We have a winner !!
First of all I would like to thank you for your participation in this MSA on the topic of ''Heimat''.
Before I announce my winner, I would like to say a few final thoughts on the topic:
The concept of ''Heimat'' or ''Heimatland'' often has a negative connotation of smugness and backward-looking, one connects "Heimat" with narrow provincialism, backward-looking tradition care and nationalism.
In a positive sense ''Heimat'' is something that is familiar, where you know your way around, where you belong and where you are no stranger.
''Heimat'' always remains a place of longing, which arises from a deep human need for security and acceptance.
At the moment we are experiencing a ''renaissance'' of the longing for ''Heimat''.
Without a doubt, this seems to be a longing of many, especially young people, who can no longer put down roots in the globalised world with its acceleration, an increased compulsion to flexibility and mobility,
the dissolution of traditional family structures and the loss of religion and spirituality.
The soul's need for rootedness, orientation and belonging is no longer sufficiently satisfied.
However, those who can no longer find a ''Heimat'' in their soul often tend to want to insure their own identity by excluding others.
I appreciate all the photographs submitted here on the subject !
The entirety of all photographs transmits the concept of ''Heimat'' in a perfect form.
It is difficult for me to speak of a winner here, but that is probably the purpose of a competition ...
Congratulations
@Marttiko !
Your work has appealed to me the most - it contains everything that is deeply connected to the concept of ''Heimat'' for me. Many thanks for it !
Now it is up to you to choose the next topic for the MSA March / April 2020. Good luck and have fun !
