The three pieces of reading inspired me of thinking space differently. In Yoko Akama’s article, I like the part when she discussed the idea of kokoro, and talked about how Japanese traditions, spiritual and religious thinking are incorporated in the design. It reminds me of the yoga topic, in which the notion of space is more about spiritual, non-material power. We often think about the physical space in the outside world, but when we go deeper into our heart, into our kokoro, as mentioned in the article, there are endless space for us to explore. The physical space might be limited by material, but the space in our mind, in our heart, in our imagination is not restrained by anything. And I think that’s the larger space for us to explore compared to the physical world.
That leads to the article of The Poetics of Space. In this article, the author mainly talked about the space of a room. By adding significance and meanings to the limited space in a room, the non-material space of the room is widely expanded. Connecting back to my own topic, plantation, for now I’m merely focusing on all the physical aspects that relate to space. For example, the land used to establish plantation; how plantations occupy of other living things spaces, in other words, their habitat; or from the world market view of how plantations influence the connections within the world. I haven’t think much about how people’s perspectives would connect the idea of plantation and space. I might be able to find more lead in this aspect.