Month: November 2014

Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.
―James Baldwin

How would you describe that condition of being at home?

Whether by fire, flood, eviction or tornado, it is a grievous loss to lose a home. The loss of what is familiar and dear can unmoor us from ourselves, leave us feeling as if our center is gone, that we are drifting, unstuck from a sense of self.

What has helped you find your way back home after a disrupting loss?

The beauty of color can also serve as a distraction from the equally beautiful varieties of pattern and texture. As winter comes on, finding beauty in shades of grey becomes all the more important.

What do you love for its pattern, texture or feel?

“We’re going to be at this,” we say, “until the cows come home.” Cows may come home late in the day, but I assure you they do come home.

What feels like it is taking far too long?

We say that a house is made of bricks, but really the crucial part of construction is less the bricks, and more the mortar that holds it together. You can use all sorts of chunks of material to build up a wall, so long at the mortar between is strong.

What mortar connects you with others so that you can create something bigger than any one of you?