Homes?

What does it mean to call a place "home"? In a world of constant motion and change, homes remain a powerful symbol of protection, love, and understanding. 

How significant are they today? What role do they play in the way we connect with ourselves and each other?

I recently found myself contemplating the concept of home and its meaning in our lives. 

I have done it since ever, actually.

It's my topic, I guess?

When a friend of mine was feeling down, I said, "Come to my place." 

She did, and as we stood together in the kitchen, candles softly flickering, she opened up, eventually letting herself cry. 

She cried. No one disturbed us.

That moment—simple, pure, and intimate—felt like it seeped into the walls, forever held within the space that sheltered us.

There’s something about being at home that seems to amplify emotions. On the subway, I often notice people on their way back after a long day, weary yet eager for the comfort waiting for them. In that familiar place, they’re offered a chance to let down their guard, to be welcomed just as they are.

Home can also be a place of fear and tension. Homes contain multitudes: the laughter, the arguments, the silences. They witness everything, like living beings with eyes, ears, and a heart. They can either nurture us or weigh us down.

Home, can also no longer exist.

Home is not just walls and a roof—it’s energy. It’s a place that becomes part of us as much as we become part of it. To go home is to step into a space where the world fades away and where, in the best cases, we’re seen, safe, and accepted.

Let's go home.

NODE CENTER Project: "Dial a moment."

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