Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Meditation Through Decoration?

I was listening to some home decorators/designers talking in an interview today and I found their conversation to be interesting. They were talking about how before they can decorate for someone, they need that person to be honest with themselves. I found this funny because it almost sounded like two therapists talking about a client "I can't help them until they want to help themselves." What they were discussing made sense though because they essentially were talking about how the client will be eternally unhappy with everything that is done by the decorator if they are designing their home around the need to please others. So, if you have your home designed to impress your friends and family and not yourself, you will never quite be comfortable in your own home, because it is someone else's idea of what is considered to be a "home" - not yours. Interesting! So maybe therapists should take tours of their client's home or ask about their homes to see if they are congruent with the person's wants? We'll call it Decorating Therapy! ;)

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