And it's more or less right then, that i recognize that Austin will always be home. Despite how distant or lost it has seemed over the last 7 years since i left.
So upon learning i was walking around with this yet-to-be-viewed, life-changing movie, Jason from Liquid Earth wondered what effect it would have. The first answer is that i now know where my home is; the only question is, when will i return? (And the next is for how long?) But the first answer feels like it will always remain true: Austin is Home. And oddly enough it seems to feel that way even if i imagine never living there again.
Everytime i drop someone off at the airport, i always look at all the exotic destinations and imagine just how easy it would be to get on an airplane and (hours later) arrive in a totally different, foreign place. Is that what i should do now? I have a valid passport, no job, few responsibilities... But what would i find when i arrived at such a strange place? Would anywhere else ever grow to feel like home? Perhaps another place would have a mountain landscape that resonated so deeply in my soul that i twirled around singing like Julie Andrews. Or perhaps it would have that mythical soulmate?
Or would it be just a bunch of people who speak a lot less English but are otherwise pretty much the same as those i see around me? I suppose life plays more-or-less the same everywhere, but it just looks, feels, smells tastes and sounds a little bit different from place to place.