SOFTCOVER BOOK HOUSE AS A MIRROR OF SELF - EXPLORING THE DEEPER MEANING OF HOME
WRITTEN by CLARE COOPER MARCUS
ISBN# 0-943233-92-5
PUBLISHED BY: CONARI PRESS 1995
307 PAGES
FROM THE BOOK:
"A HOME FULFILLS MANY NEEDS: A PLACE OF SELF-EXPRESSION, A VESSEL OF MEMORIES, A REFUGE FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD, A COCOON WHERE WE CAN FEEL NURTURED AND LET DOWN OUR GUARD. SOME PEOPLE HAVE PROFOUND MEMORIES OF A CHILDHOOD HOME AND MAY UNCONSCIOUSLY REPRODUCE ASPECTS OF ITS FORM OR ESSENCE IN A HOUSE OF ADULTHOOD. OTHERS FIND THEIR CURRENT DWELLING PLACE CURIOUSLY UNCOMFORTABLE, YET KNOW THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE USUAL CONCERNS FOR PRIVACY, SECURITY, OR PERSONAL SPACE... THE HOUSE IS INDEED A MIRROR OF THE SELF IF WE CAN LEARN TO INTERPRET WHAT WE SEE, COMPREHEND WHAT IT MEANS, AND ACT ON WHAT IT SEEKS TO COMMUNICATE."
I WOULD RATE THIS SOFTCOVER BOOK QUALITY AS A 9.5 (VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT). IT DOES HAVE VERY SLIGHT EDGE WEAR WITH A CORNER BEND ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.