My sense of place is California. I love the feeling when I walk off the plane of the nice warm air crashing against my face. I don't feel like I'm dying there because the weather is so nice and it makes me so happy.When I'm walking with my dog in my backyard I hear the oceans waves crashing and the seals screaming. I walk down past my pool and my dog trots behind me as I approach the fence thats at the edge of the cliff. My dog jumps up on the barrier to look over.Home is California, i have a mental and physical connection when I'm there. Every time I get off the plane when I land my mood instantly goes up. Something about california Just makes me happy and makes me feel at ease. I could never get tired of living there. Its my favorite place to be. Being with my dog, watching the sunsets while floating in my pool. Its my safe place, its where i call home. There is no way i would be able to Get biophillia. California now has turned me into a spoiled child. Living in a 50 million dollar mansion on the side of a cliff getting whatever i want whenever i want has made me into a spoiled kid.
You mention the climate/weather as a major factor in elevating your mood. Do you think you get seasonal-affective-disorder in the winters here on the East Coast? Do you see yourself moving back to California for college, etc.? What about the biosphere there makes you happy? Palm trees, perhaps?
ReplyDeletewhat sort of animals did you come across in the water? do you remember anything about first discovering unfamiliar plants/animals for the first time when you were younger?
ReplyDeletePeople always love a place after they left there, which can definitely be a sense of place, especially when the place looks that great.
ReplyDeleteI love it! Are those photos of the house?
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