Nick Sellen

I grew up in Bath, then left for Uni. 17 years later I am back. It has always been a base of some kind, my registered address, the place to come “home” to from my transient travels.

But now I’m experimenting to make it my home properly. As an adult. Not just to accept what it has or has not got to offer, but to be the place where I can contribute and shape it for my needs. Where I am not a consumer of the city, but an active participant.

This is the text I read out at my kanthaus evaluation on 3rd November 2020. I lightly edited it afterwards for clarity and added the reading list.

I see this more as an evaluation of kanthaus in the context of me and my experiences.

I originally wrote this and shared with the other contributors, but want to include it in my public writings now, I’ve removed the names of the people.

I’m always in many minds about whether to share my thoughts/feelings like this, but I wish everybody did it more, so here goes…