Shree: Public

 

 

Shree: Public

In our college, no one seems to discuss anything when one works “at his/her desk”. The personal space actually was meant to be an extension of the public space but NOT compartmentalized or kept disconnected from the public space such as disconnected from corridirs, terraces, stairs, studios, walkways and so on. Anyway that is how it is.

However some of the more fruitful converations happened when I was walking on the stairs or standing on the corridor and a chance conversation with a fellow faculty member was struck on topics ranging from relations, challenges in life, old age homes, competitions, students’ attitudes and so on. This means that these concerns probably get voiced out in public spaces or where no one seems to be pressurized about evaluations or judgments!

And then I realized that because the purpose is so much concentrated in private areas that the public dimension is rendered “purposeless”; then it is also “possible” to view this purposeless space as something where “anything is allowed to take place without any judgment or evaluation!”.

Rather than shunning public spaces, it may be quite possible to be in a public space and just do anything  - it may be the greatest flexible space one has inherited, who knows?!

This philosophically means, that any space or activity where the feeling of evaluation is not present essentially takes on a public/ universal dimension!

Hari Om.