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Coincidence and willpower simultaneously bore this result. And thus am I able to relate a pleasant memory to you now. What I mean to say is that it is up to us whether we want to create a “mosaic-like” environment in which everyone strictly delineates their own boundaries, or if we want to be like an “ebru,” mingling and flowing into one another. But both of these artistic traditions go way back. I wonder what new branches of art our artists will develop in this day and age?

Excerpt from Ebru: Reflections of Cultural Diversity in Turkey (Metis Publishing, 2007).