The pilot announced we are now in Israeli airspace, and for a moment I could not catch my breath. It was like I was going home to see my parents, to see family members. I could not wait to see her and yet I have such an ambivalent attachment. It reminds me of how I often felt as a teenager with my parents, I loved them and yet questioned who they were and wanted to separate myself from them and their values. This is how I feel about coming home again to Israel. As I looked out the window, I was struck by the parallels of loving someone/a country and needing to individuate, and of being a 19-20 something teenager and a 57 year old woman, looking at the next stage of life, and wondering who exactly am I and who will I become. And wondering where will I land.
Clearly it was not airspace over Israel he was announcing.
Airspace over Individuation
Oh, this is so perfect!
ReplyDeleteWonderful description. Israel evokes similar feelings in me, but when we were there - one knows on visceral level why it must continue to exist.
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