There is an idea in Japanese Zen philosophy is that is it not negative space it is invisible or empty space. Negative gives the connotation that it is bad, however the space is full of potential and the word that they use is ‘Ma’. So in architecture, theatre, art, music, gardening (zen rock gardens) etc it is important to think about the empty or Ma space as well as the objects that you see. They see it as the Ma space calving out the shape of the physical objects. So keep exploring the use of Ma.
May 19th, 2020
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