Clare Cooper Marcus

House As a Mirror of Self

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House as a Mirror of Self presents an unprecedented examination of our relationship to where we live, interwoven with compelling personal stories of the search for a place for the soul. Marcus takes us on a reverie of the special places of childhood--the forts we made and secret hiding places we had--to growing up and expressing ourselves in the homes of adulthood. She explores how the self-image is reflected in our homes/ power struggles in making a home together with a partner/ territory, control, and privacy at home/ self-image and location/ disruptions in the boding with home/ and beyond the “house as ego” to the call of the soul.
As our culture is swept up in home improvement to the extent of having an entire TV network devoted to it, this book is essential for understanding why the surroundings that we call home make us feel the way we do. With this information we can embark on home improvement that truly makes room for our soul.
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528 printed pages
Publication year
2006
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  • Ekaterina Sorokinahas quoted8 years ago
    There should be at least one room, or some corner, where no one will find you and disturb you or notice you. You should be able to untether yourself from the world and set yourself free, loosing all the fine strings and strands of tension that bind you, by sight, by sound, by thought, to the presence of other men.
    —T
    HOMAS
    M
    ERTON
  • Ekaterina Sorokinahas quoted8 years ago
    When the honeymoon is over, differences may surface regarding issues of privacy and boundaries. It is wise to explore these issues before the Big Move.
  • Ekaterina Sorokinahas quoted8 years ago
    Falling in love and deciding to live together are happy but serious occurrences
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