tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post5445358927959046315..comments2024-03-01T06:20:29.087+00:00Comments on qualia and other wildlife: the crucible of the garden/hortus conclususrosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-74591663120441011242011-07-26T12:11:38.979+01:002011-07-26T12:11:38.979+01:00Beatrice I really like what you have to say, above...Beatrice I really like what you have to say, above. <br /><br />Like Beatrice, I don't own property, and never have. I've always rented. For me it's been partly because on a freelance income I can't afford to buy in my native Westcountry (where there's also a big problem with 2nd homes), but also because I have big political and philosophical reservations about property ownership; and contrary to many people's views I too share Beatrice's sense of being freer renting than I might feel owning. Anyway, each to their own.<br /><br />I love what Beatrice has to say above about 'vertraut' - trust/familiarity.rosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-5154983919579203422011-07-26T12:05:00.616+01:002011-07-26T12:05:00.616+01:00I've posted this comment on behalf of Beatrice...I've posted this comment on behalf of Beatrice from Switzerland (and I should say that in this like other parts of Europe renting one's home rather than owning it is common practice, unlike in the UK):<br /><br />The little great tit hesitating on a branch whether to attempt the flight in the rain to the sunflower seeds still hung up for it – creature so close in almost a garden. <br /><br />I don’t own this garden; and yet I do. I can leave whenever I want to and yet I stay.<br /> <br />My idea of shelter and home: to seek it wherever and from whomever I need it, to be able to leave, walk out and on and come back to it; to risk being thrown out of it rather than not to feel free. The idea of owning a place that will have to be my home might make it look like a prison rather than a pride.<br /> <br />To abandon the idea of owning for that of borrowing and lending – is not that, what our sojourn on this planet implies? I know, this, my attitude also shifts off responsibility to look after man made shelter to others, those who own the places. Let them care and I will take responsibility for other things. <br /> <br />Getting familiar with a place is what makes it dear to me, makes it my home, and therefore there are many places I can think of where I feel at home. The word ‘familiar’ is translated by ‘vertraut’ in German, which has got to do with ‘trust’, a place you have come to trust. What more can home be!rosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.com