http://www.owlspotting.com/2007/05/31/more-on-the-idea-of-home/ Writings and whereabouts Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:32:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.owlspotting.com/2007/05/31/more-on-the-idea-of-home/comment-page-1/#comment-31581 Despina Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:29:40 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/2007/05/31/more-on-the-idea-of-home/#comment-31581 Definitely 'Are you planning to go back home?' (when you are living in a place other than your place of birth) falls (at least for me) in the category of stupid questions. Implied here is the idea that you cannot have a home somewhere else, that your original locus defines you, that you carry it with you wherever you go - and by inference, that wherever you go, you remain somehow a foreigner. What happened to the good, old "ubi bene, ibi patria"? My home is where I live. Definitely ‘Are you planning to go back home?’ (when you are living in a place other than your place of birth) falls (at least for me) in the category of stupid questions. Implied here is the idea that you cannot have a home somewhere else, that your original locus defines you, that you carry it with you wherever you go – and by inference, that wherever you go, you remain somehow a foreigner. What happened to the good, old “ubi bene, ibi patria”? My home is where I live.

]]> http://www.owlspotting.com/2007/05/31/more-on-the-idea-of-home/comment-page-1/#comment-29938 Matt Thu, 31 May 2007 18:25:45 +0000 http://www.owlspotting.com/2007/05/31/more-on-the-idea-of-home/#comment-29938 So did you consciously self-sensor this thought, not allowing it to mature out of draft stage for fear of sounding terribly inconsistent? I wonder if we place too much emphasis on ourselves and that our own narratives are indeed puny. So did you consciously self-sensor this thought, not allowing it to mature out of draft stage for fear of sounding terribly inconsistent? I wonder if we place too much emphasis on ourselves and that our own narratives are indeed puny.

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