Friday Feels Like: A Sense of Place

The term “biophilia” literally means “love of life or living systems.” It was first used by Erich Fromm to describe a psychological orientation of being attracted to all that is alive and vital. Wilson uses the term in the same sense when he suggests that biophilia describes “the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life.” He proposed the possibility that the deep affiliations humans have with nature are rooted in our biology. Unlike phobias, which are the aversions and fears that people have of things in the natural world, philias are the attractions and positive feelings that people have toward certain habitats, activities, and objects in their natural surroundings.

Friday Feels Like is dedicated to a sense of place. That space you choose to live in, to sleep in, to eat in. A place to let it all go, get comfortable, do as you please with your time. To quote Witold Rybczynski; “The home is still a refuge from the outside world, especially as that world becomes more commercialized, more vulgar, and in some places, more violent. The home as a private world has gained in importance, reflecting the atomisation of taste and behaviour. As there is no consensus about how we should behave, dress, and act in public, the public realm has become increasingly undisciplined. On the other hand, each of us can be whatever we want to be in the privacy of our own homes.”