Hi, I'am Berk Armagan I was born in 1997 and live in a Halkalı.
I am the last generation who grows up in the streets of Halkalı and this is important.
I study Turkish teaching at Istanbul University.
'We realized' my ability to draw at the age of 10.
I say that 'we did' because because my teacher's was the reason I noticed it.
I have now created the Seyyahart idea and I am traveling the world by drawing a glass.
Everything started in May 2016 when my parents wanted to send me to the English course.
I will go to a language course in England.
Documents we've set everything up, money, and bla bla...
I applied for visa and visa rejected twice.
That cost me 1600 liras..
I learned english by myself.
You can learn English by losing your money and bad experience sometimes will be good teacher for you.
I visited 36 cities in 19 countries by drawing and selling glasses.
Before I went to Europe, I searched Europe's history, cultures, structures.
I prepare myself according to this
but currency make me trip and
This put paid my dreams.
I had to turn my route to the Balkans and Ukraine.
Because it is very cheap compared to Europe.
I buy a ticket for my route.
It was a quick decision..
After that I couldn't make a plan to this places that I would draw..
For example, when I was visiting Skopje, I saw the Great Alexander Statue.
I drew it after I had traveled.
I thought that I can take these photo when I sit the cafe I will draw it.
Because I did not know before..
But Mostar was not so, it is a beautiful building.
It is also important in terms of our history.
I made Mostar's drawing beforehand in Koçevi.
And it was a provide great convenience for me because
I was limited when I went there..
By the way I photographed and recorded..
My purpose is to draw the symbols of the cultural or city where I will go.
I do my drawing before I go there and
When I go I try to take photo video..
I usually provide transportation by hitchhiking.
But when I went to Europe, I got the Interrail ticket and I used train by means transportation there.
I can use buses and steamers in places where there is no hitchhiking and train,
But this is only in an emergency.
General motto is already cheap to travel..
I've been drawing since I was 10 years old.
I can draw on every surface I'm not limited to just a cup..
now,I'm telling the story of the cup idea
I wanted to maked a gift for his birthday
First,I wanted to use my skills
When I gave a sold about the things she likes
she likes coffee so much
I prepared a gift for her and it started like this
then I went to coffee shop and ask for a glass
and I'm grateful they gaved me one
and I thought about things she likes and I painted into the glass
Then I gaved to her as a gift and she likes it
She shared this on social media and his friends liked it too
I thought that when I do not have money I can give you such a gift.
I had a friend's birthday again
I gave gift and there was a movie he liked so much
I made that movie like a story and draw a glass
Then his girlfriend loved this gift too and she also wanted a glass from me
and she also wanted a glass from me
and I gave him a gift and it was very nice
İt continued this way
I have had the dream of "traveler idea"
with my trips taught me and my ability
the idea of traveling the world by drawing glasses
I decided to buy 67 00:05:01,255 --> 00:05:06,415 these 12 glasses that I draw near the Şişhane Railway Station..
That day I see I can sell
The glass by this way I understood that people give importance to this work and
I realized that I can travel by that way
And I can really sell glasses and travel around.
%80 percentages of my trips happen thanks to money that I eon from the glasses.
Actually because of some urgent problem these %20 percentages occured.
In these days I had a tooth problem.
Because if this I had to take an expensive plane tickets and
The %20 percentages concern that tickets
I had to return to Istanbul because of my toothache.
I was not examined here because meet a doctor 75 euro
check 279 Euro
there is no money.
I have come across some trouble but I won't give up.
I will go on...
I sell glasses in instagram, I do drawing if requested
I deliver these glasses to people by cargo
I can sell glasses when I travel
I learned that when I went to Europe
I did not sell the glasses in the Balkans, the weather was very cold
I could not wait on the street
But in Europe especially in Norway, I waited on the street, it was very crowded
I tried to sell my glasses, I wrote cardboard writings
I say 'I am traveling the world, If you buy from my cups I can travel more country'
I waited a while but the glasses were not sold.
Later I realized that
Begger put a glasses on their front and people give money
When I put the glasses in front of me they also give me money too
I learned why.
they don't buy and gave money
I understood
They suppose that I am a begger
Me! I am an 'artist' !
One day while I was selling a glasses in Norveç in train
beggar came to me
He asked me if you would like sunflower seeds
I didn't say anything
He looked me,
over over again
and say:, What are you doing here and I answered his questions with my 1600liras English :))
I said:I sell glasses
He gave me money and
throw into cup
I said:what's going on!!
