Opening: Home, for me, has always resembled the quilt of my childhood, beneath which I tucked away my favorite toys, secret hoards of snacks, and half-finished homework. Only now, that quilt has grown larger, spreading wide enough to contain the life I now inhabit.

Every individual possesses the right to choose the aesthetic of a different age, rather than being swept along blindly by the fashions of the present.

Throughout one’s life, the meaning of home passes through many stages. At this moment, mine is a place where work and life entwine. Within it are two workrooms: one devoted to tasks steeped in data and precision, the other placed beside the bathroom, for the shower is where my ideas most often spark into being, surrounded by the living company of plants and the warmth of wood I so cherish.

I never sought to design a courtyard. Instead, I carried a fragment of the forest here, leaving it to the birds, the small creatures, the insects, and the plants. Their free and unbidden growth, their ceaseless transformation—this is the finest gift change has ever bestowed upon me.

The state of dwelling I long for is one that is playful, supple, and light of spirit, a space that invites thought. Life need not always bend to efficiency. At times, I prefer its paths to wind and meander, for not every truth demands direct expression. Like poetry, meaning may dwell in the quiet process of reading between the lines.

My wife and I are attuned in spirit. She is my interior designer, but far more than that, she softens those parts of me that lack gentleness. Within our home, one feels the constant interplay of our minds—the rational and the emotional, weaving themselves into a quiet harmony.

Only when one meets life with unflinching honesty does a home truly belong to oneself.

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