A sense of home and it's link to identity is such a complex topic. So often it's not quantifiable, just something we sense. I love this piece, I think you captured beautifully the push and pull of different places, different parts of us, on our identity.
A particularly poignant part of this for me was when you spoke of 3 successive generations of your family potentially being buried across 3 continents. To me, this says the modern world is both smaller and bigger at the same time.
Also as an Aussie that lived in the Scottish highlands for a while, I hear you on the lack of sunshine! First chance I got I was in a plane to Spain just to defrost! I love the scarf, color is even more important on a grey day!
Thanks so much for this comment! Ah, the thought of the modern world being small and big at the same time...I thought of that a lot during the pandemic, when we were reminded of distances in a way that I think sometimes I forget... 30 hours flight is actually a very long distance away...
*we got lucky to get some blue sky last week, but it's back to grey!*
A sense of home and it's link to identity is such a complex topic. So often it's not quantifiable, just something we sense. I love this piece, I think you captured beautifully the push and pull of different places, different parts of us, on our identity.
A particularly poignant part of this for me was when you spoke of 3 successive generations of your family potentially being buried across 3 continents. To me, this says the modern world is both smaller and bigger at the same time.
Also as an Aussie that lived in the Scottish highlands for a while, I hear you on the lack of sunshine! First chance I got I was in a plane to Spain just to defrost! I love the scarf, color is even more important on a grey day!
Thanks so much for this comment! Ah, the thought of the modern world being small and big at the same time...I thought of that a lot during the pandemic, when we were reminded of distances in a way that I think sometimes I forget... 30 hours flight is actually a very long distance away...
*we got lucky to get some blue sky last week, but it's back to grey!*