I thought by myself what a different country is it begger give money to artist
Then I collect 100 crown to get a bread
I couldnt sit anyehere and draw something for 7 or 8 hours
it is not suitable for me because of the financial problem
If I have enough money I can do this but now I need money
Because of my budget I have to be quick
First I planned everything then I take the road and I make my drawings according to my plan
I went to the Louvre in Paris
You know:Why are you going to the Louvre
For Mona Lisa,I did it
I had drawings already to affect people
People are often influenced by very popular painting in the museums
Like Mona Lisa,Scream..
I went to Paris to see Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum.
I did the drawing at the hotel before I go
When I go there I saw that there is a long queue
I surprised that how can people look this from there
Then while I thougt how can I took photo of Mona Lisa
then I find myself
in front of the queue.
People took my photo from my back and I tried to take photo in that stiuation
I was trying to take photo at the time
Know what goes:Even if you are the front side
there is a distance
I entered the first row immediately
I tried to take permission from security guard but I coudn't achieve.
I have to accustomed to every situation.
I bring the glasses closer to the Mona Lisa
I'm trying to shoot video and the peoples photos flash coming from my back
The prouds of that moment I took my photo and went out
I think drawing such a great artist perfect works and took their jobs photos
in 5-6 hours is a things to proud of
Because I don't have such a big experience before
I do these things with my efford
And I don't sell these glasses
Because I had tought to open an exhibiton
And I keep these glasses for myself at my house
I am proud of my art
I want to tell you about a story that has affected me so much
There was a girl with cancer
She made a drawing a picture in the last stages of his cancer
There was a representation of nature in her painting
A yellow tent in the picture, under the stars
Drawn a mountain picture in the forest
The girl has painted it
This picture reminds me
of hope
And also freedom
After seeing this picture I decided to do a social responsibility project
I have been doing social responsibility projects before but
I imagined a project about children with cancer
I wanted to draw pictures with them
I want to draw their pictures on the glass surface
I want to sell those glasses to my followers,
donate the money
I usually use tent to lodge
I stay in a hostel when I am not staying in a tent or
I'm at the people's home I found in Couchsurfing.
I have strange memories of living in this accommodation experience
One day I could'nt find a place to stay in Denmark, in nightfall
I found a place where people do not exist
İt was not a comfortable place but I still set up a tent
I thought:maybe someone could see me
Then I went to sleep
I wake up with a sound
I thought druggie came
Police came and told me; that set up tents here is forbidden, go away!
I said:I'm going right now but
I was very scared at the moment this is first time
So what,I set up a tent, I do not bother anyone
I was trying to pack my warw,the police came again
Shaking the tent I said:what the hell,let me off
I said:one minute,ı will go
Then off the tent
There was mud because it was raining yesterday
I dismantled a tent in mud
It was such a memory about police
Then I stayed at a hostel in Berlin
Hostel was like a horror house
One nigt I have go to the bathroom
I saw a woman on the way to bathroom The woman has a socks on her feet, a thin white hair woman
I scared.
I thought:why walk on foot without slippers
I am afraid of encountering that woman
I could'nt leave the room, I left immediately in the hostel in the morning
What did I do to you?! You got me out of here
I stayed on the side of the park
Then the cops woke up
I usually don't take food to places I go but
When I went to Norway I got some food because according to rumors Norway is expensive city
For example:the price of hamburger in Norway is 50-60 TL
I prepared myself
I had nuts and canned in my bag so bag was heavy.
I bought food from supermarkets
For example;I bought banana, peanut..
I eatsomething a little
because I think of my budget
What can you do in Norway
You can taste the foods everytime
you can only taste it one or three times thats all
One day it is a beautiful day or a bad day
I reward myself and I taste local flavors
when I went to Ukrain
I get upset in Norway because I couldn't try whales meat there
I couldn't eat something special there are so expensive but I will eat traditional food when go there next time
like beef meat
but I couldn't eat, anyway
one day I went to a restaurant
the glas I was drawing was on the desk
I reviewed the photos on the camera
after I rise my head
I could'nt find a glass, I was excited
I asked to waiter: where is my glass?
Waiter said:I threw it away,what on earth have you done?
I spent five hours trying to make that glass idiot, sure, I didn't tell waiter nothing
How do you threw a garbage?
I got so angry there
I went, I found a glass in the garbage, thank god nothing bad happened
Glasses should'nt get wet
Fortunately,were not soaked
I have had a few experiences like this, I have forgotten the glass and thrown away
I have such a problem
We can say art for my glases really
I give a lot of effort and you throw them away
This is a great disrespect, what are you doing!!
