Saturday, October 11, 2014
Home: Not Just a Place, But Also a Responsibility
HowlRound: As the child of Indian immigrants, the notion of home has been something I’ve wondered about over the years. My parents always refer to India as “back home,” but I was born here in the States, so what was home to me? Was it the house I grew up in, the town, the people, a certain community? - See more at: http://howlround.com/home-not-just-a-place-but-also-a-responsibility#sthash.KBLG5nzc.dpuf
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The concept of home, and of family, is one that I haven't always seen as cut and dry, and I believe this article does well to address that. In the theatre, we often become more devoted to our work, and develop more complex relationships than those we work with, than someone in say an office job. We don't sit in cubicles - it's absolutely necessary to actively collaborate in order to achieve the desired product. Lately, I've been considering why exactly CMU SOD feels so hard to such a large number of students at all times. We have less work than the students in Computer Science, we're probably having more fun than the Architects, so what's up? It really does come down to the push for an "artistic home," as the article addresses. We invest, we want others to invest, and we're constantly trying to get on board with multiple projects. It's the challenge of the "artistic family," which is essentially the kind of need-based relationships that are formed on productions.
This article, although not exactly applicable to me, describes part of my life very well. I have been around more Indian/South Asian people growing up and been to Pakistan plenty of times, but at the same time, I totally relate to the author, like how he probably thought he was white as often as he realized he wasn't. Growing up and going to a tiny school, of what used to be mostly caucasian kids definitely is the primary cause. Additionally the concept of home and of family being very intertwined makes a lot of sense to me, but I guess that's how I was raised. I never feel like a guest at any of my relatives houses, they are home. Which makes me think of my grandmother on my moms side, she always wants to do something and be helpful, and when someone tells her she is a guest and shouldn't work, her response is "What are you saying, I'm at my son/daughter's house, I am not a guest". And I guess anytime I feel like somewhere is "home", I definitely treat it that way, my high school (PreK - 12), especially our Performing Arts Center was home, my dorm I'm in is home, my actual house is home, and I am heavily invested in all of them and how they are doing. I want them operating at their best, to not have issues, etc... It definitely is a responsibility.
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