A house is just four walls and a roof, but a home is made up of everything else inside. A house may be decorated from floor to ceiling with the finest furnishings money can buy. But that will never ever make it a home. A home is a sanctuary. f8 Project #1 What Makes Your House a Home Most of us have had “normal” lives…raised by people who cared and nurtured us. We lived in normal homes of one sort or another. But think of those that have been fostered…or live homeless or in abject poverty or in home environments that are less than desirable…crammed into too small a space, no place to escape…no food at mealtime etc. Does home mean the same thing to all of us in the same way. I doubt it. As you start to think about your house and what makes it your home, think of the many that have no special place. Below is a link to a New York Tomes article "The Way Home" California Sunday Magazine December 2018 For those that attended today, to the person, believed that this was a thoughtful project and one difficult to interpret visually. As such, the individual narrative helped make sense for every group of images. Once again, I cannot capture the quality and depth of discussion each set of images brought forth...and, how much we learned about each other. After each presentation, we all chipped in to create a "theme" for the images. So, even though there is just one image for each presenter it does represent much more. As editor, I chose a symbolic image and the theme designation. Charles Kohlhase "At home in the world" Howard Landau "My home a self portrait" John Holmes "No ordinary moment" Chris Kleine "Cats Rule" Jim Staub "Dog day afternoon" Kevin Hass "Home working" Steve Lewis "Views from my home" Rod Williams "My family is my home" Bill & Kathy Wishner "From the world to our home" There were some underlying themes...family, art, pets, travels. ...light, memories but all agreed it is never about the bricks and mortar.
Our thanks to Cyndi Bemel for her suggestion of this project...we all wish her a speedy recovery. Finally we mentioned the Annie Leibowitz exhibit at the Hauser & Wirth Gallery downtown AND the movie "Never Look Back" the life of Gerhard Richter
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Steve
3/4/2019 02:53:23 am
Great assignment. I would rename my set,"Views from Home"
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