What does the word "home" mean to you?
Home might be a place we have not visited for a long time, or perhaps never at all. For some of us, it's just part of a personal history we create for ourselves, but for others there really is somewhere like that described by Robert Frost:
"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."But even though its meaning is strongly rooted in a physical place which we can visit, in these days of frequent re-location the real power of Home is often defined more in our heads than by buildings, countries or landscapes. Of the several meanings given in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most germane for the global village is a definition from as far back as 1548:
"A place, region or state to which one properly belongs, in which one’s
affections centre, or where one finds rest, refuge, or satisfaction."
So, Home can frequently be found more in memory than in geography or more in imagination than in reality, and a song, a flower, a word, or a mouthful of food can be all it takes to bring to life a whole theatre of recollection.
What photographs do you have that say "home" to you? Alternatively - start with the journalling.
When journalling to create a layout ask the questions:
- What does the word ‘home’ mean to you?
- Describe the home of your childhood.
- Describe the scent, taste or feel of home.
- Which object most evokes home for you?
- Where do you feel you ‘properly belong’ now?
Home mosaic
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