A Room of One's Own

Share a photo of you or someone you know in a 'room of one's own'. Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision is at the National Portrait Gallery, London, until 26 October 2014.

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"I find lake Como a boring place, a backwater… Its landscape and dramatic views a consolation which makes one forget about the dullness of its people.

In my room, overlooking the lake, through Virginia’s eyes, I can see the  flying moths dancing in the evanescent lights, I can hear the waves breaking on the shore, I can feel the breath of the garden surrounding me.

Sitting at my desk or standing by the window, I close my eyes  and I found myself in a secret room where I recall the fading caress of childhood, haunted by the delusions of a lost youth, mixing memories with desires."

(shared by Giacomo)

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"Retro weekend in Salisbury" (shared by T Boyce)

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"My parents in a room of their own; en route to Bloomsbury and my graduation ceremony, adjacent to Russell Square." (shared by Amy)

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"This is Will Brown and his son Jacob in their 'hangout' room, a place where the family enjoy time together. His wife Jacqueline sleeps in this room sometimes. Taken in Yorkshire." (shared by Sara)

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"In my bedroom" (shared by Summer)

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"This is a room of my own. It is one room - full of all that is dear to me. All of my belongings are in storage except for what i can contain in this one room - this room where I wake, and I write; where I sleep, I dream, and I write. It is alive with the breath from my books and the energy of what they pass forwards to me. It is my living breathing expression. It is mine."

(shared by Sara)

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"…this is my place, where I study the works and lives of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and the Bloomsbury group, to fulfill my dream of writing a play about the sister´s relationship….   I hope that going to the exhibition inspires me to finish my work"

(shared by Sandra)

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"A work in progress" (shared by Sophie)

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"Pianist Gulsin Onay says, “whether it is the Wigmore Hall or an eartbag in a small Aegean village, it is a room of my own as long as there is a piano.”"

(Shared by Ayse)

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"Superheroes take an art break" (shared by natsgrant)

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"The room I love most" (shared by Margreeth)

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"My husband, in a Japanese LDK (Living/Dining/Kitchen) room of his own. He designed this room (and house) which was built in 2010" (shared by kokorozuyoi)

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"A photograph of myself, studying in my own room - Hastings, East Sussex" (shared by au-deu)

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"Inside the Medieval Guildhall of St George, King’s Lynn. The first theatre production was hosted here in 1442. I have performed on this stage many a time throughout childhood, but on this day, it was a room of my own." (shared by Amy)

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"‘There is my body in that looking glass’ (V. Woolf) with some of the things I need, in the corner of my three-windowed room…" (shared by Gill)

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"Mahmoud is a Syrian refugee now living in the UNHCR refugee camp in Jordan.

He is an artist, a calligrapher and a sign maker. He still uses his skills to paint shop signs in his make-shift metal container home. This is the only private space he has in a refugee camp with over 150,000 other Syrians." (shared by Toufic)

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"This is my refuge from the hustle and bustle of family life. The green house is my reading room where I can escape for a few brief minutes each day and let my imagination soar." (shared by Fiona)