Journal Entry/ August 11th, 2008/ Home: This is the first time in my life that I have ventured out to make a unique home for myself (with some permanence) without my family. I say with 'some permanence' because I know and believe that change/creation is the only constant, and my life in particular has always been a cycle of shifting from home to home. I've realized over the years that I have many homes (as obvious as it sounds) - one for each aspect of my multi-dimensional being. After five years in frantic New York, where the cold can bite through skin and slowly gnaw at one's ability to see beyond the snowy path and months ahead, my body, mind and spirit yearned to return to Senegal. Here, through a persistent layer of dust and sweat, I feel a much larger weight lifted. Je me sens à l’aise .