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	<title><![CDATA[Spaces]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[Kudos to whover inspired this; I read a blog or something recently that really struck a chord. But for the life of me I can't remember who or where! Much love to you, mysterious stranger. ;)

[Edit: It was from the blog post in [URL="http://whitebeltmusings.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/how-do-you-get-rid-of-something-that-isnt-there/"]White Belt Musings[/URL], a really great read. Solid blog, excellent post.]

It talked of thinking about the play of space in both the physical and inner sense. Balancing the empty and the occupied, with each movement, each moment changing the balance. The illustration used was a sumi-e painting where the essence of character is captured by as few ink brushstrokes as possible. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFOF9gThMYs&feature=player_embedded#at=259"]An example[/URL]. So it's the interplay between absence and presence that invokes meaning. Possibility and finality. Motion and stillness. 

Funny how it parallels aikido, no?]]></body>
	<date>12-11-2011</date>
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