I personally believe that a home should grow over time and be cultivated by those who live in it, rather than be served like a classy but prefabricated dinner by a stranger. What about adding one's own personal touches to a professionally created environment then? Would this fix the problem? It might – but usually, such a professionally designed environment is finely balanced, and changes or additions as small as a misfit picture frame in the wrong place or a chair pulled closer to the coffee table for comfort distort the professional's composition and, in a way, defeat the purpose behind hiring a decorator in the first place. Isn't hiring somebody to create your living space, your home, a lot like having the secretary choose your friend's birthday present flowers and put a birthday card in front of you to sign while making your dinner reservations? The birthday is remembered and observed, the employee quite possibly has impeccable taste and chooses well, yet the whole setup misses the original idea by miles. Sure, it may serve the basic purpose and it may look better than if you used your own things and ideas, but it's just not you. To me, it seems as if that was the same as wearing a stranger's clothes or somebody else's prescription glasses. Sometimes I wonder how a professionally decorated house or apartment can be a real home to the people who live in it. it is my second skin, my soil in which I am rooted, the roof over my head and the blanket for my soul. It is my retreat from the world, the showcase for my treasures, and the stronghold of my values. I have the right to make it almost inaccessible to unwelcome intruders and welcoming to those I love and respect.
Home is where I know every nook and cranny, every creak and groan, every smell and every patch of light and shadow.
Home is where I come back to after an outing, and it awaits me with my worn slippers, my comfy recliner and my happy pets. Home is also the place where I design my environment to reflect my personality, turning my surroundings into an extension of myself and making them part of me visually as well as ideologically. to me, it is my nest, my cave, my comfort zone for heart and soul, my safe haven.
Stunning artwork and a haunting musical score bring the horror and beauty of sweet pool to life. Will you react to situations with reason, or instinct? Your decisions will shape the path of the story and determine the ending of this gripping visual novel. Experience the story of a young man whose life takes a sudden plunge into a world of obsession, conflict, and desperation, a story of men joined by a bond deeper and darker than love, with violence and passion waiting on every pathway. What are Tetsuo and Zenya after? Are his hallucinations really nothing more? Everyone seems to know more than they’re letting on-but by trying to put the pieces together, Youji may be sowing the seeds of his doom. At the same time, two fellow students - the stoic Tetsuo and the notorious troublemaker Zenya - begin to take an intense and inexplicable interest in him. Bizarre symptoms plague his body, and vivid hallucinations of blood and flesh stalk his every waking moment. But shortly upon returning to school, his world begins to change-and no one seems to notice. After recovering from a serious illness, Sakiyama Youji hoped that things would finally get back to normal.