Saturday, January 12, 2013

Taking Home Away with Me

"...the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace." Gaston Bachelard

Each Fall I dream up ways to get away from the dreary melancholy winter weather in my hometown.  I've just returned from one of those dreams, and while away, I found myself dreaming about being home, being in my familiar world, eating plain food, spending the morning in my bathrobe, being unaccountable to time. I can only be overstimulated for so long before I need to tuck my head under my wing and be alone. For next weekend, I'll pack a book to disappear into, a journal, a few art materials to take me into myself. And I need to write a morning prayer. I don't need to be in my home away from home for long, but I do need to remember to honor that part of myself.

Baruch ata adonai...I am grateful to the part of me that knows what I need to do to keep myself happy, and I'm grateful to the part of me that knows I need to protect myself from what I think I need. Amen

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  1. Amen! I feel the same away about traveling and about being home. I need A LOT of home time. I used to beat myself up about not liking to travel, thinking there was something wrong with me. But now I just embrace it as who I am. I love my familiar world, and eating plain food. I don't do over stimulation well. I hope you have a very refreshing and restorative escape into yourself next weekend!

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    1. Sounds like you're having quite the life journey! I hope you are able to spend as much time doing art and photography as you can. Your work is lovely. Barbara

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  2. I can relate to this post so much and I love your prayer, I am grateful to that part of me too

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    1. Zena, your photos are incredible. What great color! Barbara

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  3. Reading the Gaston Bachelard quote made my heart all happy. That's from "The Poetics of Space"! :) Have you read it? One of my most loved books but I've never yet randomly come across another human being that has actually struggled through it (it's dense in places).

    Visiting from Creative Every Day,
    leah

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    1. Hi Leah, I wish! There is pdf of the book online which I started to read tonight. I love the ideas put forth in the forward, but I know I wouldn't get through it. I'd love to have read it in a college course. Thank you for providing a space for bloggers to get the word out in Creative Every Day. I know many of my readers come from CED and I love paging through the blogs. Barbara

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    2. Yeah, it's probably the most difficult book I've ever read. It took a lot of hard work and a good dictionary! lol. I was motivated to get through it because the excerpts I had read inspired me so much; I wanted to understand the world of his thought more comprehensively. I will say it was worth it and easier the second time around. ;)

      Anyway, it was nice to see the quote here and I love your blog and all your prayers! Will continue to read and visit. Yeah, I'm not the Leah that runs CED. . .probably next time I link there I should use the name of my blog or something instead of my real name to avoid confusion. :)

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