AFFINITY

Social ties form the bedrock of our psychological needs, fostering a sense of belonging and confidence. Communities, groups, and families shape our worldviews, empowering and supporting us to live up to our full potential. The fear of unfamiliarity can also sometimes restrict our true, authentic nature, narrow our perception of reality, and disconnect us from diverse perspectives, connections, and cultures.

“Home wasn’t a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.”

Sarah Dessen

Left-wing demonstration for teacher's rights, Athens, Greece, September 2021

“If we accept that resistance, adjustment and negotiation are basic elements of subjective constitution, we should “give up on the dream of a place called home” if by “home” we mean “a place free of power, conflict, and struggle, a place -- an identity, a private realm, a form of life, a group vision -- unmarked or unriven by difference and untouched by the power brought to bear upon it by the identities that strive to ground themselves in its place”

Bonnie Honig

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