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Contours of Tomorrow

The Shape Around the Thing


April 20, 2025

We spend so much time focused on what fills a space—what we can name, build, measure. But sometimes, it’s the absence that matters most. The room left open. The breath between notes. The silence that gives words their shape.

Space isn’t empty. It’s receptive. It makes room for possibility.

When we offer someone space, we’re not withholding—we’re trusting. Trusting that something will emerge on its own. That growth needs quiet. That clarity sometimes arrives only after the noise has settled.

And when we make space for ourselves, we’re not giving up—we’re allowing. Allowing rest, uncertainty, change. Allowing ourselves to not know for a moment, and to see what else might show up.

There’s a kind of grace in not rushing to fill every gap. In recognizing that space can be an invitation, not a void. That it’s okay to leave some corners of your life undefined—for now.

Because form doesn’t just come from what we build.

It also comes from what we leave open.

And often, the most important things begin in the places we’ve made room for them to grow.

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