Theme # 4: Dream Home

Casa de Seguridad

  Okay, here’s how it goes:  there is a house, laid out in parts that make up a whole.  The parts are stretched out across the desert, laid bare.  Part one:  a haven for her.  There’s a sleeping area with plenty of pillows and windows and a fan running to keep the air fresh.  There are drapes and burnt reds and ambers, tans and sepias.  There are wardrobes with clothing, lots of shoes.  Off the room is a library full of books and music, stereo with turntable, sit down easel, stand up easel, and art supplies aplenty.  Another nearby room/corner:  Computer station:  external hard drives full of photographs and music, a laptop with media editing software, the Adobe suite updated and working wonders.  Another corner/shelf:  Camera equipment.  Lenses, filters, tripods, monopods, flashes, light equipment, memory cards.  Another area:  games- board games, of the best, oldest varieties.  Another area:  Musical instruments:  Bodhrans & tippers, spoons, bones, drum kit, standup bass, electric bass, banjo, acoustic guitar, washboard.  Good speakers.  Another area:  recreation equipment:  bicycle/s, long board, boogie board, quad skates & derby gear, Frisbees.

Then there’s a passageway to the central area of the house.  This is where the big gathering room is.  It’s big enough to entertain several select friends, small enough to keep it cozy.  There’s a pool table somewhere nearby and a TV for watching movies (not for television or video games).  Upstairs is another, smaller gathering area with a big round bed.

Through the other passageway, there is the male part of the house, with whatever needs to be in there.  It’s probably angular in design, while the female part of the house is more rounded.  The central area is also round, around the sides and the top.  It’s shaped like a big upside down bowl, or the “Flintstone house” of Duane’s in Silverlakes, CA. 

The outer yard is fairly barren, but there are some domestic animals:  chickens mostly, an outside dog or two, maybe a couple horses.  There is a light fence around the perimeter of the land around the house.  There is a trail about 100 yards away from the front of the house, to the main road where the mailbox is.  The opening to the property has a big welcoming gate opening, made of dried tree branches and reaching up into- not an arch over the doorway, but arched sides of the entry.  The opening is about 8-10 feet wide - wide enough for a car/truck/few people.  The gate doesn’t really shut, I think, but just shows where the home begins.