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Post by anela on Oct 11, 2019 21:39:02 GMT
Does anyone here believe in this? We have a few books about it, but I've never known what to think. It used to be one of those, "Well it can't hurt to try" things, for us.
I was thinking about this, because it seems like we've had a lot of bad luck living here (I mean, a lot has happened). One of the posts I read at Jezebel, last night, had someone responding with the fact that they don't allow art in their house, collected from the street or estate sales. When we moved in here, twenty-one years ago, there was the ugliest painting of this weird little man/monster type? I can't remember, it was just unsettling, and mum wanted it out of the house. There were also a lot of mirrored tiles (which are apparently a no-no), that we got rid of, in the basement.
Eight years ago, I was wondering if this place was bad luck, but we've also had good luck (as in: the house not burning down, when mum accidentally set fire to her bed - I was able to put it out). Maybe it has nothing to do with the poor house, and I'm just reaching.
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Post by 12YearsABlob on Oct 12, 2019 1:39:34 GMT
Wow. You're right, it can seem very lucky or unlucky, depending on which chain of events we're focusing on. I've never tried feng shui*, because of reasons. xD But, I do think some places can have bad juju all by themselves. That is to say, I believe in the energy "footprint" of a place. If a place has an energetic footprint, there might be something we can do fix/change it too? (Saging, salting, etc.)
I dunno about feng shui, but I do believe in good design. There are things you can do to a space that will make it seem bigger, better, more welcoming, more functional, etc. Going by that line of thinking, if we consider feng shui just another design philosophy, it might have such benefits too. "Well it can't hurt to try" - yeah, maybe you could start small and see how that makes you feel?
* Having said that, I might be practicing it without knowing because some of those concepts align with how I keep my space. Not sure though, will have to read more.
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Post by Ava on Oct 13, 2019 0:38:59 GMT
It's mostly over my head, highly technical, and I don't understand the underlying framework. I'm not cued into the directions and five elements, so everything else is like going by faith. I assume that these concepts are real and true to other people, so this way of decorating is probably in sync with other thought processes and organization systems, bringing it all together. I usually dislike photos of rooms designed according to its principles. I really dislike large, mostly empty rooms. Like this almost makes me anxious, and it's one of the better ones: To me that is like a prison aesthetic, orderly to the point of unnatural, but maybe I'm just being ignorant because I've never tried having a room like this. It's a relief to know you can keep those floors clean easy-peasy, since there's nothing in the room to even fall on the floor. I clash with feng shui color doctrine a bit. Usually, I don't like black furniture. Can the force of feng shui "magic" (or whatever that is) overpower my innate biases and baggage that I bring to the table? Can it change a person? I can't imagine feeling okay in the first room featured here: www.thespruce.com/easy-feng-shui-decorate-your-house-with-color-black-1274394I'd feel like "Take me back to planet earth."
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Post by 12YearsABlob on Oct 13, 2019 1:23:54 GMT
Ha! I didn't know that was one of the principles... Just goes to show I should've read more before saying that, lol. I only saw things like covering up screens you're not using and things like that. Guess I don't do feng shui after all. I don't like such bare aesthetic either, in fact I'm almost a hoarder. Which is probably also bad... But anyway, good to know, thanks for sharing..
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