice
"Collision of Dust and Voice" — A quiet study of Idlib’s markets, where windblown dust and everyday speech move in the same rhythm. Date: September 5, 2025 Location: Idlib, Syria...
Fifth Journey Day 120: Collision of Dust and Voice
"Collision of Dust and Voice" — A quiet study of Idlib’s markets, where windblown dust and everyday speech move in the same rhythm. Date: September 5, 2025 Location: Idlib, Syria...