Tuesday, December 10, 2013
essentiality
Hello from my parents' couch! Once again, "everyone" wants to know "how I feel" being home. Please note: I've been Stateside for 24 hours. I'd say not weird at all, but I have noticed abundance. And by abundance, I mean stuff, lots of it. It feels so different from my Parisian reality in which I reside in a tiny tv-less apartment and hardly ever buy anything I can't eat don't need. Of course, as much as I appreciate such a "simpler" life, I did take last week to indulge... in art. Lorelei and I spent an evening at Musée Rodin:
P.S. The photo above is actually from outside a gallery in Brussels, but I thought the French quote appropriate for this post, and the hustle and bustle of gift-giving season. Jet-lagged depth, I suppose ;) "Only unnecessary things are essential." -Francis Picabia
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Hi Danielle i just stumbled on your blog and love it! I know exacly what you mean. I've been wondering how I'll feel when I go back to normal life with so much abundance in the states after backpacking, rotating my three sets of clothing!
ReplyDeleteWelcome! I'm so glad you do :) and I know exactly what you mean about the rotation, ha. Good luck!
Delete'abundance' well put. all the STUFF also is the thing that hits me in the face the moment i get of the plane in the us. stuff and the HUGE cartons of milk....
ReplyDeleteHUGE cartons of milk! And the fridge, oh my gosh. It fits EVERYTHING :)
DeleteI definitely know what you mean. The lifestyle here in the US is so much different from the rest of the world. Beautiful pictures of the Musee Rodin. Love their garden!
ReplyDeleteExactly. I hadn't realized how much I'd embraced my new normal. Thank you! Me, too! I was so disappointed it wasn't open at night, perhaps because of the cold weather.
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