Madame DeChevre & the Silk Scrolls

Solastalgia, n.

In 2004, the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht described a hitherto unrecognized psychological condition, for which he coined the new term solastalgia (Latin solacium for comfort; Greek –algia for pain). It describes a form of  ”pain experienced when there is a recognition that the place where one resides and that one loves is under immediate assault - a form of homesickness, while one is still at home.” It has been used to describe the experiences of Canadian Inuit communities coping with the effects of rising temperatures, Ghanaian subsistence farmers faced with changes in rainfall patterns and refugees returning to New Orleans after Katrina.

From: http://subtle-body.tumblr.com/post/29168844306/the-ecological-unconscious-by-daniel-b-smith