That Feeling of Home…

October 22, 2020

This year’s WORD Christchurch Spring Festival has a distinctly local flavour, with more than 140 of Aotearoa’s writers, artists and thinkers attending the festival, making it a truly world class and home-grown event. Given that, we asked our WORD participants to write a few words of their own on their concept of what ‘home’ means to them. The answers may surprise you!

 

“Home is our tent under the tall trees – with leaves that whisper in the wind.

A fire nearby and the smoke whirls its way to the heavens,

and there’s a creek beside the tent, that murmurs familiar songs.

This is our simple home, we find it anywhere in the world.”

~ Miriam Lancewood

 

“To me, it is the sea in all its multifaceted guises – unpredictable, wild, ever-changing and yet serene – the ocean-roar a blue lullaby to carry me home.”

~ Eileen Merriman

 

“Home :  an everyday privilege  –  my wife, our  dog, my books, the sofa, the warming fire,  our things.  The one place I’m never happy to leave, and always relieved to return to. Where I can be myself, and remember how very fortunate I am.”

~ Grahame Sydney

 

“Travelling in the company of those you love, is home in motion.”

~ Lisa Reihana

 

“Home is a repository for those feelings of love and welcome, care and nourishment that no matter where you are you can create. “

~ Annabel Langbein

 

“Home is a word that floats above the trees.”

~ Bill Manhire

 

“Home for me is curry puffs and chocolate bars and diaspora daydreams.” – Weng Wai Chan

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