A Sunday Escape #7

Home – a return, a shift, and a letting go

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A Sunday Escape #7

Home – a return, a shift and a letting go

A photo I shot years ago, and that’s always felt like ‘home’ to me.

Dear NE-One

For some people ‘home’ is a person; for others, it’s a place. Some say it’s a feeling; others, a familiar space that holds ideas and emotions and dreams. It is a collection of memories – some cherished, others best forgotten – that can linger a lifetime. Home is an accent; a landscape; a tradition. It is that one specific tree on a winding dirt road. It is a prayer; a photograph; a song that tugs on the heartstrings.

‘Home’ is as much about freedom as it is about boundaries; it is a space that pushes and pulls; that triggers, nurtures, demands. It can be a place of safety; a place of challenge; a place of growth. It is also the beginning of one journey, and the destination on another.

It can simply be just a place – but also, ‘home’ can be a travel story. So with this in mind, here are a few things to read and watch…

… if you have 3 minutes