See , Giulio - that is a Roman woman. Rome cannot be her city and my city, too. Only one of us really belongs here. And I think we both know which one.
Giulio said, "Maybe you and Rome just have different words."
"What do you mean?"
He said, "Don't you know that the secret to understanding a city and its people is to learn - what is the word of the secret?"... Every city has a single word that defines it, that identifies most people who live there. If you could read people's thoughts as they were passing you on the streets of any given place, you would disover that most of them are thinking the same thought. Whatever that majority thought might be - that is the word of the city. And if your personal word does not match the word of the city, then you don't really belong there.
(Eat, Pray and Love by Elizabeth Gilbert)
What is the word for Singapore?
What is the word for your city, your community, your workplace, your friends, your family?
If I am not participating in the word, I am not fully living here.... How?
Friday, April 10, 2009
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