John Jeremiah Sullivan defines 'Querencia’ as an untranslatable Spanish word that means something like 'the place where you are your most authentic self'. It comes from the verb 'querer', which means to desire, to want.
I read this word in the section on ‘The Speaking tree’ in the daily noose [pun intended]. It intrigued me. Close your eyes for ten seconds and think of a place or a thing or an activity that makes you feel one with yourself? Think about the number of times you resort to it to connect with yourself? For some, the mere act of meditation does the trick. For the majority of messed up souls, there is the need of a panacea that keeps one at peace. A place within the mind, where one feels at home. If you haven't found you'rs yet, go discover...!
And just as I pen this, I realize, how much I’ve missed writing. Writing is one of my ‘Querencias’. It liberates me.
A person can have a zillion things that makes them feel free, motivated and in harmony with their inner self. I have a couple myself. Music, dance, travelling and yes, writing. I decided to finally get myself out of my self-imposed stupor of well, more than for years and get back to expressing myself on paper. What kept me busy? Well, Life. A new job, a new city, new people. More on those later :)
With thousands of memories and emotions queued up in my head, I’d like to begin my journey as a blogger yet again, with a fresh new perspective, albeit the same old me!
I read this word in the section on ‘The Speaking tree’ in the daily noose [pun intended]. It intrigued me. Close your eyes for ten seconds and think of a place or a thing or an activity that makes you feel one with yourself? Think about the number of times you resort to it to connect with yourself? For some, the mere act of meditation does the trick. For the majority of messed up souls, there is the need of a panacea that keeps one at peace. A place within the mind, where one feels at home. If you haven't found you'rs yet, go discover...!
And just as I pen this, I realize, how much I’ve missed writing. Writing is one of my ‘Querencias’. It liberates me.
A person can have a zillion things that makes them feel free, motivated and in harmony with their inner self. I have a couple myself. Music, dance, travelling and yes, writing. I decided to finally get myself out of my self-imposed stupor of well, more than for years and get back to expressing myself on paper. What kept me busy? Well, Life. A new job, a new city, new people. More on those later :)
With thousands of memories and emotions queued up in my head, I’d like to begin my journey as a blogger yet again, with a fresh new perspective, albeit the same old me!
