WHAT IS HOME
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W H E R E  is home
W H A T is home
W H O is home
H O M E

a place where you were born
a place where you grew up
or where you are now?
it is nothing and it is everything at once
because home is a F E E L I N G.
Firstly, it is feeling Y O U R S E L F
when you wake up

the dusk before dawn tastes sweet
/ by Cigarettes After Sex
but then the morning light hits
/  by Justin Timberlake ft. Alicia Keyes
Right now morning at home means miso = T O K Y O
but w / an accent of  Tom Ford ft. California 
What do you mean ?
E A S T + W E S T

It is what you make it.
Home = F E E L I N G
H O M E has always been caught up in the
off-white shadows and highlights  
off-white scent of baked goods 
off-white sound of traffic

S I G H T S  •  S C E N T S  •  S O U N D S  of cities.
H O M E is when you become a regular at places
where the barista knows your name
H O M E 
is in a chat w / creatives
and their C U T of confidence


there is something in them
I feel we have in C O M M O N.
It is them
and it is me in 

boyfriend jeans + beige hat.
H O M E
is also all the "Shazams"

enhancing E M O T I O N S
in the beat of the moment.
H O M E is craving creation
and simply going • doing • creating.
H O M E right now is

S O U N D of
 train • traffic • Japanese words I can't understand • winter rain  
S C E N T of  street food • smoky yakitori • ramen • brown sugar bubble tea • mochi • baked sweet potato
S I G H T of little houses • tiny turned to big streets • pastel bricks • rich textures • neon signs  • outside is inside
T A S T E of miso for breakfast • sushi for lunch • coffee in the afternoon • pizza in the evening
T O U C H of crisp white sheets • sticky white rice • quality paper in hundreds of whites

T O K Y O, is this you ?

Here right now but I might be going elsewhere, who knows?
It will once again be a F O R E I G N place
but it is the familiar F E E L I N G
of people • places I fall for
that I call H O M E.
F E E L I N G S = surroundings
and 

you guessed it
surroundings = F E E L I N G S

Home is a F E E L I N G we create for ourselves in places we feel pulled into with people we fall for.
Where do you feel at home?

-
Bricelj Neza 
Creative Director / Photographer
@briceljneza
W  www.iamneza.com
WHAT IS HOME
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WHAT IS HOME

WHAT is home WHERE is home WHO is home - for you ?

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