Oneirism: absent minded; dreaming while awake
"For the real houses of memory, the houses to which we return in dreams, the houses that are rich in unalterable oneirism, do not lend themselves to description."
(Bachelard, Gaston, and John R. Stilgoe. The Poetics of Space. Boston: Beacon, 1994. Print, pp. 13)
"Centers of boredom, centers of solitude, centers of daydream group together to constitute the oneiric house which is more lasting than the scattered memories of our birthplace."
(Bachelard, Gaston, and John R. Stilgoe. The Poetics of Space. Boston: Beacon, 1994. Print, pp. 17)
Bibliography:
Bachelard, Gaston, and John R. Stilgoe. The Poetics of Space. Boston: Beacon, 1994. Print
The term oneiric(ism) describes what it is that I do when I think about the abandoned houses that I photograph. I always daydream about what it was like living there. Did a family live there? If so, was it a happy family? Were there children?, etc. I always picture myself as someone from the future looking into the past at this "family" living in the house. Looking at the people and how they interact with each other and how they decorated the house. Did they live there most of their lives or did they spend a period there and leave it for the next family? How much did they appreciate it's existence? These are most of the questions that run the my mind as I am photographing and at times I make up my own answers to the questions.
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