Now fire show starting,you will see fire show in coffee shop
Especially,I am very impressed some countrys
I want to talk about Norway
İmagine that the most expensive houses 241 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:55,559 in İstanbul by the seaside come together
inside,their neighborhoods like this
really no walk between them and no people
everyone is doing sports there
you see people doing sports or walking
a few people
In Norway, the city is in harmony with nature and it was very influential to me
Another city that impressed me is Venice
imagine the road and the asphalt. There is water instead of asphalt.
this water is being transported
think, you're taking a sea bus, going to work or going to the school
these people really only have access to this raceway
and it was very influential to me
also,and when I went to Poland the concentration camp was very influential to me
it was just as I see it in movies
I have had the opportunity to personally see how the Nazis have tortured people.
it affected me very much,badly
It's really bad that people have experienced something like this.
I was wandering in the streets during the day
so I was always in touch with people.
That's not a big deal for me because I am an extrovert person.
I can start a conversation any time
and ask for an address and learn it.
Sometimes it goes beyond just asking for an address.
Sometimes I become friends with them and start to wander in the streets with them.
For example, I met Emil, he is from Denmark
normally I was looking for a place in Norway but I asked him
I am looking for a place, do you know such kind of place?
I told him that I am painting and I am going to paint that place too
I left him and started to look for the place I was going to go
I noticed that he was coming with me instead of talking to other people
He yelled at me, hey man come back where are you going
he said, let's paint together, I paint too
I said, ok man let's do it
I found you here
Then the conversation started on to what to paint
He sees the trolls there just like me
I met Emil here, he paints too
Now we will paint some Troll
We will draw this, the hitchiker troll
We sat at a gift shop
He chose one troll, I chose one
We started painting and we painted about half an hour together
then we seperated
my drawing areas are not certain, generally I draw in many areas
I draw while I am waiting at the airport
or on the train with all the bumps and trembles
I just start drawing
or I draw on the bus
I draw under the dim light or in a tent
I turn all the conditions to my advantage
and I draw, I have to use my time properly
ı try to make good work in a little time
ı spend my days like this
travelling thought me a lot
I learnt better than what school can teach me
I have seen so many Works of art in so many sizes
and I learned so much about culture
I have seen the Works of great artists in their places
It was really a big deal to me.
there was once this course ı wanted to take
but ı didnt have the Money
ı couldnt take the class because of my financial problems
this affected my life in a very different way
with this drawing, Seyyahart
ı gained a full scholarship fort his course
this helped me to gain my self esteem
Not just the course
but all of the experience as a whole
after i see the rest of the World i want to see the mars now
I will go to mars
yes i will g oto mars with drawing glasses
i don't have an obstacle in front of me
i will email to Elon Musk and say, i am drawing glasses, help me get to mars
i will look at the World from mars and paint it to a glass
this is my dream
my advice to travellers is this, think of something real
start your journey with this thought so that you don't have any troubles
make your budget, plan your route
but don't plan the whole thing
but you should have a general plan, then you can change it
but try to predict everything
people will want to help you
but don't depend on that only
thats a bad plan if you ask me
think everything thoroughly and start your journey
if you come across to a bad situation then ask for help
then people will of course help you, road has good things with it
you don't need a lot of Money to travel like that
when you make your plan
and keep your budget low, then you can travel with a low budget
i provide my budget with painting glasses
i have a gift for that and i use it
you can have some other idea, i don't know
you can even learn a craft while you are travelling
some people make bracelets to earn a living
you can earn Money and travel at the same time
if you earn extra Money then ypu save the day
you can even save some Money an keep it for the emergencies
i was really impressed by a pizza i ate in Ukraine
although i went to Italy, I remember the pizza I ate in Ukraine
it was a pizza with chicken, i don't remember the name
the best pizza i have ever had was the one in Ukraine Lviv
the dessert i have ever had was the tiramisu in Rome
it was somewhere called Pompei
it was wonderful and i never had tiramisu since then
it was like the peak of all
i think the most livable place is Norway
because of its people, nature and city life
It was a good place as a whole
and they made the city a good place to live
and they are good people too
you may not accept it or some people may not accept it
In Serbia
i found the people very good in a very interesting way
it was opposite of what people said.
I am in the social media under the name Seyyahart
the glasses i draw, the places i saw
all of this information
can be found on my social media, you can follow me there
follow if you like or not
what can i do sometimes
i believe i do something nice, i produce wherever i go
and i present the places i see in a different way
it is up to you whether to follow or not
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