💖 Let there be light!💖 ‘It’s not only other people who hold us in our identities. Familiar places and things, beloved object, pets, cherished rituals, one’s own bed or favourite shirt, can and do help us maintain our sense of self. And it is no accident that much of this kind of holding goes on in the place where our families are: at home. The home…is an extension and mirror of the living body in its everyday activity and is thus a materialization of identity…our homes manifest who we are at the same time as they provide the physical scaffolding that supports who we are.’ Our homes and what goes on within them is central to our personhood and identity. So are the things we do and the roles that we play. Extract from ‘Holding One Another: the social practice of personal identities’, Hilde Lindemann talks of the ‘scaffolding of the self’ #iambecauseweare #ubuntu #sharedpersonhood #relationalautonomy #authenticlove #valuablenotvulnerable #dementiacare #identity #lovingkindness #nurturing #reciprocalrelationship #surrenderexperiment #escapingtheinvisibleasylum https://www.instagram.com/p/CEMdIlfHqv5/?igshid=71q4nw85fdfm
