Chapter 4.IV: nests
The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard, transl. Maria Jolas
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A tree becomes a nest the moment a great dreamer hides in it.
Chapter 4.IV: nests The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard, transl. Maria Jolas ******************************************************************************************************************************* And yet it is living nests that could introduce a phenomenology of the actual nest, of the nest found in natural surroundings, and which becomes for a moment the center – the term is no exaggeration – of an entire universe, the evidence of a cosmic situation.
Chapter 4.III: nests The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard, transl. Maria Jolas ******************************************************************************************************************************* Already, in the world of inanimate objects, extraordinary significance is attached to nests. We want them to be perfect, to bear the mark of a very sure instinct. We ourselves marvel at this instinct, and a nest is generally considered to be one of the marvels of animal life.
Chapter 4.II: nests The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard, transl. Maria Jolas Photo taken in Amherst, MA, of Amherst Typewriters & Computers ******************************************************************************************************************************* It is striking that even in our homes, where there is light, our consciousness of well-being should call for comparison with animals in their shelters.
Chapter 4.I: nests The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard, transl. Maria Jolas ******************************************************************************************************************************* The action of the secret passes continually from the hider of things to the hider of self.
Chapter 3.VII: drawers, chests and wardrobes The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard, transl. Maria Jolas ******************************************************************************************************************************* |
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