A Sacred Space.
(Monday, January 15, 2007)
Ever since I graduated and moved home from boarding school in 2004, I've found it incredibly hard to locate a 'space of my own.' I've gone through 3 moves in the past two years, and one final (and more permanent) move is coming in 4 months when I marry and move into an apartment with my husband-to-be.
So, as one might imagine, after two moves, packings and unpackings, I got sick of all the moving and, when I moved a few months ago this last time, I left most of the boxes unpacked. The move is temporary, and I have so much else on my plate -- classes, wedding plans, amongst other things, that I pushed all the boxes full of non-necessities aside. They are full of some shoes, books, papers, tidbits, candles, half-filled journals, pieces of me. I am living out of boxes, and I can't seem to locate a place of my own.
I am reluctant to create a 'space' here in this place, as it will be destroyed in less than 4 months. But I long for one. I read of artists and writers, creative people who have this special, sacred place, a studio of sorts. I think often of what mine might look like, or where it might be. I came to realize that our tiny, one-bedroom apartment will have no separate room for a sacred space for myself. So, how do I create a space where there is so little space?
Perhaps a little corner. A table strewn with candles and statuettes, little this-and-that bowls filled with plants, clippings, whatever I find that expresses me. Perhaps by a window, which sits open, curtains shifting in the breeze, and a series of shelves nearby where my books and plants and pottery sit.
I won't have a studio or a large place for creation. We will be like two peas snug in our little apartment as it is -- no room for too much luxury. But perhaps I can find sacred space in the little things, in the little places.
What are your sacred spaces? I'm so interested to hear.
© Megan K. 2006-2007
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i have a writing room of my very own that i am trying to fix up. the good thing about living in the country is that it is very cheap to rent a bigger place with more rooms (relatively speaking, of course). any space can become sacred if it has pieces of you...
when i was little, i spent much more time outside...you've inspired me to find another sacred place outdoors again...
Oooo, lets see. I have created so many sacred places for myself. I even created a little path outside my studio that goes to a sanctuary where I give little funerals to dead hummingbirds etc. I believe that your own sacred and maybe even secret place is crucial to mental health, hehe, so, I have made everyspace that I own into my own dream fantasy world. But, when I lived at home with family etc. I was an anxious creature. I needed to get away. You will be free soon, and like me, I guarantee, when you get you own sacred space in your home, you will not want anyone to bother you "ever" when you are in it...ps: In your little space to come, you could put up a little wood room divider, those vintage kinds or new.. you can get them at Cost Plus world market...Put a tiny chair in there and some thing you love, like a little hidden office space, but you can turn it into your own sanctuary...Or, if you just want a place to meditate, you could put a little kneeling altar or and little rug and table to sit and veg.? Let's talk. I have lots of ideas.
right now i'm lucky enough to live on my own so in effect all of this space is sacred to me, and my journey.
but i have set up a teeny tiny altar in my kitchen on the bottom part of a spice rack - a peacock feather, rose quartz, a "worry box", they all live there...
i'd love to know what your sacred space looks like.