<Cesar>Open architecture as we understand it must be first considered as a
perception. This perception is a composition of what one feels conditioned by his
history and intention and the reality of the world.
An object can be closed and perceived as open.
An object can be open and perceived as closed.
What I am discussing here is the perceptive result, the emotion, not the reality.
<Andrew>The contemplative prayer is by nature an exploration. Stillness and
openness, I think they go together.</Andrew>
<Cesar>One can meditate to create a perfect emptiness.
Space of nothing. Perfect openness, “ø”.
A person meditating is alive, therefore, even if no “artificial” stimulus interferes
with his perception, the person is more than ever in connection with the most
absolute state of reality and immediacy.
If we refer to the map of knowledge and ignorance, the perception of this person
is central : at the heart of the known.
The person is “suspended” still, within the illusion of pure space, prior to the hap-
pening of something, before scale, movement, matter, life, meaning. A state of
nothing where everything is possible. Does this describes Open Architecture?
We can try to describe emptiness, any word would alter the purity of the concept,
and for us it is nor necessary nor possible.</Cesar>