Feeling a place

By Jimena de Gortari

- Feeling is too little, my dear.
- But sometimes it is everything, sir.

(Baricco, Alessandro. The Young Wife).
 

A place is a space to which we give meaning, a place that remains in our memory. It can even be one to which we return recurrently, supported by our experience, to situate ourselves and thus, to relive it. 

My memories of my childhood summer vacations are located in the sea, in my maternal grandfather, Jorge, who showed me the magic it has and the freedom you feel in front of the immensity. Every time I go back, I remember him and how we enjoyed being there. I think that in the sea is where we are more aware of our body, is where we notice each limb because we are in direct contact of the skin with the air, with the water, with the sand and with the breeze; it is an acceptance of what we are -perhaps that is also part of the age and acceptance of what we are-.