Softening

Softness is all about melting boundaries – about bleeding one entity into another – about purposefully fraying & tenderizing the edges of things – so that things (including time slots) lose their compartmentalized definition and start to merge almost together. Whereas clarity sharpens the focus – separates things out – gives things space (and time). If we consider these as active verbs: softening and clarifying, then we can feel that they offer tendencies or processes that quite happily operate together without hurting each other. In fact they need each other otherwise life ceases – the creative process stops.