Nómada

Nómada (nomad in spanish) is defined as

1: a member of a people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place usually seasonally and within a well-defined territory

2: an individual who roams about

 

Our culture has changed radically in the last decades. Now, by means of open borders and various economical crisis, young people often have a different mindset as the former generations. Being rooted to a place or attached to things is not only uncommon anymore, it is even unwanted. But does this come as a reaction to the rigidity of the old systems around us, which are unable to offer the flexibility that we were forced to embrace?

When I see my parents buying a big heavy wood table for the dinning room, I tend to ask myself if I could be able to afford one of the same kind. Economy aside, the question comes purely related to space and nomadism. It doesn’t fit in the shipping container I live in, and I couldn’t carry so much weight when moving to another place. This way, I face everything I own with two different options in mind: either I assume they are not key in my life, so they are expendable and can be left behind at any time; or I find a way to make them lighter.

I would like to have the same table my parents do. It would have a meaning, it would be important. Just make it lighter. Cardboard, probably.