I've been thinking about this concept of home a lot and what it means to people around the world. Many folks have been displaced throughout history from their homes while many have had the privilege to have all of their needs and desires met when it comes to their idea of home. And there are so many variants of home in between for all of us.
What is home to you? Is it a physical place or a feeling inside yourself? If home is a geographical place for you, did you grow up there or did you move there later in life? Or is home a place you have not felt yet?
“A beloved home represents the physical structure of a shelter, a home, but also encompasses the deep connection with land, ancestors, family, community, and ability to thrive. We demand a world in which Indigenous cultural practices, land and body sovereignty are respected, where transgender migrants, gender non-conforming, nonbinary, and two-spirit people are never forced to leave our homes, and where we have the freedom of movement to seek out our own belonging and spiritual traditions and in which Black people everywhere are free and liberated.”
“We demand a world in which housing is a right and a world in which our beloved homes are treated with respect and reverence. A world in which Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Asian, Black, Latinx, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Arab,and migrant transgender, gender non-conforming, nonbinary, and Indigenous two-spirit people thrive alongside our community.”
What does this series of paintings make you feel about home? Does any of the imagery bring you back in time or to daydreaming of the future? Do any of these “homes” remind you of the place you live currently?
