Genius
The home is decorated and personalized; it takes on the soul of the people who live there and becomes the mirror of their spirit. Yet in the deepest sense, the body is the most intimate place. Your body is your clay home; your body is the only home that you have in this universe.
John O'Donohue • Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition
A gentle place has a personal aesthetic, one that is both timeless and fresh, organic, attaching itself naturally to the person inhabiting it.
A gentle place leaves room for the unthinkable; we know we are on the verge of something special, something already changing as we enter it.
A gentle place allows us to entertain our inner world.
A gentle place... See more
A gentle place leaves room for the unthinkable; we know we are on the verge of something special, something already changing as we enter it.
A gentle place allows us to entertain our inner world.
A gentle place... See more
In A Gentle Place
There’s a quote I like from Theodor Adorno, who said, “for a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes place to live." While I’ve never been a refugee, I still feel that quote really strongly, as someone who’s never quite felt fully at home in most of my ordinary life– always a bit of an alien, always an outsider, always a minority, always... See more