Wonderful artist Elia Bosshard invited me over for a cup of tea to her charming house on the edge of Glebe. We set at her kitchen table overlooking the garden, the afternoon birds visiting the neighbour’s trees, and we spoke about our mutual interest in spaces, phenomenology, and inter-corporeal relationships. We also spoke about daily routines and rituals we create in order to structure our lives and stay productive. And we’ve considered how do resting, dreaming, and spending time looking at the ocean, into the open horizon, fit into that?

We spoke about walking, note-keeping, and value of conversation. About neighbours and their mysterious sounds. About the impact of spaces on our mental wellbeing. And why should urban developers be more compassionate to the special meaning that some spaces have to people who made them into places.