Suzan R. Hofstede Publications

    What is considered as arts? Music? Painting? Dancing? I strongly believe that art is not just about music, painting and dancing at all! One may think that “How this is possible?”. Actually, it is possible… In order to figure out what can be considered as arts, first of all we should analyse the meaning of arts. The definition of arts is being questioned for thousands of years, and it is still being questioning. Is arts a picture of the nature? A melody of winds? Or a choreography of the swans just like in the Swan Lake? While making such a hard definition on a subjective topic, we should think out of the picture… Taking a picture of a food that you love very much is also arts. Going for a run and while running listening to some music is arts as well. Reading a novel, writing an article, composing a melody, cooking a delicious meal…   Even studying passionately or watching your favourite program on the television can be considered as arts. Yes! You have not hea...

    Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Do you believe in unconditional and real love? Can you imagine a courting just like in romantic comedy movies? Can you think about an unheard-of commitment among the lovers? Unfortunately, most of the people do not believe in any kind of love, especially which is seen in the romantic comedy movies. Although accessing such a pure love is really hard, it is definitely not unbelievable. Therefore, today I am here to talk about how a “childhood sweetheart” can convert into a lovely spouse… I would like to start with the definition of “unconditional, real and pure love”. What comes to your mind when you think about “unconditional love”? How can be “pure love” created between two adorable lovers? In my opinion, the first condition should be equality among the spouses. There is a serious global problem, which is “gender differences and inequality” in each and every part of the world. Let’s do not deny it. The inequality and injustice in gender...

  Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Do you really believe that social media is the worst invention, especially for children and students? Do you really believe that social media isolates people from each other? Do you really believe that social media cannot be useful? I don’t think so. Social media is not our enemy! By the time we start to use these platforms responsibly, we will be all appreciated by our families and teachers. You have not heard me wrong! They “will” absolutely thank us for our social media usage. I know that this will happen someday. The only point is catching some tips. Never forget that “we”, as a team, will overcome this “little and silly” challenge. Some group of people -who are technically our real enemies- claim that social media causes sleep deprivation, social isolation and decrease in students’ academic performance. Those people claim that students are spending too much time on social media. Our actual enemies also claim that students do not use the s...