We live in a world full of variables and constant change. It is not possible to stop change or to build a life without change. The future, even the present, is uncertain. So how do we find our truth in the midst of these changes and uncertainties? How can we make doubt an effective tool in this world of uncertainty? How can we use doubt to ask the right questions?
Workshop 23
Workshop 23 is a unique process in which the 9 themes of 23 are experienced. In 23, in addition to academic development, personal development and the relationship with oneself and other people have a very important place. For this reason, Atölye 23 was designed to open up a space for development and discovery.
Each month at Atölye 23 has a specific theme. Within the framework of this theme, 23ers first have a physical experience involving sports or art. Then a sharing circle is formed. This circle includes a day of exercises, games and discussions designed in relation to the theme. 23ers discover themselves and others in the circle dynamic. Through all these, the 23ers aim to improve their ability to express, interpret and understand, to get closer to themselves and to meet with different views.
Workshop 23
In the Uncertainty & Suspicion Workshop, the 23ers discovered in nature how many uncertain moments exist in their lives. They experienced the opportunities that uncertainty brings and the intellectual richness of doubt. Throughout the workshop, they reviewed their individual approaches and gained new perspectives. By discussing the transformations caused by uncertainty and doubt in a sharing circle, they redefined the meaning of these concepts in their lives.
In this workshop, 23ers explored the role of courage and passion in their lives. They examined in depth how courage is not fearlessness, but taking action despite fears and how passion fuels this courage. Through group work and in-depth sharing, they experienced what it means to follow their passions by pushing their personal boundaries. Throughout the workshop, while exploring the different faces of courage, they discussed together the impact of passion on determining a "cause" in life.
In this workshop, 23ers experienced the concepts of balance and tranquility in both internal and environmental dimensions. While searching for ways to find individual balance, they deeply questioned the personal definitions of peace. Through group discussions and creative exercises, they re-evaluated both their inner and environmental balance. Throughout the workshop, while searching for ways to maintain personal peace, they examined together the role that the world of being is always in balance and how it plays a role in life.
In this workshop, 23ers explored both the individual and social dimensions of revolution. They analysed a sample story of revolution together and had the opportunity to discover these sample stories in the field. They discussed how social changes take place as well as internal transformations. Through group discussions and in-depth analyses, they evaluated how evolutionary processes relate to revolutionary outcomes. By travelling to the world of concepts, they focused on perseverance, patience, development and different processes in our lives that initiate transformations.
The 23ers embarked on a journey with curiosity in this workshop. They mirrored how they started their 23 adventures with curiosity. While questioning how curiosity can be a driving force, they learnt how to use it not as a means of dispersal but as a means of stepping into a new adventure. Through exercises accompanied by circle moderators, they awakened their dormant curiosities and examined the active ones in more depth. Throughout the workshop, they experienced the transformative power of questioning and discovery.
In this workshop, 23ers tried to paint, imagine and feel conscience. While questioning the relationship between reason, will, feelings and conscience, they explored the reasons underlying our orientations, the connection between human beings and society and the role of conscience in this context. Through group discussions and tasks, they evaluated what makes a person human and the conscientious processes behind choices and behaviours. Throughout the workshop, they developed new perspectives by discussing how conscience can be awakened and how it can be a guide in our lives.
Uncertainty
Suspicion
We live in a world full of variables and constant change. It is not possible to stop change or to build a life without change. The future, even the present, is uncertain. So how do we find our truth in the midst of these changes and uncertainties? How can we make doubt an effective tool in this world of uncertainty? How can we use doubt to ask the right questions?
Curiosity
Curiosity is the appetite for learning and discovery. It is the only impulse that makes a person find his/her issue and discover his/her passion. What awaits us on the path we set out on with curiosity? What kind of an adventure does curiosity start?
Every story begins with curiosity. Paths are shaped according to our curiosity, we stop where we wonder, we marvel, we learn, we discover. What are you curious about?
Passion
Passion is the part of us that we work with consistently, that we are curious about, that arouses our interest. The things we are passionate about occupy the most important place in one's world of meaning. With the meaning attached to them, we hope, we set out, we strive, we dare.
We look for meaning in order to dare. We pursue a hope despite fear. Because we are passionate about it. How can we find our passion, our issue, that will give us courage despite fear?
Balance
Balance is not static. On the contrary, balance is finding a harmony in the midst of all movements. Is it possible for the human being living in all this dynamism to find an absolute balance?
We are on a path where we are trying to find our balance. The absolute balance in life is also based on giving and receiving. What do we take and what do we give? A life in which we are always taking or giving becomes one in which deficiencies or excesses predominate. Can we find peace in the possibility of achieving this balance?
Peace
Balance is not static. On the contrary, balance is finding a harmony in the midst of all movements. Is it possible for the human being living in all this dynamism to find an absolute balance?
We are on a path where we are trying to find our balance. The absolute balance in life is also based on giving and receiving. What do we take and what do we give? A life in which we are always taking or giving becomes one in which deficiencies or excesses predominate. Can we find peace in the possibility of achieving this balance?
Conscience
Our perceptions are the result of the judgment of our conscience. In this judgment, the intellect, heart, mind, will and senses work together to accompany our conscience. But why do these functions, which are present in all human beings, work differently in everyone?
When we do not awaken the conscience, when we cover it with a veil, how is our perception shaped? In order to make the conscience freer, it is necessary to lift the veil over it, to allow its voice to exist. Only in this way can human beings demonstrate a judgment that is not governed by impulses. So how do we awaken our conscience?
Courage
Passion is the part of us that we work with consistently, that we are curious about, that arouses our interest. The things we are passionate about occupy the most important place in one's world of meaning. With the meaning attached to them, we hope, we set out, we strive, we dare.
We look for meaning in order to dare. We pursue a hope despite fear. Because we are passionate about it. How can we find our passion, our issue, that will give us courage despite fear?
Revolution
In this life, where every living thing is in motion, where stability is only possible at the end of life, something is always transforming. Human beings are also changing and transforming. But towards what and where is this change happening?
Our revolution starts within ourselves first. We hold up a mirror to ourselves and no change, including the change within ourselves, happens all at once; it requires a process. Because within every revolution there is a process of evolution. With these processes, we read the world and find our direction. So in which direction are we changing, what are we changing, what are we touching?