Home — Yan Jiacheng

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我住的小区的地铁口经常有房产中介散发传单，我一般会拿着，也不知道有什么用，后来在我浏览这些传单的时候，发现它们总把自己的项目描述的特别美好，更有甚者你能在这上面能看到人关于家最美好的想象，传单上的房子精美奢华，处处温馨，我想这大概是人关于家最好的想象了。
但当我打开微博，新闻网站，YouTube或者是自己的记忆，又时不时会看到关于家的最糟糕记录，这些家暴的影像和记录恐怖阴冷，充斥着暴力和恐惧，如果不是隐忍到一定阶段，这些事情似乎会一直隐藏在镜头背后。
所以到底什么是家呢？我后来想这两个方面或许可以互为家的定义，于是我把收集到的传单和网上看到的暴力图像整合在一起，在这些家的精美图像的电视反光里，能看到它的另一面。
似乎我们就生活在这二者之间，既不十分美好也没有如此痛苦，既自然而然又无隙可逃，哈耶克说通往地狱的路往往是善意铺就的，我们则都是怀着幻想走进藩篱。这就是我们延续了几千年的“家”。

The subway entrance in the neighborhood where I live is often frequented by real estate agents distributing flyers. I usually take them, not knowing what use they might have. Later, as I browsed through these flyers, I noticed that they always portrayed their projects in an exceptionally beautiful light. Moreover, on them, you could see people's most idealistic imaginations of home. The houses on the flyers were exquisite and luxurious, filled with warmth everywhere. I suppose this is probably the best image people have of home.
However, when I open Weibo, news websites, YouTube, or delve into my own memories, I occasionally come across the worst records about homes. The images and accounts of domestic violence are terrifying and chilling, brimming with violence and fear. Unless endured to a certain stage, these things seem to remain hidden behind the camera.
So, what exactly is a home? I later thought that perhaps these two aspects could complement each other in defining a home. Therefore, I integrated the collected flyers and the violent images seen online. In the reflections of these exquisite home images, one can see their other side.
We live in between these two extremes, perhaps not entirely beautiful nor so painful, both natural and inescapable. Hayek said that the road to hell is often paved with good intentions, and we all walk into barriers with fantasies. This is the concept of "home" that we have carried on for thousands of years.