I'm reading this book: Eat, Love, Pray by Elizabeth Gilbert (I don't know how to do italics or underline yet). I'm stealing her word: antevasin. It means "one who lives at the border." It's a Sanskrit word–right now, she's in India studying prayer, which proves to be a very archaic but beautiful experience. At any rate, I like this word. Plus, using words from other languages feels more accurate to me when I'm describing something, proving language's limited capacity for conveying meaning (a brilliant and daunting concept ). This word feels transcendant... there is something very intriguing about the periphery. So, am I "one who lives on the border"? Dunno. But I really like the idea of achieving comfort there... at any rate, it's a good place to start I suppose.
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Hi :) I just finished reading Eat Pray Love too. My mother read it and brought it to me, and said: daughter, this book was written for you. And it was.
I guess I can say Lizz is my american twinsoul. If you read her book you already know a lot about me. Just add 2 kids, and that's why I didn't do the traveling part. In my way I'm doing it... by creating my inner landscapes. Antevasin is my word too. Always has been.. but didn't know there could be a single word holding so much meaning. So I was so excited... I immediately thought of it for my blog (the one I want to start but haven't yet, so.. still writing in notebooks..) and just tried it but found out there's this girl who's sticking her middle finger over the pillow who had the idea first (I suspected I would not be that lucky because the book came out in the US long before it arrived here.. I'm portuguese :)
So, anyway.. just thought I'd wave from my border to yours :)
Carla, Portugal
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