Purchase pleasure:
The unexplained feeling of bliss, joy and satisfaction one gets following a purchase. It can last anything from a few hours to a few weeks depending on the size, worth or usefulness of the item acquired. Buyer's remorse can sometimes follow or replace purchase pleasure. It is often a reason for shopping addiction.
I started thinking about how from the moment we are born we start collecting things—we become owners of things. Take baby Omri, for example, he's already the proud owner of his very own stroller, multiple blankets, a crib, and more baby clothes than you have care to count, amongst many other things. All this stuff we collect. Obviously, a baby doesn't have much choice—but when we get to that maturity level where we do have a choice, it's interesting that we never stop to consider: how does this really fit in my life? (both physically and metaphysically). SHOULD this really fit into my life?
The loft has yet to find its next owner... and though we wish it were otherwise, there is a silver lining in everything—as long as you care enough to acknowledge it.
Aviv and I have another dream —
that sometime after we Leave Wooster and eventually make our way out of New York City, we'll be able to explore the world—and live anywhere. Literally, anywhere. Starting with various places around the United States.
There are parts to this experience that feel like the stars aligned exactly at the right time for us. Where in one moment, we think we have a knot in the plan, and the next moment the world answers back with a solve...
1973: The year my mother and her family moved from Senegal, Africa to the United States. She was 14 years old at the time, and spoke no English; she carried this statuette, and many other objects from their life in Africa with her.
Do you ever walk into a store and plant your eyes on something that you feel has always been yours? As if you already had a history—or occupied a part of each other's lives? A sort of soulmate connection with an object is what I'm getting at; a coup de foudre with something inanimate. Before you think we're crazy, let's talk a little bit more about this Cat Mask...
We imagine that we all have certain objects—big and small— that make us feel comforted. The moment we see them, we have a "I'm home!" reaction; the feeling of being inside a safe space where we can relax and feel as though we have finally landed to rest awhile after a long day out in the world.