Week 9: 'Why do you keep your door open?' 'Why not? It’s my home.'

Wonderdate: 2012

Wondered into being by: Anthony Pisano and Mark Cersosimo

Wonderspan: 6 min

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Hello wonder-lovers

Last week we were in Tiananmen Square with the extraordinary footage of a solitary person facing down the the Chinese army armed with nothing but passion.  In his way he was proclaiming, 'This is my home.'

This week we are on the other side of the world - in more ways than one - with other stories about loving home.  We begin in New York, where old-timer Anthony Pisano talks about his place to filmmaker Mark Cerosimo, who introduces his beautifully made piece like this: 

'On an unseasonably warm November night in Manhattan on our way to get ice cream, we stumbled upon what appeared to be a vintage shop, brightly lit display window and all.  As we began to walk in, a man sitting out front warned us that we were welcome to explore, but nothing inside was for sale. Our interests piqued, we began to browse through the collections the man out front had built throughout his life. This is a story of a man and his home.'

Anthony Pisano's place is not just a home but also his own way of loving life:

'A lot of people say, "Why do you keep your door open?" Why not?  It’s my home. … And I’ve made so many friends. ...  A life is [that] you talk with people, you touch them in a sense.'

And so here he is:

• http://vimeo.com/37093042

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Meanwhile in the Phillipines, 'Solar Demi' is letting the light into the shanty using old Coke bottles and a bucket of bleach:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Fpsw_yYPg  (2 min)

(Thanks to Sarah G for suggesting that one)

And in London, Stan Middleton and his family head down the Thames on their live-aboard puppet barge in this photo-portrait.

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/interactive/2011/nov/02/london-floating-theatre-thames-audio-slideshow (4 min)

How many ways of loving there are for a Monday morning!  And if you like this then do share the love by telling your friends, whether they be present, absent, estranged, entirely long-lost or even virtual, such as those found on Fbook and the like.