Erica, thank you for this luminous essay! I watched part of the video (with English subtitles!) and was moved by the way it reimagines home as something porous, shared, and always in motion.
Your reflections reminded me of a piece I revisit annually where I considered that home was the but the space we're always leaving or returning to — where pieces of our heart take root and continue growing, even in our absence. It's the opening section here (you may remember it). https://elizabethbeggins.substack.com/p/gone-back-home
I was especially struck by your line about wanting not just depth, but touch and kindness. Coccia and Krenak’s ideas — home as a moral machine, as transformation, as relationship — echo that longing beautifully. The idea that rope, not nails, holds us best. That asymmetry, not structure, is where resilience lives.
Thank you for this — for the invitation, and for opening up home as something we might offer one another. And hugs for the sadness in all this, too.
p.s. My younger offspring is in a relatively new and happy relationship w/ a handsome, young Brazilian man she met in Sydney. :)
Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Elizabeth! I will look at your piece later today. The auto-generated English subtitles were actually quite good. And today I found yet another chat between Coccia and Krenak, this time talking about eating and being eaten. Beautiful stuff - https://youtu.be/5Dd5aosNQPU?si=klnyG18chjqA0yiI
Just came home (residence) from watching the birds nests. Yes, this is a theme for me too and to see your photo of the spider's web. Wish I were a Spanish speaker but enjoyed your writing as always. Good to know you are searching and delving out in the world dear Erica.
Erica, thank you for this luminous essay! I watched part of the video (with English subtitles!) and was moved by the way it reimagines home as something porous, shared, and always in motion.
Your reflections reminded me of a piece I revisit annually where I considered that home was the but the space we're always leaving or returning to — where pieces of our heart take root and continue growing, even in our absence. It's the opening section here (you may remember it). https://elizabethbeggins.substack.com/p/gone-back-home
I was especially struck by your line about wanting not just depth, but touch and kindness. Coccia and Krenak’s ideas — home as a moral machine, as transformation, as relationship — echo that longing beautifully. The idea that rope, not nails, holds us best. That asymmetry, not structure, is where resilience lives.
Thank you for this — for the invitation, and for opening up home as something we might offer one another. And hugs for the sadness in all this, too.
p.s. My younger offspring is in a relatively new and happy relationship w/ a handsome, young Brazilian man she met in Sydney. :)
Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Elizabeth! I will look at your piece later today. The auto-generated English subtitles were actually quite good. And today I found yet another chat between Coccia and Krenak, this time talking about eating and being eaten. Beautiful stuff - https://youtu.be/5Dd5aosNQPU?si=klnyG18chjqA0yiI
I love this piece. I will have to go over it a few more times.
Thanks, Robert! So do I, so do I... it is hopefully open ended...
Just came home (residence) from watching the birds nests. Yes, this is a theme for me too and to see your photo of the spider's web. Wish I were a Spanish speaker but enjoyed your writing as always. Good to know you are searching and delving out in the world dear Erica.
Thanks for your words, Valerie! Like the squirrels I try to venture out into the world to feed...^--^
Ah, such a wonderful comment! Nomadism as but one of the many ways... Thanks!
I was a seeker of fleeting souls...
The life of a nomad...
So great lines weave together such a transporting journey. It's like going for a magic carpet ride destination unknown. A joy reading