[1]
Closeness is a gradient, there is not a discrete boundary between what is close and what isn’t. Closeness is not limited to interiors.
[2]
Closeness is mediated by senses. That beyond the sight is far. Light always goes ahead, sound comes close after it. Through touch we can grasp that within our bodily reach (inwards and outwards). Smells can travel very far distances in time. Taste is homeland to immediate experience.
[3]
We experience in closeness. In the present, we sense strongly. Future is far: we cannot envision it. We often long for that which is far, and we tend to forget our closest story as it lays behind.
[4]
Technology perverts [2] —rather it extends it—. With time and space diluted, far and close become an ubiquitous one, where/when viral happens effortlessly.
[5]
The tighter the structure, the faster information flows among nodes.
[6]
It is easier to become aware of what is close. And it is easier to identify ourselves with what we are aware of. Awareness unlocks affinity.
[7]
COVID-19 lockdowns have turned closeness inside out. With the outside outlawed and closeness circumscribed to our most immediate boundaries, the system has never been closer.