A Home of One's Own

One's own dwelling place; The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant (Wiktionary).

These are definitions for the word home. After all of this reading about rooms from "Writing From the Center", " The Writing Life", "A Room of One's Own", and "The Yellow Wallpaper", we, as a class, have gained a lot of information about these authors' opinions of where it is that they gain their inspiration. I think the authors of these works can all come to an agreement that everyone finds their inspiration in their "room"(using this word in a figurative sense). Your room is not necessarily inside of a house or even a physical thing, but rather it is the place where personality, creativity, and inspiration are found. A home. All passion for what we do every day derives from this place. Everyone has a place like this no matter who you are or where you have come from. In your room, you find your true self and a place to "carry [...] every scrap of your experience, however acquired" (Writing From the Center). My room is the place where life, emotion, motivation, and insight all come to fruition. For me, this place can be found in various places like my house, family, religion, and nature. If it weren't for these rooms we would lose our center and knowledge of ourselves and reality. In order to create anything we must have a place for it to come from, a home. Therefore, it is important for us to explore and use our homes in attempt to learn more about who we are and what we spend our lives doing. If we don't, then we will not only lose our stimulation, but more importantly ourselves. From our homes, all of who we are and what we do is "naturally abundant."