Space and place are not only those locations we find ourselves walking through or standing in; going towards or being invite to, but they also constitute the spaces we go to emotionally and psychologically.
Spaces, like places, are not limited to the interiors of galleries or corporate firms, nor are they just open areas where the public meet or a sculpture sits. They neither have to be the wilderness or the urban street.
A space is a place you can go to to meet yourself...‘the center is everywhere and its circumference nowhere’. We are a place in ourselves. Our perceptions contributes, alters and has the power to transform how we perceive external space.
'What ever is true of space and time, this much is true for place: we are immersed in it and could not do without it.' Edward Casey
Space is not empty as emptiness would assume that no thing can exist, but if it exists then isn't it something?
Even the idea of death is then nothing more than a transformation of spaces.
Perhaps...
I walk into this space with my heart opened aware of its vulnerability.
This space can be a haven of comfort, like an old friend who knows you well and invites you to sit a while, eyes closed. It nudges you towards your breath, a meeting of the rise and fall of your stomach. The indicator that you are living. And like a reunion long overdue you find yourself slowly taken into this prana that seems to shut out the world and sends butterflies flying through your skin.. Here a while I will be.
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