It’s a question that comes to mind only because of what I do for a living and because we have just purchased a hobby farm. The question/answer that came to mind when I was thinking about it was odd, bear with me. I was thinking of different answers and different people, some would give you their address, for example; I live at 3206 Vance Street. They might not give you the town or village or city, assuming that you already know they are from there. Others might say; oh I’m from Osgoode township, and I wouldn’t know what they are assuming but they might be wary of you and not want you to know their address…maybe, I’m just saying. And others might say, oh I live on a farm.
The differences above are subtle. But, they are not the imagery that popped into my head. I was thinking of a HEAD. A lot of people now are so connected to technology, that they/we/myself, are sometimes living inside our heads, looking out at the world. eh hum, let me explain further if I can. This isn’t easy, but here I go. Of course we all look out from ourselves at the world, but my imagery was, us looking into a world we have on screen in our homes, our computers, our plasma televisions and our blackberries or ipods…we are looking into another world, from this one.
I bought a hobby farm for many reasons, not the least of which is space, space so I can get outside, sit, and look around, at where I live. Recently I have become aware of the enormity of the earth, as well as the smallness of it all. We are because of technolgy, and sheer incredible size of population very much linked to each other.
I will be looking forward to living there, we are going to call our farm “Longfields” or “Longfield”. I will when asked Where do you live, say oh I live on Longfield Farm, south of Osgoode Village. And spend less time looking into screens that I have been looking at.
I will probably live a different style of life, and likely spend an enormous amount of time outside doing photography, like the one posted here, that is one of my shots from P.E.I. last fall. I may try my hand at growing crops and setting up a shop again, now that I have space.
I think it is important to visualize where you want to live, not just the place. But the style of life you want, the qualities of the existence and the meaning you will derive from living that life. We are all different, thank goodness for that, and we all change, so please, keep on dreaming, keep on looking at and out, and when asked where do you live, you may be surprised at how you answer next.
I live on Longfield Farm.
