Dwelling in Possibility
Searching for the Soul of Shelter
Nonfiction, Home & Garden, The Home, Remodeling & Renovation, Design & Construction, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
| Author: | Howard Mansfield | ISBN: | 9780872331686 |
| Publisher: | Bauhan Publishing | Publication: | December 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Howard Mansfield |
| ISBN: | 9780872331686 |
| Publisher: | Bauhan Publishing |
| Publication: | December 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The mystery that attracts Howard Mansfield's attention is that some houses have life--are home, are dwellings, and others aren't. Dwelling, he says, is an old-fashioned word that we've misplaced.
When we live heart and soul, we dwell. When we belong to a place, we dwell. Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law, but it is also what too many houses and towns lack. We are not possessed by our home places. This lost quality of dwelling--the soul of buildings--haunts most of our houses and our landscape.
Dwelling in Possibility is a search for the ordinary qualities that make some houses a home, and some public places welcoming.
The mystery that attracts Howard Mansfield's attention is that some houses have life--are home, are dwellings, and others aren't. Dwelling, he says, is an old-fashioned word that we've misplaced.
When we live heart and soul, we dwell. When we belong to a place, we dwell. Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law, but it is also what too many houses and towns lack. We are not possessed by our home places. This lost quality of dwelling--the soul of buildings--haunts most of our houses and our landscape.
Dwelling in Possibility is a search for the ordinary qualities that make some houses a home, and some public places welcoming.
