In my early twenties, I went to see my sister who lived in upstate New York.
Before I arrived, her daughters asked, “Where does René live, Mama?”
My sister said to them: “René doesn’t have a home.”
Ouch.
Those were during my wandering years.
Athens, GA: 1.Morning mist in the woods of Georgia 2.Sam Sutlive at Jittery Joe's 3.René art in an Athens collector’s home
Where is your home?
Now I have a home. Or three. Maybe four. It's not that I own houses in all those places, its just that the feeling of 'home' comes to me strongly when I am there.
I happily traveled this past month to three locations:
1. Athens, GA, USA
2. New York City, USA
3. Toronto, Canada
Then back home again to:
4. Aubusson, France
New York, NY: 1.Manhattan rooftop inspiration 2.René art at the Shade Bar in the Village 3.Kate Sutlive in SoHo
What is the sensation of home?
I felt perfectly at home in each of those locations. I felt the sense of peace that we have when we feel like we belong. Like we have a place there. That we have friends, and relatives, and locations that mean the world to us.
I realized it is perfectly okay to have more than one home.
A place where our dreams are formed and realized.
What place makes you feel really good? How do you share it?
Toronto, Canada: 1.Royal Ontario Museum 2.Downtown Toronto 3.René & Yvonne as twins
I like going away, and I like returning home again.
And why is Paris in the title above, you may ask?
Because that is where it all starts. A day and a night in Paris, a good coffeeshop visit, and walking along the Seine, and visiting my favorite street, rue de Bièvre, on the Left Bank, just across from Notre-Dame.
Comment below, and let me know; where do you feel most at home?