You know, I often find myself wishing I could go home. How funny is that?
What's it all about though?
When I lived in Norwich though, I'd find myself thinking... I want to go home.
Problem is, I don't think Home really exists any more. Maybe this is something that everybody experiences at some pint in there life, or maybe not, maybe I'm just so stuck in a rut of sentimental bullshit that I find myself lost more often than not.
I will be looking for the comfort. I look for everything familiar and the people who I like the best.
I look for friends, both real and inanimate. I look for Sirius. I look for my 'tools' - my paints, my pencils, my papers and inks. I want my duck-feather duvet and comfy pyjamas. I want to understand what makes home, home. I want to be there and not feel like I'm missing something significant. There's just something missing where-ever I go.
So maybe that's what people deal with all the time, just a space, a black hole... that emptiness that knows how incomplete we are.
When I was in Norwich I thought that 'home' meant the family home, and It would all feel 'right' once I was here. I am so wrong though; this feels less like home than the Hotblack Road. I suppose Sirius is the anchor at the minute, which means I'm on a boat now, hopefully finding home. You big loser.
Wednesday 24 June 2009
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Home. It's an interesting concept. When I was young I had a strong feeling of home and it was with my family. It was in the house I'd lived in the longest in my life. Where I felt safe.
When i was 16 we moved and around the same time I had a difficult time personally and I didn't feel that feeling again until a year ago. I felt settled for the first time, it's a strange feeling.
Life is nowhere near perfect, but at least I feel settled and home. After 10 years of wilderness that feels good.
Home is not about location, it's not about family, it's not about friends. It's about being comfortable enough to be who you are in all aspects of your life.
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