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Khalid Mir's avatar

Patricia, have you read Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space?

I spent a lot of my early years moving house and was never really settled. After many years I've finally got my own house. Lots of friends said, “now you’re secure”. I'm not knocking that sentiment and am so grateful to have a roof over my head, my own home. But after Gaza, I simply can't believe security lies in this direction.

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Susan Astor-Smith's avatar

Thank you for this article, Patricia. As someone who has moved many, many times - and is about to embark on yet another move - I totally relate to your statement “the spaces we live in shape how we think and hope”. This next move is to an apartment which will be practical as I’m aging but still have beautiful spaces for thinking, hoping and dreaming.

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