{"id":791,"date":"2012-05-02T21:44:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T20:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=791"},"modified":"2020-05-24T17:23:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T16:23:46","slug":"the-house-is-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/the-house-is-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"The House Is Burning!"},"content":{"rendered":"

While visiting this excellent exhibition<\/a> at the Serpentine Gallery here in London\u00a0over the \"Theweekend, I was reminded of the extraordinary value we give to objects<\/strong>. If you heard your flatmate\u00a0screaming `the house is burning!\u00b4 and had to rush out,\u00a0how valuable would they actually\u00a0be?<\/p>\n

There is this website, which a friend has mentioned to me, where people post pictures of objects<\/a> they would actually\u00a0like to take with them in case of a fire. They are really interesting, as one can guess bits of people\u00b4s personality<\/strong>, much in the same way as in the exhibition that I mentioned above.<\/p>\n

The objects exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery belonged to professional women\u00a0late thirties-mid forties\u00a0living in different areas in the world. Some of them were pretty much the usual things<\/strong>, but we wouldn\u00b4t really think of them when\u00a0fleeing a fire. That is, wallet, pictures\/ postcards, some make-up, etc.<\/p>\n

I wondered how many of those things we carry on our bags or pockets would we actually choose to carry or regret not to have carried with us if we heard `the house is burning!\u00b4.<\/p>\n

I would regret to leave behind:<\/strong><\/p>\n