“There’s no place like home”

Usually these words are spoken fondly, but-whether you love your home, loathe it, or just take it for granted- there’s still a certain truth to the saying. Make a collage with images that remind you of home (not photos of your real home). Don’t stop with your physical dwelling, though. INclude the neighborhood, the section of the city or countryside, the whole city or county -whatever flavors the physical sense of place and people that defines your life.

Underneath the collage, write the answer to this:

How do you feel about home? Are you dying to get away, or do you hope you never have to leave?

Whatever your answer, your feelings would probably be different, or sharper, if you were forced out of your homeland and locked up somewhere far away. How would they be affected if danger suddenly loomed, and common sense said “leave now”? (Think of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and his two fragments Freedom to Breathe and The Bonfire and the Ants).

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