Comments on: Homesick http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/ Someday, emerging at last from the violent insight Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:55:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: beautifulcynic http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/comment-page-1/#comment-4185 beautifulcynic Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:33:54 +0000 http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/#comment-4185 I suppose there are advantages and disadvantages, as with most things... If I felt no strong ties to my home, I wouldn't be homesick, which would be nice! But BC is largely part of my identity; there would be something missing without that history - although I guess if I never had it, I wouldn't miss it. So perhaps it's just a moot point :) I didn't move much as a child; I lived on Vancouver Island from birth to age 19, excepting one year when I was 9 - when I lived here in Winnipeg, before returning to BC. (And there was a brief sojourn in Los Angeles, but that's another story...) So for all intents and purposes, I've only lived on the coast and in Winnipeg - such limited experience with moving has allowed me to form lasting bonds with the places I've lived. And make no mistake: although I long to go "home", I'm sure if the opportunity arose, while I would almost certainly seize it, I would still miss Winnipeg, and part of me would remain on the prairies. I suppose there are advantages and disadvantages, as with most things… If I felt no strong ties to my home, I wouldn’t be homesick, which would be nice! But BC is largely part of my identity; there would be something missing without that history – although I guess if I never had it, I wouldn’t miss it. So perhaps it’s just a moot point :)
I didn’t move much as a child; I lived on Vancouver Island from birth to age 19, excepting one year when I was 9 – when I lived here in Winnipeg, before returning to BC. (And there was a brief sojourn in Los Angeles, but that’s another story…) So for all intents and purposes, I’ve only lived on the coast and in Winnipeg – such limited experience with moving has allowed me to form lasting bonds with the places I’ve lived. And make no mistake: although I long to go “home”, I’m sure if the opportunity arose, while I would almost certainly seize it, I would still miss Winnipeg, and part of me would remain on the prairies.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/comment-page-1/#comment-4184 Anonymous Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:27:28 +0000 http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/#comment-4184 L.O Polish boy I recognize myself in what you say about moving about a lot and home where the heart is. However I do not feel deprived by having pieces of myself all over different places, rather it makes me feel like a citizen of the world, thus extending my personality. What I mean is, if part of me lives,say, in California in the heart of a friend, then I'm part of that place too through the interest I share with this friend for his chosen dwelling place. Thus I have become aware of Vancouver and Winnipeg through Larissa's presentation and now feel the richer for it. That might be slightly different from what you had in mind in the first place, perhaps, feeling scaterred through the departure of loved ones? Or your own. L.O Polish boy
I recognize myself in what you say about moving about a lot and home where the heart is.
However I do not feel deprived by having pieces of myself all over different places, rather it makes me feel like a citizen of the world, thus extending my personality. What I mean is, if part of me lives,say, in California in the heart of a friend, then I’m part of that place too through the interest I share with this friend for his chosen dwelling place. Thus I have become aware of Vancouver and Winnipeg through Larissa’s presentation and now feel the richer for it. That might be slightly different from what you had in mind in the first place, perhaps, feeling scaterred through the departure of loved ones? Or your own.

]]> By: polish boy http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/comment-page-1/#comment-4183 polish boy Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:17:06 +0000 http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/#comment-4183 I guess I've moved around too much in my life to be really rooted down into a physical place. Sure, some spaces feel more comfortable, and familiar, and could be called "home"... but in the end home is where the heart is and it is the people in a geographical area that determine if I think of it as home or not. In some ways, that is a blessing. In others it could be easily called a curse. :) After all, at some point in life we all have the power to decide where we move to or stay, but we cannot make that decision for our friends. They move, or stay behind after we left... in the end we could have pieces of ourselves all over the place, never feeling complete. I just want to note that these sudden deep thoughts have been brough on by sleep deprivation. After 6+ hours of sleep I cannot be held responsible for anything I've said here. :) :) :) I guess I’ve moved around too much in my life to be really rooted down into a physical place. Sure, some spaces feel more comfortable, and familiar, and could be called “home”… but in the end home is where the heart is and it is the people in a geographical area that determine if I think of it as home or not.

In some ways, that is a blessing. In others it could be easily called a curse. :) After all, at some point in life we all have the power to decide where we move to or stay, but we cannot make that decision for our friends. They move, or stay behind after we left… in the end we could have pieces of ourselves all over the place, never feeling complete.

I just want to note that these sudden deep thoughts have been brough on by sleep deprivation. After 6+ hours of sleep I cannot be held responsible for anything I’ve said here. :) :) :)

]]> By: Rayon de Lune http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/comment-page-1/#comment-4182 Rayon de Lune Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:10:24 +0000 http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/homesick-294/#comment-4182 "a wish to just go home" And so you will, doubtless, someday, drawn by that very hunger which drew your mother back t her prairies and big sky. For my part, i'm not sure I belong to where I was born, as I mostly yearn for mountains and snow while I was raised in Marseille, by the sea-side ans otherwise spent my summer childhood in the wine Saône et Loire country side. I feel more akin to it than to the town life. I do need to be not too far from the sea, though, just knowing it is within easy reach. You really evoque your "Sehnsucht" with much talent.Would you put the same thing in a poem form? It would be just grand. I felt I was walking with you by the shores, heard the wind and felt the humid kiss of the fog on my cheeks, while reading. “a wish to just go home” And so you will, doubtless, someday, drawn by that very hunger which drew your mother back t her prairies and big sky.
For my part, i’m not sure I belong to where I was born, as I mostly yearn for mountains and snow while I was raised in Marseille, by the sea-side ans otherwise spent my summer childhood in the wine Saône et Loire country side. I feel more akin to it than to the town life. I do need to be not too far from the sea, though, just knowing it is within easy reach.
You really evoque your “Sehnsucht” with much talent.Would you put the same thing in a poem form? It would be just grand. I felt I was walking with you by the shores, heard the wind and felt the humid kiss of the fog on my cheeks, while reading.

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