Home is where the heart is

“Home”?According to the Oxford Dictionary, “Home” means the house or flat you live in, especially with your family.?

But is it real, though???

Do the four walls you are surrounded by justify the meaning of home to you??

The anthology “Home Is Where The Heart Is” brings numerous art pieces from writers that abstractly define home, representing the true meaning and feeling of home wrapped around their arms rather than just living around four walls.?

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“When I look at you, I can feel it.?

I look at you, and I’m home.”

~ Finding Nemo?

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Everyone’s perception of home is different.?Sometimes, home is a person, sometimes home is an emotion.?And all times, home is where you feel alive, not just exist.??

But also, sometimes, the literal meaning of home is home.?

Home can be your family. Home can be having at least one meal with them. Home is a longing to return to bed after a tiring day snuggled up in your favourite comforter.??

Home can be a huge place, giving you joyous little moments.?

Home can be a large metropolitan city like Mumbai.?

Here the struggles on the train will give you a feeling of safety.?

The waves of Marine Drive will comfort your ears, eyes, and, mostly, your heart.?

The calmness in this city scares people, but 24/7 traffic and hustles feel like home.?

Home can be a tiny place, but it gives you life’s biggest joys.?

Home can be holding a child’s little fingers or wrapping around your thumb.?

Home is a small act of saying I love you to your precious ones.?

Home is hugging your mother when in pain and laughter.?

“After all, Home is not a place but a feeling!”?

Compiler Titiksha Sampath has recruited writers that have written art pieces that portray the word “Home” as an emotion rather than a place. As the title suggests,?“Home is where the heart is”?means Home is not a static place but a compilation of bricks or stones. It is an emotion and “a place where our hearts reside, not just our physical body.”?

The anthology will bring you and break down emotions that your heart desires.?

There may be feelings hidden in you and places that might feel at home to you, but you are afraid to be there or evoke those emotions in you. Home is where the heart will help you navigate those emotions and make you return to those places or even those you feel at home with.?

“Home is where the heart is.?

And my heart is anywhere you are.”?

~ Elvis Presley?

Little sprinkles of discovery from this blog writer:?

I want to share a word I came across recently:?querencia, a Spanish word that means a place from which one’s strength is drawn, where one feels at home, where you are your most authentic self.?

A word defined home beautifully, but do you think this is it??

Well, it is not because the anthology consists of various poems, stories, and literary works that pay homage to different meanings of home.?

As a reader, what can you expect and take “home” with you:?

As I mentioned above, you can learn about the different perspectives of each author, what home means to them, and what home is to them. Is it a place, a person, or an emotion? Along with understanding their perspective, as a reader, you can find out your own by relating to those situations or bringing out those sentiments hidden in you. We can assure you that at the end of every art piece, your eyes will be filled with tears of joy and sorrow.??

Last but not least, you reading this book means “Home” to us!

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Fatema is a 19-year-old writer who draws a fine line between her thoughts and the creativity she pens down. Her motto in life is simple, every day is a new day!!

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