9 outtakes from Yi-Fu Tuan’s 1977 book “Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience”

1) Solitude is a condition for acquiring a sense of immensity Solitude is a condition for acquiring a sense of immensity. Alone one’s thoughts wander freely over space. In the presence of others they are pulled back by an awareness of other personalities who project their own worlds onto the same area. 2) Place is…